Agreed. If you need the parts ASAP and can clean them, then they still count against the PPM and I would look to back charge any significant labor used to bring the items into conformance.[/quote]
Whether or not the cost of remedial actions may be charged back depends on the contract or explicit agreement from the supplier.
There should be no need to look at each part; as Al suggested, the entire lot should be rejected, with the total quantity in the lot to be counted against PPM.
Whether or not the cost of remedial actions may be charged back depends on the contract or explicit agreement from the supplier.
Also you don't count each metal chip as a nonconformance, you count the number of parts that have those metal chips (very likely the entire shipment or crate or box)