ABSTRACT
The control of inspection and test status means a lot more than just keeping track of inspection stamps and passwords. The meaning behind it has everything to do with the authorized use or application of them. The authorized use of this media signifies that a product has been verified, accepted, and released to go on to the next determined step in the product’s finishing cycle. Without it, we would not know whether any phase operation was checked or not. We would be going on and on finishing a product only to find out at the end that from the first piece on to the last piece everything was rejected. Nobody indicated along the way that any processing step was controlled. What a way to learn a lesson! So, those who are authorized to release products from operation to operation bear a very significant responsibility in the application of inspection stamps and passwords. QOP 008 will define for you how to go about controlling the use of signatures, stamps, and passwords.
