Quality Management System
Certified in 2007, Universal Switching Corporation implemented and maintains a Quality Management System (QMS) that serves as the backbone for the products, services and innovative designs it offers. Continuing its commitment to being the leader in the programmable signal switching and distribution industry, the company's QMS is certified to the latest
ISO 9001:2015 quality standard.
Universal Switching Corporation’s management team fully supports the ISO process and its function within the company. The tremendous teamwork and dedication shown by all "Team USC" employees to our Quality Management System has resulted in the company's QMS transition to ISO 9001:2015 in July 2018, and certified by National Quality Assurance. Of all QMS regimes, the ISO 9000 family of standards is the most widely implemented across the globe.
As part of the ISO 9001:2015 directive, USC is constantly exploring and implementing updates to our QMS to continue improving our excellent Quality Management System and . The latest re-certification audit was performed by NQA on September 13rd & 14th 2024 with ZERO non-conformances. The current certificate is linked below.
Quality Statement
Universal Switching Corporation has a Quality Policy that serves as the backbone for the products, services and innovative designs it offers. As a global supplier of cutting-edge switching equipment and associated support products, Universal Switching Corporation’s management fully supports the ISO process and its function within the company. With our QMS achieving ISO 9001:2015 certification, Universal Switching Corporation has demonstrated to ANAB accredited third party auditors (National Quality Assurance) that we have an effective Quality Management System in place. These include the following types of processes:
Management responsibility | Outsourcing |
Management review | Production and service provisions |
Resources and work environment | Control of monitoring and measuring devices |
Product realization | Control of nonconforming product |
Design and development | Analysis of data |
Customer relations | Continual improvement |
Measurement, analysis and improvement | Corrective action |
Purchasing | Preventative action |
Statement: Counterfeit Part Mitigation
Universal Switching Corporation provides this statement to outline the current position of the company regarding the prevention of counterfeit parts in our supply base and subsequent assembly processes in response to regulatory and industry directives. Our procedures are aligned with the requirements of SAE AS5553 (Counterfeit Electronic Parts; Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition).
Statement: RoHS and REACH Certification
Universal Switching Corporation has reviewed the subject directive (on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment). This statement provides information that the products that the company produces are RoHS compliant.
Statement: Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities
Universal Switching Corporation is aware of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities impacting the confidentiality of data running on Intel, AMD and ARM processors. Our products use a variety of microprocessors, none of which are impacted by this vulnerability.
Statement: MOVEit Data Breach
Universal Switching Corporation is aware of the MOVEit data breach and vulnerabilities of impacting "Progress Software" and the confidentiality of data.