Your CNC Parts Failed First-Article Inspection — What Now?
Your parts failed first-article inspection, and now the project is paused while everyone waits for a decision on what to do next. When an FAI fails, the next step is to determine whether the failure proves a supplier capability limit, a reworkable manufacturing error, or a drawing requirement that already prevents compliance. That classification directly […]
Passed FAI but Failed Production — What That Means
You approved FAI, released production, and still ended up with drifting dimensions, fit failures, or rejected batches. That sequence is common — and it’s not a contradiction. It means the supplier could make a compliant sample, but never established a stable, repeatable production process capable of holding control at volume. The sections below explain how […]
