set of activities to be carried out by the supplier (inspections, measures and tests, etc.) on each specimen of the product in order to collect the evidence of conformity to the qualified design permitting the acceptance by the customer of each specimen of the product

Note 1 to entry: The process is different depending on the item being a first article or a subsequent article.

Go to the French version: processus d’acceptation

Related definitions: acceptance conditions; product acceptance