At 01:09 PM 3/19/98 EST, you wrote:
>My company is unclear as to how we should be recording and reporting defects
>with our PCB assemblies.  Some think that all shorts and opens prior to
touch-
>up should be reported as defects, others believe we should report only
defects
>found after touch-up.


Since "touch-up" is a standard, expected part of the process, the process
is not complete until after touch-up. I can't imagine why people would
want to record defects prior to process completion. UNLESS the intent
was to improve this specific part of the process, in which case these
are the ONLY defects relevant to that intent.

My opinion only .....

Doug Brooks
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UltraCAD Design, Inc.           http://www.ultracad.com

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