Quality and Certifications

Our commitment to Quality originates at the highest level and is reflected at all levels of our organization. We hold that quality is everyone’s job, on every item, every task.

Each new employee at CEF Industries encounters our extensive quality protocols as a prominent part of onboarding, and finds rich documentation of best practices and standards in our employee handbook. Furthermore, each employee’s qualifications (including education, level of training and experience) are documented in their training file.  Within this file we include: A) Competency Checklists for new and transferred employees which are completed within 90 days of employment; B) All Department Managers also identify and provide for additional training for department employees and employees being transferred from another department as needed.

Continuing education is one of our keystones for producing optimal results and increasing every individual’s competency. For manufacturing/shop personnel, some of the typical training programs provided include; soldering, resource management, FAA Repair, Certified Operator, Certified Assembler and other additional training during each year.

For professional office personnel some of the typical training programs provided include, leadership, financial management, time management, contract, project management, export compliance, corporate development and other additional training during each year.

The reporting structure for the Quality Department starts with dedicated quality personnel imbedded within each Product Line.  These personnel work directly on the factory floor and typically inspect and test both incoming and outgoing products.  Closely working with them are our Quality Control lead and Quality Control Engineers.  These folks report to the Lead Quality Control Engineer who reports to the Director of Quality.  The Director of Quality reports to the President.  From our rather flat organization structure, we are adept at implementing directives and solving problems in an expeditious fashion.  This in turn can help eliminate Quality issues very early on.

In the product design area, CEF has already implemented incorporation of Key Characteristic in every newly designed product.  This incorporation will lead us to achieve an even quicker awareness of any quality issues that might occur.