Bought-in items

All bought-in items of plant, especially those supplied without adequate materials certification, should be subject to random inspection. Portable instruments are available for many types of non-destructive examination, chemical analysis and mechanical testing of fabricated items of plant. 

Companies also buy items that are incorporated, rmchanged, into their products— computer manufacturers buy chips from specialist suppliers motor manufactiners buy door locks. Such items are known as bought-in items. 

Co-operates with ordering channels on corrosion-control suitability of bought-in items and appropriate instructions contained in contracting documents. 

Livestock Animal numbers, breeds and ages Feed items of both home-produced and bought-in materials DM content Ingredients Stock movement record Bought-in Sold Bom Stock identification Veterinary records Housing area for each class of livestock... 

QA/QC will have been involved in the project phase which developed and introduced the new process/product. They will have participated in devising the manufacturing specifications used to produce the product, in particular the in-process production checking. They will have ensured that bought-in materials meet the specification and that all items (components, facilities and process) have been validated in a process capability trial. 

Costs rise exponentially (rather than linearly) vs. quality. Therefore, do not goldplate items. Indirect materials are a fruitful area to investigate because they tend not to be antilyzed. For example, one firm compared the varnish applied on motor coils vs the varnish purchased there was a 10% difference. It was found that the varnish was bought in 55-gaUon drums. When the drums were being emptied, they were turned tight side up when there was still considerable product inside. The solution was a stand that permitted the varnish to drip out of the drum over a period of hours. 

A detaU drawing is done to give production departments all the information required to manufacture the part. Every part required in an assembly, except standard or bought-out items wiU have its own detail drawing. 

Check whether same bought-out items are given different names, e.g. bypass valve/flow throttle valve/water line control valve—though all are identical, but used in different sections of the plant. This is to reduce the inventory of such items which are common to many sections of the plant. 

The magnetic disk and central driver are bought-in from a supplier as a single item. 

The Problem Stan had exactly 20.40 in his pocket and managed to spend it all at the concession stand. He bought three hot dogs, two servings of cheese fries, and one large drink for that amount of money. One hot dog costs 1.80 more than one serving of cheese fries. And a drink costs 1.20 less than a hot dog. How much did each item cost ... 

The book trade outside the Soviet Union is carried on by the Mezhdu-narodnaya Kniga (International Book), an organization of the Ministry of External Trade (Ministerstvo Vneshnei Torgovli SSSR). This organization maintains outlets in most countries outside the USSR where Soviet books can be bought and through which periodical subscriptions may be placed. These outlets issue lists of periodicals available for subscription and will accept orders only for items listed. It is possible that a publication not available in New York can be subscribed to in Paris, London, or Stockholm. 

The reciprocal of each of these is also a unit factor. Items in retail stores are frequently priced with unit factors, such as 39c/lb and 3.98/gal. When all the quantities in a unit factor come from definitions, the unit is known to an unlimited (infinite) number of significant figures. For instance, if you bought eight 1-gallon jugs of something priced at 3.98/gal, the total cost would be 8 X 3.98, or 31.84 the merchant would not round this to 31.80, let alone to 30. 

No audience to whom I have ever presented this article has bought this claim. (I am not sure why not read on.) But note that at least the claim is entirely independent of everything else in the chapter. If you are pressed for time, you can skip down to item 4. The hell with it. 

He was also very lucky. This showed not only in his career and perhaps in his chemical intuition, but also, sometimes, in his hobbies. He once bought a jardiniere at a sale in aid of Sussex churches. It was said to be Sevres, and it was not expensive. Subsequently he decided to take it to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, to confirm that it was an imitation and not really a Sevres product. The curator initially agreed that it could not be genuine, so Joseph asked to be shown the Museum collection, which, of course, consists only of genuine items. As they proceeded to inspect the display, starting at the later and moving to the earlier, Joseph s jardiniere resembled more and more the Museum items, and finally the curator had to admit that the jardiniere was a genuine and very rare early Sevres piece, and certainly worth much more than he had paid for it. 

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