I. Policy

A. Equispan Proactive Marketing, Inc. will monitor the inspection status of each item from receipt through end-item shipment by the means of signatures. If inspection stamps are required by contract, the procedures outlined in paragraph 5.2 will be followed.

II. CONTROL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

A. Stamps will be issued by the Quality Control Management or his appointee. An inventory of issued stamps will beheld at intervals of 6 months to identify lost or misplaced stamps. In the event that a stamp is lost. The stamp number will be removed from service. Stamps returned by employees leaving employment at Equispan Proactive Marketing, Inc. will be held out of service for a period of six months.
B. Each stamp number will be traceable to the individual responsible for its use and records will be maintained to identify individuals with specific inspection stamps.
C. Stamps, decals, seals, or method of their application will be designed to identify that articles have undergone in-process, partial inspection, final subassembly, inspection, functional tests, or end-item final inspection. Articles which have been rejected or are being held for MRB action need not be physically stamped, but reject or withhold stamp will be applied to the accompanying hold tag or other documentation as appropriate.
D. Stamps will be applied to tags, cards, or labels attached to individual articles as practical. In the case of extremely small parts, the inspection card, tag, or label may be attached to the container to indicate the status of all parts included in the container.mp design will not resemble Government inspection stamps by including the letters “EPM” on the stamp, indicating Equispan Proactive Marketing.

III. Acceptance stamp shall be applied only to parts and materials that have been verified to comply with all drawing and specification requirements

IV. Reject stamp shall be applied to parts and materials that have been inspected and found to be non-conforming to requirements.

Samples of Stamps