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Why Is A PP Sample So Important? [Podcast]

May 21, 2021

The Importance Of Pre-Production Samples [Podcast]

In This Episode… Renaud and Adrian are discussing why a PP sample (pre-production) is so important for obtaining your desired results once your products go into mass production. What are PP samples? How do they evolve over time until they're a final 'golden' pre-production sample? What problems do they help avoid? How to specify your exact requirements? Who pays for them? These questions and more are answered in this episode!   Just hit the play button to start listening..! Listen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: golden sample, podcast, PP samples, pre-production samples, qc checklist

Defect List vs. Checkpoint List

July 10, 2015

I noticed many people confuse two things: the list of potential defects, and the list of checkpoints to follow during an inspection. What I see very often is a list of potential defects, but no list of checkpoints. There are 2 main problems with this: The inspector has no structure to follow. When random sampling is used, the inspector should NOT count every problem he finds as a defect. If he checks a point on the full sample size (for example on 200 pcs), that's fine. But this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Quality Control Tips Tagged With: defect list, product inspection, qa, QC, qc checklist, quality inspection


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