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6.2Practitioner3 lessons1 h 45 min

AQL and Final Inspection

You learn the sampling mathematics behind a pre-shipment inspection, the defect taxonomy the numbers are built from, and what actually happens on the days after a lot fails.

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Course value

What will you be able to do?

Work outcome

You can run a pre-shipment AQL inspection with the plan in front of you, defend a defect classification to a third-party inspector, and make a costed, defensible ship-or-hold call on a lot that has failed.

Who it is for

Factory, supplier, brand and buying-office teams.

What you will produce

You build a complete inspection file for one lot. You read the sampling plan off the standard: code letter, sample size, and accept and reject numbers per class. You classify a defect list line by line against a buyer's zone rules. And you cost the four post-failure options in dollars against the order margin.

Learning format

3 lessons · 0 templates · workplace calculations and decisions.

Lessons

  1. 01What AQL is, and what it is not🔒34 min
  2. 02Defects, and who decides which is which🔒36 min
  3. 03The failed inspection🔒35 min

Merchandising AcademyMerchandising Academy teaches apparel merchandising for factories, suppliers, brands, buyers, retailers, and sourcing offices. The first lesson of every course is open to anyone. A plan opens the rest.

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