Comments on: Inspecting quality earlier is better: the 1-10-100 rule

By: Liability insurance for importers

Liability insurance for importers — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:22:59 +0000

[...] As usual, I would argue that the most important is to catch issues upstream, at the design stage or at least at the production stage. When the products are on the market, everything is more expensive. See the 1:10:100 rule. [...]

By: Warum frühzeitige Tests in der Softwareentwicklung so wichtig sind « Produktmanagement und Vermarktung von Internet-Anwendungen

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:48:07 +0000

[...] Das Testen neuer Entwicklungsstände gehört zu den Routinearbeiten in der Softwareentwicklung. Dessen Bedeutung sollte aber auf keinen Fall und zu keinem Zeitpunkt unterschätzt werden. Nach der 1:10:100-Regel vervielfachen sich die Kosten einer Fehlerbehebung mit dem Zeitpunkt der Entdeckung um den Faktor 10 (Erklärungen der 1:10:100 Regel in englisch: 1, 2, 3). [...]

By: Re-inspections: the key is to manage corrective actions

Re-inspections: the key is to manage corrective actions — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:50:55 +0000

[...] Sending an inspector during production is usually enough to catch issues early. In this case, the buyer has time to ask for corrective issues, and avoids last-minute surprises. In-process inspections are a powerful tool that can avoid both quality problems and shipment delays. [...]

By: Preventing parallel supply chains

Preventing parallel supply chains — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:00 +0000

[...] fine for confirming quality, but they do nothing to avoid parallel channels. As I keep writing, early inspections are strongly recommended. First, very serious issues (which can convince a buyer to cancel an order [...]

By: How to deal with laboratory tests?

How to deal with laboratory tests? — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:56:58 +0000

[...] and at the same time perform a quality check on some samples. The advantage of doing this during production is that quality issues can be noticed and corrected early, without incurring significant shipment [...]

By: How suppliers can play to avoid QC inspections

How suppliers can play to avoid QC inspections — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:26:51 +0000

[...] All these games happen because importers tend to inspect too late… See Why inspecting quality earlier is better. [...]

By: Forgot to have quality inspected before shipment? « Quality Inspection Blog

Forgot to have quality inspected before shipment? « Quality Inspection Blog — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:24:58 +0000

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