act whereby the customer certifies, on the basis of the theoretical and experimental justifications presented by the supplier in the definition justification dossier (DJD) and the manufacturing and inspection justification file (MIJF), and on the customer’s qualification tests, that the definition of the product [contained in the definition data file (DDF)] fulfils all the requirements expressed in the (need) technical specification [(N)TS]and that this definition is producible

Note 1 to entry: The pronouncement can be a formal document issued by the client or simply an explicit mention in a qualification review report.

Note 2 to entry: This pronouncement is worth customer's commitment to the supplier regarding the qualified definition. This definition becomes the reference definition on the basis of which the serial production specimens are made.

Go to the French version: prononcé de qualification

Related definitions: qualification of the definition