First Article Inspection: The Last Gate Before Start-Up
"Keep running even though the first article fails" is a common shop-floor hazard — often it means a whole batch of scrap. The system enforces it: until the first article is submitted and IPQC judges it OK, the "Start" button on the worker's PDA is unavailable, eliminating this risk by design.
- First-article inspection task auto-issued with the operation card
- Before mass production, IPQC must judge the first article OK in the system
- An NG first article auto-triggers SOP re-review + process-engineer involvement
- First-article sample photos + key dimension data archived for reference