Your CNC Part Failed First Article Inspection—What’s The Recovery Path?
Your CNC first article has failed inspection after the purchase order was placed. Now you’re under pressure to recover the project quickly without causing another failed sample, additional production delays, or unnecessary sourcing risk. A failed CNC first article is usually recovered by identifying the failed feature or specification, determining whether the problem is isolated […]
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 […]
