What drives the inspection?
Purchase order/contract, drawing/model, specification, BOM, control/inspection plan, customer quality clauses, critical characteristics, supplier performance, source/traceability, counterfeit risk and previous defects.
Goods In Inspection & Incoming Product Verification
A risk-based inspection, verification and release tool for aerospace, defence, space and other critical industries. Build the inspection from the actual product, drawing, specification, purchase order, control plan and customer requirements — not from a one-size-fits-all checklist.
Received ≠ Accepted Product-specific checklists Risk-based verification
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The core principle
Do not release by receipt aloneMaterial received ≠ material accepted. Receipt establishes possession. Verification establishes objective evidence. Acceptance/release authorises use. Keep unverified product positively identified and controlled so it cannot unintentionally enter production.
1. Receive
Identify & quarantine
Identify & quarantine
2. Define
PO/drawing/spec
PO/drawing/spec
3. Risk
Criticality & supplier
Criticality & supplier
4. Verify
Evidence & inspection
Evidence & inspection
5. Decide
Accept/hold/reject
Accept/hold/reject
6. Release
Status & records
Status & records
Inspection is broader than measurement
Verification can include documentation review, identity/configuration checks, visual examination, dimensional inspection, functional/test verification, material/certificate review, authenticity checks and statistical acceptance.
Objective evidence
Record what was checked, requirement/acceptance criterion, result, sample size, instrument/equipment where relevant, inspector, date and traceability. A tick with no basis is weak evidence.
Select a Product Family to Start an Inspection
Select the type of product received to load the appropriate inspection requirements and product-specific checklist.
The selected family determines the additional checks loaded alongside the common Goods In verification requirements.
Escalate when risk increases
Consider tighter verification for new/changed suppliers, first deliveries, safety/mission-critical items, poor supplier performance, suspect documentation, broken traceability, counterfeit risk, changed manufacturing source, recurring defects, concessions, long storage, damaged packaging or customer-mandated inspection.
Standards & reference framework
AS9100 / EN9100 family: use applicable purchasing and external-provider controls, including defined verification activities. AS9138 / EN9138: statistical product acceptance methods where invoked/adopted. ISO 2859-1: attribute sampling schemes indexed by AQL for lot-by-lot inspection. AS5553 / AS6174: counterfeit avoidance considerations for EEE/materials where applicable. NASA-STD-8739.10: EEE parts assurance for NASA spaceflight/critical ground equipment. Also apply the current drawing, product/process specification, PO/contract, customer clauses, statutory/regulatory requirements and your QMS procedures. Always verify the current revision and contractual applicability before use.
Inspection Plan
Checklist adapts to product typeProduct-Specific Incoming Inspection
Status each check and record the actual result/evidence. Add custom checks for drawing or contract-specific requirements.
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Standards-Aware Sampling Plan Assistant
Select the sampling framework first. The fields below change to match AQL, LQ, variables, aerospace statistical acceptance, customer-defined or 100% inspection approaches.
Important: this assistant records and evaluates an authorised sampling plan; it does not reproduce proprietary standards tables or invent sample sizes, code letters, Ac/Re values or acceptance limits. Enter those from your controlled standard, customer requirement or approved organisational procedure.
Quality acceptance criteria
Record the acceptance protection actually authorised for each defect class. Do not assume generic Critical/Major/Minor values apply to every product or customer.
| Defect class | Acceptance basis | Value / level | Sample size | Ac | Re |
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| Critical Safety / mission / regulatory significance as defined | |||||
| Major | |||||
| Minor |
Critical defects: do not automatically assign an AQL of zero or any other generic value. Apply the product, customer, safety, regulatory and approved statistical-product-acceptance requirements.
Sampling plan result
Select a sampling standard/method and enter the authorised plan values.
ISO 2859-1 / Z1.4
Attribute acceptance sampling for continuing lots using AQL-indexed plans. Record inspection level, normal/tightened/reduced status, plan type, code letter and the authorised sample/Ac/Re from the applicable controlled tables.
ISO 2859-2
Attribute sampling for isolated or short-series lots, indexed by Limiting Quality (LQ). Do not present an AQL field as though it were an ISO 2859-1 continuing-lot plan.
AS9138 / EN9138
Aerospace statistical product acceptance is risk-based. Record the approved method, quality/risk parameters, safety/critical-characteristic treatment, customer protection and procedure reference rather than treating AS9138 as a simple AQL lookup table.
Variables plans
Variables sampling uses measured data and statistical assumptions rather than simple conforming/nonconforming counts. Record the approved variables method and required distribution/variation basis.
Switching & escalation
Where the invoked system provides switching rules, record whether inspection is Normal, Tightened or Reduced and ensure changes are based on the prescribed history/rules—not inspector discretion.
Sampling is not acceptance authority
Passing the numerical sampling rule is only one input. Documentation, traceability, configuration, special-process evidence and other mandatory requirements must also conform before release.
Issues, NCR & Final Release
Control rule: nonconforming or not-yet-verified material should remain identified and controlled against unintended use. A concession/deviation only authorises the defined condition/scope; verify all other applicable acceptance requirements.
Goods In Inspection Report
Complete the inspection and generate the report.