Let's look at how a supplier's quality can be evaluated and validated so you know that they will supply you with parts and products that meet your expectations. … [Read more...]
Why the AQL Inspection System Is Still So Widespread
In the 1930s, some smart statisticians at Bell Labs worked on an amazing amount of manual calculations to suggest sampling plans for product quality inspections. Over time, it became the topic of MIL STD standards and one of those plans … [Read more...]
6 Tips To Combat Common Recurring Quality Issues From Your Supplier
What happens if your supplier keeps manufacturing products with various defects, even though you have a quality standard that outlines your expectations? This tends to happen for the same reasons, so here are 6 tips to help you avoid … [Read more...]
What Drives Product Inspection Costs?
It's important to inspect product quality, but if the inspections you get done aren't optimized you could end up spending too much on high product inspection costs which is a problem when that money could be used for other activities. … [Read more...]
The Concept of Quality: Little q VS Big Q.
Take a deep dive into the concept of quality. A lot of importers focus narrowly on if the products they're getting from their manufacturers/suppliers are within tolerance (little q). But without a wider view that looks at the entire … [Read more...]
Quality Checklists: 3 Examples for Inspections
Over the years, we have provided feedback to many clients on their product specification sheets and their quality checklists for inspections. Rather than a step-by-step guideline, the most useful is usually to provide them … [Read more...]
Using the Limiting Quality Level (ISO 2859-2:2020) Instead of AQL
A reader asked me how he should do an inspection of a lot produced in isolation. In theory, he should work with the Limiting Quality Level (LQ), not the AQL, which is designed for inspections of a continuous stream of production. I shot … [Read more...]
What To Do If Your Products Fail An Inspection? [Step-By-Step Process]
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Sofeast's CEO Renaud Anjoran and Adrian from the team are back and talking about something else you don't want to experience but may if you're unfortunate. A failed product inspection! Renaud will explain to you why the type of … [Read more...]
Best-In-Class Investigations on Product Failures: Learn from Air Crashes
I found the Air Crash Investigations program on National Geographic and I admit I spent hours watching it over the past weekend. It is riveting! Here is the way they present it: Featuring captivating reenactments and state-of-the-art … [Read more...]
Failure Analysis: An Activity You Hope You Won’t Do!
A product failure analysis is an activity manufacturers hope they'll NEVER need to do. If something has gone wrong enough to warrant doing one, you're probably experiencing product quality or safety issues that are so severe that … [Read more...]
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