This is an organizational flaw similar to relying on ISO 9000
certification; unless day to day operations are monitored by staff, and
performance is periodically audited by subject matter experts from the
certifying agency, it is only an exercise in paperwork.
Consider that EMC standards now require automated tests; this makes it
possible to hire people to run the tests by rote and to lay off the
expensive engineers and techs who did know what had to happen ad what
to look out for. Even they made mistakes, but at least they could
watch out for each other; a lab might now offer physically unachievable
testing (HIRF might be a good example) and some customer will sign off
on it.
Cortland Richmond
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