First-piece inspection is a documented release decisionFiles, setup, first-piece observations and disposition form a release gate. A checklist by itself is not production authorization.First-piece inspection is a documented release decisionRELEASEFiles + revisionsBUILDSetup + first pieceREVIEWMeasurements + findingsAUTHORIZEDisposition + ownerOpen question? Hold the affected work and record who resolves it.A first-piece review does not demonstrate that every later unit conforms.³Ô¹Ïtv · Engineering illustration · Not an inspection record