Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Disadvantages of acceptance
sampling
• Application of acceptance
sampling
• MoonLight Jeans example
Acceptance Sampling
Defined
• Acceptance Sampling is a form
of inspection that is used to
determine whether or not goods
are coherent with a set standard
of quality
Acceptance Sampling
• How can this tool be used in
your organization?
When is Acceptance
Sampling useful?
• When product testing is
– destructive
– expensive
– time consuming
• Acceptance sampling is a
process that helps to determine
whether to accept or reject the
sample being observed
Disadvantages of
acceptance sampling
– N = 1,000
– n = 50
– c=2
– d=5
Acceptance Sampling
Plan
• What should Mr. Smith do in
reference to the number of
defective items observed????
Acceptance Sampling
Plan
• Remember, if d > c, reject lot
• Since c = 2, and d = 5…
– Mr. Smith should
reject the lot of
1,000 sheets of glass
MoonLight Jeans
• Risks
– Producers Risk
– Consumers Risk
Summary, cont…
• Stages of Inspection
– Input Stage
– Process Stage
– Output Stage
• Example Sampling Plan
• MoonLight Jeans Example
Works Cited
• Canavos, George C. and Don M. Miller.
Custom Edition of Introduction to
Business Statistics 2e. USA: Brooks/Cole
Publishing Company, 2001.
• Foster, S. Thomas. Managing Quality: An
Integrative Approach. New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall Inc., 2001.
• Montgomery, Douglas C. Introduction to
Statistical Quality Control. USA: John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
Works Cited, cont…
• Starbird, S. Andrew. “The Effect of
Acceptance Sampling and Risk
Aversion on the Quality Delivered by
Suppliers.” Journal of the Operational
Research Society v45 (1994): 309-320.
• Wetherill, Barrie G. Sampling Inspection
and Quality Control. Great Britain:
Butler & Tanner Ltd, 1969.