Inspection Is Evil
Come see my lecture at the IPC Reliability Forum this week in Chicago; register here http://events.ipc.org/events/ipc-reliability-forum-manufacturing-high-performance-products/custom-37-bbdf36707fa54d01a644424e621e5eda.aspx
A wise man once said “Inspection is Evil”; …actually it was me and I didn’t say it just once, I say it every chance I get. Inspection is a non value-add activity and companies tend to use it to hide many sins. Traditionally, leaders of American industry have had a one-size fits all solution to just about any manufacturing problem they encounter; throw more inspectors at it. 
Customer returns increase and/or internal yields decrease; “Let’s hire more inspectors to make sure our customers do not receive the results of our inefficient process.” Whether you find bad parts internally or ship them, the customer is paying for your process inefficiencies either by defects, or the cost of your inspection, rework and repair. I am here to tell you that this approach simply does not work, and I will prove it to you shortly…
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