ASTM E2910-12
Standard Guide for Preferred Methods for Acceptance of Product

Standard No.

ASTM E2910-12

Release Date

2012

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM E2910-12(2018)

Latest

ASTM E2910-12(2018)

Scope

5.1 Procurement practices encourage industry innovation and provide flexibility to achieve the benefits of continuous improvement.

5.2 There is an evolving industrial product quality philosophy that recognizes the need for quality policy changes that will provide producers with opportunities and incentives toward improvement of product quality and cooperative relationships between the producer and the consumer.

5.3 Process controls and statistical control methods are the preferable means of preventing nonconformances, controlling quality, and generating information for improvement. An effective process control system may also be used to provide information to assess the quality of deliverables submitted for acceptance. Producers are encouraged to use process control and statistical control procedures for their internal control and to submit effective process control procedures in lieu of prescribed sampling requirements to the consumer for approval.

5.4 Sampling inspection by itself is an inefficient industrial practice for demonstrating conformance to the requirements of a contract and its technical data package. The application of sampling plans for acceptance involves both consumer and producer risks; and increased sampling is one way of reducing these risks, but it also increases costs. Producers can reduce risks by employing efficient processes with appropriate process controls. To the extent that such practices are employed and are effective, risk is controlled and, consequently, inspection and testing can be reduced.

5.5 The following points provide the basis for this standard:

5.5.1 Producers are required to submit deliverables that conform to requirements and to generate and maintain sufficient evidence of conformance.

5.5.2 Producers are responsible for establishing their own manufacturing and process controls to produce results in accordance with requirements.

5.5.3 Producers are expected to use recognized prevention practices such as process controls and statistical techniques.

5.6 This standard also provides a set of sampling plans and procedures for planning and conducting inspections to assess quality and conformance to contract requirements. This standard eliminates acceptable quality levels (AQL's) and associated practices within specifications.

5.7 Applicability—This standard, when referenced in the contract, specification, or purchase order, is applicable to the prime producer, and should be extended to subcontractors or vendor facilities. The quality plans are to be applied as specified in the contract documents, and deliverables may be submitted for acceptance if the requirements of this standard have been met.

5.8 Applications—Quality plans and procedures in this standard may be used when appropriate to assess conformance to requirements of the following:

5.8.1 End items,

5.8.2 Components or basic materials,<......

ASTM E2910-12 Referenced Document

• ASTM E2234 Standard Practice for Sampling a Stream of Product by Attributes Indexed by AQL
• ASTM E2762 Standard Practice for Sampling a Stream of Product by Variables Indexed by AQL
• ASTM E2819 Standard Practice for Single- and Multi-Level Continuous Sampling of a Stream of Product by Attributes Indexed by AQL
• ASTM E456 Standard Terminology for Relating to Quality and Statistics

ASTM E2910-12 history

• 2018 ASTM E2910-12(2018) Standard Guide for Preferred Methods for Acceptance of Product
• 2012 ASTM E2910-12 Standard Guide for Preferred Methods for Acceptance of Product