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Welcome to the
Independent Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA)
IDEA is the leading resource for independent distributors to find relevant quality information and to participate in advancing industry ethics, ensuring customer satisfaction, establishing standards, and promoting education.
Mission Statement
The Independent Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA) is a non-profit trade association representing quality and ethically oriented independent distributors of electronic components. The purpose of IDEA is to promote the independent distribution industry through a media advocacy campaign, to improve the quality of products and services through a quality certification program, educational seminars, and conferences, and to promote the study, development, and implementation of techniques and methods designed to improve the business of independent distributors. |
| IDEA Professional Inspector’s Certification Exam |
IDEA-ICE-3000
Professional Inspector's Certification Exam
Available to Employees of:
IDEA Member Companies
OEMs
CM/EMS'
The IDEA Professional Inspector’s Certification Exam is designed to demonstrate inspection competency for the benefit of all stakeholders. Successful examination provides the employee and the employer with a heightened degree of confidence in the basic working knowledge and resource-ability of the inspector.
When personnel who conduct visual inspection of product from the excess market have been certified, the company’s stakeholders are provided objective evidence of inspection competency and therefore reason for increased confidence that customer satisfaction will be achieved and further offer increased marketability of products and services.
Upon successfully passing the IDEA Professional Inspector’s Exam (IDEA-ICE-3000) the candidate will be awarded a certificate stating that the individual has passed the exam and their name will be maintained on record at IDEA as having met this achievement.
Prime candidates for this exam are:
Quality Managers
Quality Supervisors
Quality Engineers
Quality Inspectors
Those familiar with the open market know that performing visual inspections of electronic components requires specialized knowledge and skills by inspection personnel to visually evaluate product and its packaging for substandard and potentially counterfeit characteristics from quality characteristics.
IDEA-ICE-3000 is based on industry standards and best practices relevant to the open market. The exam is an open book exam intended to challenge candidate in practical inspection knowledge as well as access and usage of relevant reference materials in the work place.
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| Visual Inspection Standard IDEA-STD-1010-A |
The Independent Distributors of Electronics Association's
IDEA-STD-1010-A
An Inspection Standard for the Open Market!
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| IDEA RoHS White Papers |
Due to high public demand these papers are now being offered to the public. Please email info@idofea.org for pricing.
Exclusively for IDEA General Members
IDEA RoHS White Paper and Executive Summary written for the Independent Distributor Executive and Management Team
Abstract
A white paper and companion Executive Summary presenting the possible processes and monetary effects of RoHS compliance on the independent distributor The white paper openss with the introduction of the European Union, its organizational structure, and the responsibilities of its Member States and their legislation of RoHS to producer companies who place product in the European Single Market.
Select "Downloads" from the menu bar to download these documents. |
| Export Fundamentals and Forms |
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Exclusively for IDEA General Members
Member Harry Krantz Co. has produced an Export Guide entitled:
Fundamentals of Export Controls
This volume contains 67 pages of export information including a glossary and over 15 pages of forms!
IDEA Members click here to download you electronic copy today.
Email if you have questions about downloading. |
| RoHS General Information |
General Public Access
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| Component Test Services |
General Public Access
Component Test Services Listing
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EDN (May 5, 2008) Auction-Style Site Aims to Thwart Grey Market
EETimes (April 22, 2008) Web Site Aims to Limit Channels For Fake Chips
VentureBeat (April 18, 2008) IP Symposium: A Counterfeiting Crisis Should Spur Up Start-Ups
Examiner.com (April 07, 2008) Plexus Announces Modest North American Expansions
The Earth Times (April 07, 2008) China Could Overtake Japan as Asia-Pacific's Largest Economy
FORTUNE (March 28, 2008) Apple Picks Trusted Supplier to Assemble 3G iPhone
PC World (March 26, 2008) Nokia, Samsung Win in Motorola Split
EMSNow (March 26, 2008) Jabil Reports Second Quarter Results
Circuitnet (March 26, 2008) APEX tp Feature Record Number of New Products
MarketWatch (March 26, 2008) Motorola to Split into Two Separate Companies. Move Aimed at Revitalizing Handset Operations; Icahn Questions Timetable
My-EMS (March 20, 2008) Contract Manufacturer Opens Up in North Africa
Printed Circuit Design & Fab (March 19, 2008) Electronics Manufacturers Moving to Vietnam
Marin Independent Journal (March 9, 2008) Time to Bury China Myth on Decoupled Economies
My-ESM (March 7, 2008) Next EMS Wave to Splash Over Ukraine, Romania
Circuitnet (March 6, 2008) Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Negotiations Urged to Start
IPC (March 5, 2008) IPC Recognizes Flextronics and Nokia for Commitment to Excellence
Quality Digest Magazine (March 5, 2008) In Memoriam , Joseph M. Juran (1904-2008)
Manufacturing Business Technology (March 4, 2008) Nippon Manufacturing Expands Outsource Services in China
Tech-On! (March 2008) China's Handset Makers Face Growing Competition
EETimes (February 29, 2008) India Plans More Tech Institutes, Ignores Electronics Sector
The Industry Standard (February 29, 2008) US, Canadian Agencies Seize Counterfeit Cisco Gear
InformationWeek (February 29, 2008) Operation 'Cisco Raider' Nets $76 Million In Fake Gear
EDN (February 15, 2008) Electronic Component Orders Dip in January, But Outlook Still Bright, ECA Says
EETimes (January 30, 2008) Flextronics Erases Worries Over Solectron Acquisition
EDN (January 21, 2008) Counterfeit Product Declines as Grey Market Struggles in 2008
IHS (January 13, 2008) IPC Releases Component Identification Training, Reference Guide - IPC DRM-18H
EETimes (January 10, 2008) Managing Counterfeiting in the Supply Chain (Part 1)
EETimes (January 10, 2008) Managing Counterfeiting in the Supply Chain (Part 2)
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