> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 98 22:52:55 PST > From: William "Chops" Westfield > To: wterreb@plessey.co.za > Cc: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: ??? high temperature PIC ??? > Basically what he said is that if you control your manufacturing > processes carefully, then it should not be neccessary to test at all. > The policy is "let the customer test it for you, and if he complains > then you just replace it". So it is very likely that the failure rate > of new goods could be much worse than 99.99%. > > If your failure rate goes up too high, it is no longer ecconomically > feasible to let the customer do your testing. I agree. I'm just quoting what the supposedly expert said about what the world trends are. Rgds Werner -- Werner Terreblanche http://users.iafrica.com/w/we/wernerte/index.htm wterreb@plessey.co.za (work) OR wernerte@iafrica.com (home) Plessey SA, PO Box 30451,Tokai 7966, Cape Town, South Africa or at home : Suite 251, PostNet X5061, Stellenbosch, 7599 Tel +27 21 7102251 Fax +27 21 7102886 Home +27 21 8523249 ------------------------------------------------------------