- Direct activities − research, development, production, shipment etc.
- Indirect activities − maintenance, operation, occupational safety, environment etc.
- Quality assurance − monitoring, test/inspection; quality management etc.
- Maintenance – this includes production resources and rooms as well as the entirety of all systems and plants.
- Product quality – this includes precision of manufacture, accuracy, functionality and cleanliness.
- Occupational safety – this includes work clothing, ESD protection, injury potential and clean air.
- Production resources and rooms must not be polluted.
- Product quality and cleanliness must be guaranteed under all circumstances – restricted functionality is intolerable.
- Employee protection is of highest importance – regulatory bodies determine the demands to be achieved.
