Who and when to determine AQL for our product inspection

[lisawxf80]

Dear professionals,

I am working in a R & D company, currently they are working on a new design product.

We are trying to access the AQL for our product inspection in future, as a input into Product specification.

Appreciate that if you could advise me whether R & D people should define AQL, and if yes, how to define for each inspection features.

Thanks & Regards,

Lisa

 

[Mike S.]

As usual, the answer is, "it depends".

If your product is a new bomb trigger or a heart pacemaker, your quality requirements would be much different than if you were making a new type of household can opener.

Get input from all the stakeholders....R&D, manufacturing, quality, customers, etc. Sampling always involves risk, so selecting an appropriate sampling plan involves managing that risk -- producer's risk and consumer's risk. Determine what level of each type of risk is acceptable and select a sampling plan that meets those needs.