What Quality Management Practices Will Stavatti Employ?
Quality must be built into a product, not inspected into it. Stavatti employs quality control and inspection systems that exceed existing military standards as employed by USAF and USN (including MIL-Q-9858, MIL-I-45208A and MILSTD-45662) and international quality control standards (QSO/ISO 9001/9002). This is accomplished through rigorous design and inspection of processes rather than product inspection. Stavatti is ultimately responsible for all quality control and places rigorous inspection responsibility on vendors and subcontractors. Stavatti assures the quality of the products and the integrity of the program by testing the products in all stages of development and manufacturing, especially flight-testing. This also assures that new technology and other risks are consistent with the product integrity. Presently engaged in engineering design, Stavatti Total Quality Management will be expanded as the Machete program transitions into a dedicated manufacturing and production facility
