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Should You Avoid the Words “Defects” and “Defectives”?

October 20, 2020

Should You Avoid the Words "Defects" and "Defectives"?

Someone on Linkedin wrote about the distinction between these 2 terms: Defect Defective I actually see a lot of confusion around them.   What does the standard say? ISO 2859-1 includes these definitions: Defect: non-fulfilment of an intended usage requirement Nonconformity: non-fulfilment of a specified requirement (Note: In some situations specified requirements coincide with customer usage requirements) Nonconforming item: item with one or more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Quality Control Tips Tagged With: defect list, Defect sorting, defectives, defects, design defects, manufacturing defects, quality issues, reducing defects, solving quality issues

The 5 Levels of Quality Standards: From Worst to Best Practices

May 4, 2020

The 5 Levels of Quality Standards: From Worst to Best Practices

Setting clear quality standards for each type of product you purchase in Asia is a basic need. Like in "to keep living, breathing is a basic need". Despite this, very few companies that have production in China or Vietnam take the time to do it right. And, as a result, they have to suffer quality issues, misunderstandings, and the breakdown of trust with their suppliers. Let's go through the 5 levels of quality standards, from most basic to most advanced. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Quality Control Tips Tagged With: defects, enforcing a quality standard, golden sample, manufacturing defects, quality standard, quality standards, reducing defects, samples

Why Design Defects Are Behind Many Quality/Safety Issues

July 15, 2019

Why Design Defects Are Behind Many Quality/Safety Issues

There is a tendency for inexperienced importers to blame their suppliers for all quality and safety issues that come up. However, in the situation where the buyer works with an OEM or a contract manufacturer, they share some (and usually all) of the responsibility when something goes wrong. It may well be that manufacturing or design defects are the cause. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: contract manufacturer, contract manufacturers, design defects, HALT, HASS, manufacturing defects, OEM, process control


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