Remember this: One little "oops" by the maker brings one big "ouch" to the buyer. Sampling inspections go with the odds. The odds are good, but not nearly good enough to avoid having losers. Factories that are market-oriented never stray from taking the customers' perspective in their approach to manufacturing their products. The so-called rational approach works great in general But we need to consider how rational our approach seems to the individual customer Naturally, countless factory manager counter the above with "Yeah, but do you know what switching to full-lot inspection would do to our costs?" Yes, I know. But then again, else-separates the 100 percent quality- more than anything amateurs from the true professionals. After manufacturing all, what are all those "expert" production engineers for? What is the whole field of industrial engineering for if not 100 percent quality?