On Sunday 24 May 2015 12:32:40 Mick wrote: > On Sunday 24 May 2015 11:45:50 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 24 May 2015 11:11:34 Mick wrote: > > > What I'm saying is that in today's world of mass marketing and el-cheapo > > > manufacturing, where shaving a penny is a strategy applied not only on > > > the workers' wages but also on the materials and manufacturing process, > > > we are left doing QA ourselves or keeping both pieces of whatever > > > breaks. > > > > Permit me a little quibble: we're not doing QA but QC (control). Not at > > all > > the same thing. QA is defined in the ISO9000 series of international > > standards. > > You're absolutely right of course: I meant, but didn't express it so, that > we have to compensate for lack of adequate QA and poor QC. However, > thinking about it, I am probably wrong altogether. Said manufacturers may > have both processes in place, but implemented with comparatively low > acceptance thresholds for what we expect. Ahh! The joys of globalisation. > :-(
Oh, well - thanks for not taking offence! -- Rgds Peter
