BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Acceptance Sampling
- a quality control decision-making technique used in a manufacturing environment, in which acceptance or rejection of a batch of parts is decided by testing a sample of the batch. The sample is checked against established standards and, if it meets those standards, the whole batch is deemed acceptable.
Additional Resources
- Economic acceptance sampling by variables with quadratic quality costs
- Although in recent years more emphasis is placed on process control and off-line quality control methods, acceptance sampling remains a major ingredient of many practical quality control systems. This is especially true in industries that rely heavily on materials, that are supplied from outside vendors, that may be located far...
- Research articles 1994-11-01
- Best Practices
- The article says that one can design an acceptance-sampling plan to signal when to undertake a total physical inventory count. Compared to taking a total inventory count at a fixed period annually, sampling can provide you with more accurate record counts, cause less disruption of operations, and lower costs. The sampling...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- An Expert System With External Optimization Module for Quality Control Decisions
- Quality control, which combines decisions and interpretations based on analytical data, on heuristics, and on user judgment, is suited for rule based expert systems. Many commercial software packages store data and perform calculations for quality control; this comprehensive expert system, named Quincy, is envisioned as a complement to those. This...
- White papers 1999-05-18
- Direct push drilling for environmental investigation.(Cover Story)
- For many years, geotechnical and environmental investigations have employed conventional drilling using a hollow stem auger to access a sampling point and a split spoon sampler, or similar equipment, to collect a sample. The technology has widespread acceptance, but has several shortcomings that may now be...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- Biomin Therapeutic - Canapharm Manufacturing - Company Updates
- PERTH, Ontario--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 18, 1996--BIOMIN THERAPEUTIC (CANADIAN DEALING NETWORK: BMIN) Biomin Therapeutic Corporation ("Biomin") is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canapharm Manufacturing Inc. ("Canapharm") has reported initial sale and acceptance of sample product lots to three additional major Canadian generic pharmaceutical manufacturers.Positive runs of sampling will initiate...
- Research articles 1996-09-18
- Contact Lens News Shines at AOA
- INNOVATION LEADS THE WAY The 109th annual American Academy of Optometry Congress recently played host to a number of contact lens-related announcements, a sampling of which are summarized below. The Vistakon Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear, Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism and Acuvue Oasys with Hydraclear Plus brands were the...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
