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New Mexico State University
Physical Science Laboratory
About PSL

Quality Assurance

PSL has extensive experience with quality control processes used by the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy at Desert Ship has initiated quality control processes to ensure that technically complex hardware and software meet rigorous standards. This includes procedures and processes for

  • System Change Notices (SCNs), which are formulated as set forth in the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Firing Coordination Team Procedure for Submitting system Change Notices dated 3 June 1996
  • Engineering Packages, which are extremely complex SCNs, in which multiple system drawings and other documentation are affected
  • Program Change Notics, which are developed for software program changes
  • Program Design Specification Changes, which are initiated for extensive changes to large, complex software programs

In addition, PSL has in-house approved processes for PSL engineering and support programs. These standards and processes provide a flexible framework within which specific processes can be tailored to meet specific contract requirements.

PSL is committed to delivering products and services that meet the needs of our customers. This commitment is achieved by the total dedication to quality by the entire PSL team. Each and every task is performed to satisfy our customer and to continually improve our business performance in both the short and the long terms. To support this commitment to quality and the customer, PSL ensures the following:

  1. Define accurately contractual customer requirements with identification, organization, and implementation of appropriate actions intended to meet those requirements in the most cost effective manner.
  2. Assess all work processes to meet customer requirements and produce quality services.
  3. Assure only satisfactory products and services are provided to the customer.
  4. Identify opportunities for systematic improvement to achieve increaed business performance. Define and implement the efforts by the PSL team to achieve the increased performance.
  5. Document all procedures that affect the quality systesm.
  6. 6.Continually assess the value and contributions of the quality system itself with the objective of identifying most effective methods to meet the above objectives.