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The standards adopted for product assurance are manifesting themselves not only in the domains of inspection and testing but also in the examination of rejected and borderline units. Inspection, testing, and investigative feedbacks from the contains of throwaway bins are quality in the small.
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However, data which have not been scattered statistically cannot yield statistical information.
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In Chap. 9, on sampling, we will also examine a three-option system: accept, continue sampling, reject.
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The work which I have done many times in my professional experience. Consulting and auditing should never be done by the same expert in the same program, project, or product.
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See also the discussion of after sales service in Chap. 4.
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AT Kearney has estimated that global platforms will become increasingly important, accounting for almost 50% of global production by 2015.
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Chorafas, D.N. (2013). Quality Control. In: Quality Control Applications. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2966-0_2
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