An approved manufacturer list (AML) is a set of approved relationships between manufacturer parts and a company’s internally defined parts. Each relationship links a manufacturer’s part number to an internal part number and results from the R&D team’s identifying the third-party parts that can be used to satisfy the manufacturing requirements for the internal part. All approved AML parts for each internal part can share a single inventory bin.
Having an approved manufacturer list (AML) reduces risk by ensuring that the manufacturers are properly vetted by your organization. It also reduces the likelihood of incorporating incorrect or obsolete parts into your product design.
*Source: https://www.siliconexpert.com/acl/
When selecting a contract manufacturer, it’s important to ask these questions:
*Source: https://www.manufacturing.net
To maintain an approved manufacturer list (AML):
*Source: https://www.siliconexpert.com
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