What Does AQL? How to Read AQL Table? 《General Inspection Level II.doc》
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AQL, or Acceptance Quality Limit, is defined as a “quality level that’s worst tolerance in standard ISO 2859-1,
it’s a statistical tool to inspect a particular sample size for a given lot and set the maximum number of acceptable defects.
AQL_Table_and_AQL_Sampling_inspectionIn order words,
it is the worst tolerable process average when a continuing series of lots is submitted for acceptance sampling.
There are normally three limits chosen, one for critical, major, and minor.
Usually, each of these three limits is different for each category, and most Asia exporters are familiar with the type of setting,
AQL was also named “acceptance quality level” before,
it is an important statistic for companies seeking Six Sigma level of quality control. and the AQL of a product would vary from industry to industry,
Companies dealing with extreme sports equipment or medical tools would have more stringent AQL,
as acceptance of defective products could result in health risks.