Setec has been awarded the “SAI Global 20 years of Management Systems” certification

Jan. 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Press release:
Dec 15th 2010
Setec has been awarded the “SAI Global 20 years of Management Systems” certification. This acknowledgement is a significant milestone as it recognises that Setec has shown such a long-term commitment to quality standards for over 20 years.

Setec has been manufacturing power supplies for over 40 years and have been distributing them throughout the world. Its Australian Headquarters has over 2,500 square metres (27,000 square feet) of modern factory and stores floor space. They have Antistatic, ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) proof flooring, covering 1500 square metres. This in-house manufacturing operation provides Setec with a strategic high quality standard, as it enables streamlining of their time-to-market process.

The production environment contains a mixture of Surface Mount Technology, manual, semi automatic and automatic assembly equipment capabilities. With continuous flow and cell-based production lines, they have a highly flexible manufacturing environment suitable for a range of product types and volumes.

CEO, David Bayliss and Quality Manager, Gary Gan represented Setec at the ceremony on the 18th of November 2010, where David received the award and certificate.
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Setec’s Quality Manager Gary Gan has over 20 years of international process engineering and manufacturing experience within companies such as Hewlett Packard, Iomega and Agilent. With over 15 years in quality management he has earned much experience and qualifications and currently holds the Six Sigma Champion certification.

Gary started with Setec in the Quality Manager role two years ago and has been constantly impressed with their commitment to quality. “Setec’s quality systems meet international standards and are comparable to the multi-national companies that I had worked with,” he says when explaining his first thoughts on joining the company. “With customers from all over the world and especially those within the Medical and Defence industries a very high standard is needed”.

“Quality is not created by accident,” Gary continued, “It is the business management and teamwork as well as good customer feedback. It is the process of planning and continually improving on everything you do.”

“It’s great to be acknowledged this way, but it so important to continually improve on what you do,” says CEO David Bayliss, “That’s why Setec are currently in the process of obtaining a LEAN manufacturing standard which will allow us to always be striving for a more efficient and cost effective way of manufacturing”.

The SAI Global, “Management Systems Awards” have always been highly regarded as the benchmark for many manufacturing organisations throughout the world. This award given to Setec is particularly exceptional as it been initiated by SAI Global, as apposed to Setec being an applicant, and is recognition of 20 years of quality Australian manufacturing.
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SETEC is a power supply designer and manufacturer. For over four decades SETEC has been creating world class products and providing innovative Custom-Designed and Standard Power Supply solutions for industries around the Globe.