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Quality Control is not, and never has been considered as value added. It is engineerings function to first design a component for a specific function that meets the requirements of the device. Engineering must then develope a manufacturing process that is capable of producing the required part every time. It is Quality Controls job to audit the process to ensure that it is in control, stable, and continues to produce good parts. FMEAs are done when bad parts or a catastrophic failure occurs to determine the root cause of the problem. The better manufactures do all this work up front at an additional cost which goes into the product. Non OEM manufactures are only making parts and therefore are cheaper because they are not privy to the engineering or IP that went into the part. This manufacturing issue is not specfic to any National boundary. It is the responsibility of the company whose name is on the part to ensure that the design requirements are being met, where ever in the world they are being produced.
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