What is In-Process Inspection?
In-Process Inspection
Inspection during production.
What it means
In-process inspection is an inspection conducted during the production of a product or immediately after completing one step. Even if the materials are good, defects can occur during the manufacturing process.
The failed products are set aside so as not to be mixed with good products, and are recorded as defective quantity in the production output.
At the pen factory
Starting from the 12th day, press the assembled ballpoint pen three times. Out of 100 pens, 8 pens are caught, so they put it in a red container and send it to the defective warehouse, and an additional 8 pens are made.
Why it matters
If you filter out defects right away at the point where they are created, you will avoid wasting work in subsequent stages and you will be able to know at what stage the defect occurred.