Designation:E2910−12AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardGuideforPreferredMethodsforAcceptanceofProduct1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2910;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1ThisguideestablisheslotorbatchandcontinuoussamplingplansusingMIL-STD-1916asabasis.Itrepresentsanalternativesamplingapproachtoattributessampling(MIL-STD-105E,sameasE2234),variablessampling(MIL-STD-414,E2762),andcontinuoussampling(MIL-STD-1235B,E2819).1.2ThisguideprovidesthesamplingplansofMIL-STD-1916inASTMformatforusebyASTMcommitteesandothers.ItrecognizesthecontinuingusageofMIL-STD-1916inindustriessupportedbyASTM.MostoftheoriginaltextinMIL-STD-1916ispreservedinSections4-6ofthisguide.Theoriginalwordingof“Government”inMIL-STD-1916hasbeenchangedto“consumer”,and“contractor”hasbeenchangedto“producer”tomakethisstandardmoregeneric.1.3Purpose—Toencourageproducerssupplyinggoodsandservicestoitsconsumerstosubmitefficientandeffectiveprocesscontrol(prevention)proceduresinplaceofprescribedsamplingrequirements.ThegoalistosupportthemovementawayfromanAQL-basedinspection(detection)strategytoimplementationofaneffectiveprevention-basedstrategyin-cludingacomprehensivequalitysystem,continuousimprove-mentandapartnershipwiththeconsumer.Theunderlyingthemeisapartnershipbetweenconsumerandtheproducer,withtherequisitecompetenceofbothparties,andaclearmutualbenefitfromprocessescapableofconsistentlyhighqualityproductsandservices.Theobjectiveistocreateanatmospherewhereeverynoncomplianceisanopportunityforcorrectiveactionandimprovementratherthanonewhereacceptablequalitylevelsarethecontractuallysufficientgoals.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpr...
