MIL-STD-1916 DOD Preferred Methods for Acceptance of ProductThe purpose of this standard is to encourage defense contractors and other commercial organizations supplying goods and services to the U.S. Government to submit efficient and effective process control prevention procedures in place of prescribed sampling requirements.

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MIL-STD-1916

3.  DEFINITIONS

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3.1  Acronyms used in this standard.  The acronyms used in this standard are defined as

a.     ACO             -  Administrative Contracting Officer.

b.     ANSI            -  American National Standards Institute. c.     AQL             -  Acceptable Quality Level.

d.     ASQC          -  American Society for Quality Control. e.     CL                -  Code Letter.

f.     DFARS        -  DoD Federal Acquisitions Regulation Supplement. g.     DoD             -  Department of Defense.

h.     DoDISS       -  DoD Index of Specifications and Standards. i.     DoDSSP      -  DoD Single Stock Point.

j.     FAR             -  Federal Acquisitions Regulation.

k.     FMEA          -  Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.

l.     ISO              -  International Organization for Standardization. m.   PCO             -  Procurement Contracting Officer.

n.     PDCA          -  Plan-Do-Check-Act.

o.     QAR             -  Quality Assurance Representative. p.     SPC              -  Statistical Process Control.

q.     VL                -  Verification Level.

3.2  Acceptance.  The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government, for itself or as agent of another, assumes ownership of existing identified supplies tendered or approves specific services rendered as partial or complete performance of the contract.  (FAR 46.101)

3.3  Contract quality requirements.  The technical requirements in the contract relating to the quality of the product or service and those contract clauses prescribing inspection, and other quality controls incumbent on the contractor, to assure that the product or service conforms to

the contractual requirements.  (FAR 46.101)

3.4  Critical characteristic.  A characteristic that judgment and experience indicate must be met to avoid hazardous or unsafe conditions for individuals using, maintaining, or depending upon the product; or that judgment and experience indicate must be met to assure performance of the tactical function of a major item such as a ship, aircraft, tank, missile, or space vehicle.

3.5  Critical nonconforming unit.  A unit of product that fails to conform to specified requirements for one or more critical characteristics.

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