MILITARY STANDARDS

Military Standard 105E

 Most widely used acceptance sampling system
for attributes

 MIL STD 105E is Acceptance Sampling System

 collection of sampling schemes

 Can be used with single, double or multiple

sampling plans
 We will consider single sampling plans for this course

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 Inspection Types
 Normal Inspection
 Used at start of inspection activity

 Tightened Inspection
 Instituted when vendor’s recent quality history has
deteriorated
 Acceptance requirements for lots are more stringent

 Reduced Inspection
 Instituted when vendor’s recent quality history has
been exceptionally good
 Sample size is usually smaller than under normal
inspection
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 Switching Rules
AND conditions
- Production Steady Start
- 10 consecutive lots accepted
- Approved by responsible authority 2 out of 5 consecutive lots rejected

Reduced Normal Tightened

OR conditions
- Lot rejected
5 consecutive
- Irregular production
lots accepted
- Lot meets neither accept nor
reject criteria
10 consecutive lots remain
- Other conditions warrant return
on tightened inspection
to normal inspection
Discontinue Inspection
 Procedure for MIL STD 105E
• Choose AQL
• Choose the inspection level
• Determine the lot size
• Find the appropriate sample code size letter from
table A-1.
• Determine the appropriate type of sampling plan to
use.
• Enter appropriate table to find the type of plan to be
used.
• Determine the corresponding normal and reduced
inspection plans to be used when required.
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 Example
• Suppose product comes from vendor in lots of size 2000
units. The acceptable quality level is 0.65%. Determine the
MIL STD 105E acceptance-sampling system.

Normal Insp. Level

Lot Size
= 2000

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 AQL

Plan K

Sample 125 units.

Ac = 2, accept if defects ≤ 2.
Re = 3, reject entire lot if defects ≥ 3.

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 AQL

Plan K

Sample 125 units

Ac = 1, accept if defects ≤ 1.
Re = 2, reject entire lot if defects ≥ 2.

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 AQL

Plan K

Sample 50 units
Ac = 1, accept if defects ≤ 1.
Re = 3, reject entire lot if defects ≥ 3.