Defective products are items or goods that do not meet quality standards and have flaws or issues that make them unfit for their intended use. These products may have manufacturing defects, design flaws, or other problems affecting their functionality or safety.
Related terms
Quality Control: Quality control refers to measures taken during manufacturing processes to ensure that products meet specified standards and customer expectations.
Acceptance Sampling: Acceptance sampling involves inspecting random samples from batches or lots of products to determine whether they meet pre-defined quality criteria.
Nonconforming Units: Nonconforming units refer to individual items within a batch or lot that do not meet specified quality requirements and are considered defective.