Two RELY operators inspecting and sorting parts at a lighted inspection station

RELYQuality management·ISO 9001:2015 CertifiedCertificate 263741

ISO 9001:2015 Certified Quality Management System

Quality that holds up when everything else speeds up.

RELY’s quality management system is built to keep operational control as production complexity, workforce scale and customer demands increase. It is certified to ISO 9001:2015 for contract manufacturing and assembly.

Inspection and containment · RELY floor

Proof that holds up under scale

Certified QMS

ISO 9001:2015

Certificate 263741, contract manufacturing and assembly, issued by Amtivo (USA) Inc.

Sortation | Calendar 2025

62M+

Parts processed through RELY sortation and containment programs in 2025

Fastest documented

4-Hr

Fastest documented sort deployment. Actual timing depends on scope, location and criteria

Urgent response

1 hr

Response to urgent sortation and containment inquiries, within one business hour

From RELY production records and the Amtivo ISO 9001:2015 certificate. Sortation volume and response figures describe sortation and containment work only; they are not capacity or delivery commitments for other services.

For supplier quality and procurement

Certificate details at a glance.

Use these details for supplier setup, approved-vendor lists and supplier surveys. The current certificate is available as a PDF.

Customers, prospective customers and auditors can request a controlled copy of RELY’s Quality Manual through RELY’s contact page.

ISO 9001:2015 certificate of registration
ItemCurrent record
StandardISO 9001:2015
Certificate number263741
ScopeContract Manufacturing and Assembly
Certified organizationRely Contract Manufacturing, N59 W13401 Manhardt Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
Certification bodyAmtivo (USA) Inc.
Initial certificationMarch 20, 2024
Latest issueFebruary 26, 2026
Valid throughMarch 19, 2027, subject to annual assessments

Where quality problems start

Most quality failures do not start on the production floor.

They build upstream, where standards, records and escalation paths are unclear, execution varies between shifts, traceability is incomplete or variation is not controlled. As complexity increases, those gaps become more exposed. Volume does not create quality problems. Unclear systems do.

  1. Unclear standards

    Standards, records and escalation paths are unclear.

  2. Operational variation

    Operators, shifts and runs do the work differently.

  3. Process instability

    Output drifts as volume and product mix grow.

  4. Quality failures

    Defects surface downstream, where they cost the most.

Where systems strain

Quality instability appears during change, not steady-state production.

  1. High-mix complexity

    Variation increases execution risk as program count and product diversity grow.

  2. Supplier instability

    Issues surface late and disrupt production timelines downstream.

  3. Tribal knowledge

    Execution varies between operators, shifts and runs when the method lives in people’s heads.

  4. Reactive inspection

    Problems are found too late in the process to contain efficiently.

  5. Workforce ramp pressure

    Scaling labor on compressed timelines introduces inconsistency.

  6. Repeat failures

    Root causes are addressed temporarily instead of being eliminated.

The RELY approach

Quality built directly into execution.

Quality controls are engineered into training, verification, traceability and escalation across the production environment, not added at the end of the line.

  1. 01

    Program launch

    Process flow, risk review and control plan before volume.

  2. 02

    Visual standards

    Picture work instructions and pass/fail references at the cell.

  3. 03

    Operator readiness

    Training and sign-off against the specific work.

  4. 04

    Layered verification

    First-piece, in-process and layered process audits.

  5. 05

    Traceability & stable output

    Lot and operator records tied to the work order, and audit-ready results across shifts.

A RELY operator recording inspection results on a check sheet at a test station
Recorded results at the station · RELY floor

Structured program launch

Reduce variation before volume increases.

Every program starts with a defined operating structure before production activity begins. The goal is to remove variation before volume increases, not after problems surface.

  • Control plans
  • Inspection methods
  • Process flow diagrams
  • Program-specific documentation
  • Risk identification (PFMEA)

Execution clarity

Visual work instructions built for the floor.

01

Picture work instructions.

Step-by-step visual guidance reduces interpretation and standardizes output across shifts.

02

Golden samples and story bins.

Pass/fail references at the point of execution, so operators see acceptable and unacceptable conditions side by side.

03

Universal cell standards.

The cell is set up the same way every shift, regardless of who is running it.

RELY operators testing parts at benches with electrical test equipment
Testing and validation · RELY floor

Workforce architecture

Quality systems designed for workforce scaling.

RELY assumes workforce composition will change as programs grow, and builds the system to stay consistent through that change.

01 · Process-specific

Operator certifications.

Operators are qualified on the specific work before running it independently.

02 · New-operator gate

First-piece validation.

A new operator’s first parts are verified before the run continues.

03 · Continuous

In-process verification.

Checks built into the process, not only at the end.

04 · Multi-tier

Layered process audits.

Leaders at several levels verify that the standard is being followed.

05 · Accountability

Documented sign-off.

Records show who did the work and who verified it.

The RELY advantage

Our teams know what good looks like. They have seen the cost of getting it wrong.

Because RELY runs high volumes of sortation, testing, containment and rework, its teams are continuously exposed to defects, variation and their downstream consequences. That exposure changes how operators execute production work: quality awareness sits inside execution, not only at inspection.

Part sorting, containment & rework services

Build-focused production

  • Limited exposure to defects
  • Reactive issue awareness
  • Quality isolated at inspection

The RELY environment

  • Continuous defect-recognition exposure
  • Earlier issue identification
  • Quality awareness embedded in execution

On the floor

What RELY uses to maintain control.

  1. ERP-integrated lot and operator traceability (Mie Trak)
  2. Escalation triggers with defined response paths
  3. Golden samples: visual pass/fail references at the cell
  4. Inspection logs at verification checkpoints
  5. Issue tracking with root-cause records
  6. Layered process audits
  7. Picture work instructions with embedded inspection criteria
  8. Process flow diagrams tied to execution

Qualifying RELY as a supplier

Evidence your quality team can find fast.

Need a supplier survey or quality questionnaire completed? Send it with your inquiry and RELY’s quality team will respond.

If quality issues are limiting scale, the system usually needs to change.

Tell us what you are facing. RELY will help identify where operational risk sits and how to reduce it. Parts on hold right now? Call 262.853.1634.