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TECHNICAL NOTE

On Product Liability and Quality Control

Pages 355-360 | Received 01 Jul 1985, Published online: 09 Jul 2007
 

Abstract

Product liability is one of the most costly and confusing problems facing manufacturing today. In this paper, models of the economic impact of both final acceptance sampling and process control on liability risk due to a manufacturing defect are presented. A numerical example reveals that selection of cost-effective quality control methods depends on assumed disposition of rejected lots.

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