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Standard Gap Analysis (SGA)


IPC’s product offering of SGA – Standard Gap Analysis is part of the validation services that IPC offers to its clients. SGA is an offer for the customer to pre-determine his preparedness to go for a full-fledged audit or not.  An audit when ordered results in a pass or fail situation. If the audit fails, not only the whole of the exercise becomes a waste of money and other resources, it projects the company in a very poor light.


To avoid this situation, a client can order an SGA, where IPC qualified auditors will do the audit as per IPC standards (only with respect to IPC standards and no other standards, please). The report of thus conducted SGA will bring out variations (deviations) from the IPC standards. The auditors will also give their recommendations for the improvements/ changes to plug the gaps and make the process IPC standards compliant.

Post this SGA and recommendations, the client is having the option of adopting the suggested changes and the client may like to use this to further:
  • Order an audit for certification, if it is required by any of his clients, or
  • Order a follow up audit to ensure the gaps are plugged, or
  • Just be happy to have carried out the recommendations for quality improvement to avoid costly rejections and rework.




The Standard Gap Analysis is carried out as per IPC-A-610, Acceptability of Electronics Assemblies and the IPC J-STD-001 Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies. Additional IPC standards may be used as reference depending upon the customized requirement of the customer.

The certified auditors for these SGAs are always qualified and certified CITs (Certified IPC Trainers) or MITs (Master IPC Trainers) in the above-mentioned standards with enough experience to have faced and resolved problems which arise in the Electronic Hardware Manufacturing.

For information, please write to: infoindia@ipc.org


Visit IPC India Website: www.ipcindia.org.in

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