Acceptable Quality Level. Criteria agreed between vendor and purchaser, regarding the proportion of permissible defective items within a consignment without causing rejection.
Acceptable Quality Level. A performance measure that is typically stated as an allowable variation from the PWS performance indicator.
Acceptable quality level. In a continuing series of lots, a quality level that, for the purpose of sampling inspection, is the limit of satisfactory process average.
Acceptable Quality Level, is a quality specification that the FDA and the manufacturers use to specify the pinhole rate in surgical and exam gloves. The FDA specifies an AQL of 1.5 for surgical gloves and 2.5 for exam gloves. AQL 2.5 means the defect level from a very large numbers of gloves (say one million pieces) will not be more than 2.5%.
Acceptable Quality Level. The variance from a performance standard that a contractor is allowed, before the Government rejects its services. Generally speaking, a contractor will be given an an opportunity to correct non-conforming services if it can be accomplished within the required delivery schedule.
Acceptable Quality Level The level of quality which in a sampling plan corresponds to a relatively strong acceptance probability, generally predetermined by the plan. This indicator is expressed as a percentage, giving the maximum number of defects tolerated. The AQL notion is now somewhat outdated, being replaced by concepts such as "Total Quality" and "Zero Defect".
Acceptable Quality Level. The relative number of devices, expressed in parts-per-million, that might not meet specification or be defective. Typical values are around 10 ppm.
As a quality control company in China, AsiaInspection uses the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) to establish a maximum allowable error rate or variation from the standard. Acceptance testing will cease immediately if the failure rate of the product being tested exceeds the minimum Acceptable Quality Level. To learn more about Acceptance Sampling Methods, please view AsiaInspection Quality Standards.
Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) standards are enforced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for all gloves. This quality specification relates to a glove's freedom from pinholes and typically refers to the barrier protection confidence level. The AQL is used by manufacturers to identify the maximum number of allowable defects (pinholes) per 100 units. A lower AQL number represents a higher quality product. Gloves inspected to an AQL of 2.5 must have fewer than 2.5 defects for every 100 gloves. The FDA specifies an AQL of 1.5 for surgical gloves and 2.5 for exam gloves.
Acceptable Quality Level. A quality level established on a prearranged system of inspection using samples selected at random.
Acceptable Quality Level. The maximal percent of nonconforming items (or the maximal number of nonconformities per 100 items), which is considered, for inspection purposes, as a satisfying process mean. The AQL is generally specified by the authority responsible of sampling. Different AQLs may be designated for different types of defects. It is common to use an AQL of 1% for major defects, and 2.5% for minor defects. Values of AQL that are 10% or less are suitable for percent nonconforming or nonconformities per 100 items. Values of AQL over 10% are only suitable for nonconformities per 100 items.
Acceptable Quality Level. Maximum number of defects per 100 pieces that are allowable.
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Acceptable Quality Levels
Abbreviation for acceptable quality level.