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  • initialism Acceptable Quality Level, the lowest level of quality in Technical Documentation which is required to be published

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Phrase invented by Philips Semiconductors Technical Documentation Services Department.

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  • Acceptable Quality Level (AQL): The AQL is a percent defective that is the base line requirement for the quality of the producer's product.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Acceptable Quality Level (AQL): The AQL is a percent defective that is the base line requirement for the quality of the producer's product.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • (For those unfamiliar with AQL-based lot acceptance sampling, this is the number of defective items that may be found in a sample without rejecting the lot.)

    April 1st, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • A stratified sample of 512 cans taken from a trailer of 32 cells may be sufficient to accept or reject the trailer at a 0.025% AQL, but it cannot be so used to accept or reject each cell: the sample per cell is only 16.

    June 17th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • • The ideas of “acceptable quality level” (AQL) and “average outgoing quality limit” (AOQL) can impede good business practice because they discourage continual improvement of quality.

    QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

  • • The ideas of “acceptable quality level” (AQL) and “average outgoing quality limit” (AOQL) can impede good business practice because they discourage continual improvement of quality.

    QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

  • • The ideas of “acceptable quality level” (AQL) and “average outgoing quality limit” (AOQL) can impede good business practice because they discourage continual improvement of quality.

    QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

  • In these cases, Liberty has to run acceptable quality level (AQL) tests on each lot, but Johnson-Quinlan prefers to avoid these brokers in favor of distributors that buy direct from OEMs and trace the product themselves.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • In these cases, Liberty has to run acceptable quality level (AQL) tests on each lot, but Johnson-Quinlan prefers to avoid these brokers in favor of distributors that buy direct from OEMs and trace the product themselves.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • In these cases, Liberty has to run acceptable quality level (AQL) tests on each lot, but Johnson-Quinlan prefers to avoid these brokers in favor of distributors that buy direct from OEMs and trace the product themselves.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

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