The Continuing Evolution of the Military Standard 105D Sampling System

1.1 Genesis of military standard 105D Lot-by-lot acceptance sampling began just prior to World War II and was given a large boost during the war because of the need to assure the quality of wartime material. Bell Laboratories personnel were heavily involved in the early development of sampling plans. The most prolific Bell Laboratories contributors were G. D. Edwards, H. F. Dodge, and H. G. Romig. The initial system of acceptance sampling plans was developed to assure wartime material. This system evolved through a number of changes to the current system of plans, Military Standard 105D. This standard is described in Ref. 1. H. F. Dodge was one of the leading contributors to the final development of this system. W. R. Pabst, long-time editor of the Standards Section of the Journal of Quality Technology, discussed Dodge's contribution in a paper presented before the 17th annual convention of the American Society for Quality Control ( A S Q C ) : 2 "Much of the theoretical work underlying the new MIL-STD105D is directly attributed to David Hill and indirectly to Harold Dodge." 137