Supplier Quality Support

To deliver quality products and services to customers, Calterah as a fabless relies on the vital support from major suppliers such as foundries and packaging and testing factories.

We have the Manufacturing Technology Center, a production operation team, and a quality management team to drive our suppliers to proactively work towards fulfilling our technical, production, and quality requirements. Calterah urges all suppliers to make systematic and ongoing improvement to their products and processes, in a bid to build a stable, efficient and reliable supply chain.

Minimum Requirements for Suppliers

• ISO 9001 Quality Systems Certification
• IATF 16949 Certification (applicable to automotive-grade chip manufacturing)
• Experience in mass production of similar products
• Compliance with Calterah’s requirements
• Change management in compliance with Calterah’s requirements
• Effective management of sub-suppliers
• Quick response to customer complaints
• Continuous improvement

Minimum Requirements for Critical Sub-Suppliers (of critical raw materials)

• ISO 9001 Quality Systems Certification
• IATF 16949 Certification (applicable to automotive-grade chip manufacturing)
• Compliance with Calterah’s requirements

Tools for Supplier Quality Management

• Quality agreement
• Supplier introduction audit
• Manufacturing data monitoring
• Semi-annual supplier performance management
• Annual supplier quality system audit and on-site audits