Victor, I think that qualification of a product means determining that the product / vendor is capable of meeting your requirements. It's a one-time event that occurs before purchasing, or on 1st piece. The means used to qualify usually depend on how critical the part is. Inspection checks that the product continuously meets your requirements. It's an event that's repeated each time the product is received. Good Luck, Mark Hargreaves -----Original Message----- From: Victor Hernandez [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 1:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Difference in TERMINOLOGY Fellow TechNetters, Is there a difference in TERMINOLOGY are is INSPECTION & RECEIVING the same as would be a QUALIFICATION of product. Any HELP with literature and/or industry definition of the two arenas. This is a serious subject. I understand that QUALIFICATION would require all means available to determine probable material failure and use of material selection. Victor G. Hernandez Component/Material Failure Analysis Eng. PS4-1, Rm. 132 Ofc: 512-725-3471 Pgr: 512-907-0005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------