No. There may be some guidelines, but no standards that I've come across.
The decision to scrap a product or rework it is up to the QA Engineer and
depends on things like customer contract conditions (levels of rework
permissible), the value of the product, the nature, time and cost of rework
vs. replacement, and a degree of common sense and practicality. Look to
those things first, and if you can't find adequate guidance there, it has
to be a judgement call.

I feel it's dangerous to always look for standards to solve every problem
anyway. They can't and they won't, and if they tried to, they would
seriously constrain individual man's ability to assess things for himself
and make decisions. Genuine processes DO require standards for consistency
and repeatability, but the paths to arriving at a decision and taking that
decision should never be "standard" - unless you're a computer or a robot.

Peter




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   Hello
  Does anyone know of any industry standards for scrap/or rework in the
Circuit Board Industry?
  THANKS

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