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What to do if you have recurring quality problems from your factory? [Podcast]

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

Renaud and Adrian discuss the unwelcome scenario of recurring quality problems from your outsourced supplier who’s handling your manufacturing in China. They cover your quality standard, 6 tips on how to handle common recurring quality problems, and several reasons WHY … Continue reading →

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How To Conduct Stricter QC Inspections Without Lowering The AQL? (5 Tips)

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Buyers often ask us, how to do stricter QC inspections with some of their suppliers in China or Vietnam. There are 5 tips that we can offer if you’re in this situation:

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What is the AQL (Acceptance Quality Limit)? An exhaustive guide

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

What Does AQL Mean? ‘AQL‘ stands for ‘Acceptance Quality Limit‘, and is defined as the “quality level that is the worst tolerable” in ISO 2859-1. It represents the maximum number of defective units, beyond which a batch is rejected. Importers … Continue reading →

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What is an inspection level in ISO 2859-1 and ANSI/ASQ Z1.4?

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

This article introduces the different options available to buyers when it comes to the representation of product inspection findings. Inspection level II (under “normal severity”) is appropriate for most random quality inspections. But it is sometimes necessary to increase–or reduce–the … Continue reading →

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Beware! QC inspections based on AQL & random sampling have limits

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

I wrote many times that QC inspections before shipment are a good way of keeping quality problems where they belong: In the factory. Quality control inspections are a good tool. But pointing out their limits is important. Misinterpreting their reliability is very easy.

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