Customer team
Defines criteria, validates in its equipment, decides open items and approves the configuration and application scope.
POST-SAMPLE DECISION GUIDE
Cable Assembly Sample Approval Checklist
When a sample arrives, match it to its revisions, compare it with the agreed requirement, record evidence and open issues, then state the release decision. This is a coordination tool, not a certified sign-off system.
Write down the production decision
- Applicable drawing and BOM revision
- Approved configuration and quantity or order scope
- Customer approver and approval date
- Open limitations, retained sample and evidence references
Keep three different reviews separate
Document review, sample inspection and validation in the customer's equipment answer different questions. One does not automatically complete the others.
1. Document and configuration review
Record sample ID, drawing/BOM revision, quoted configuration and actual components, cable, protection and labels. Identify original JST/Molex or an unbranded candidate.
2. Sample inspection and agreed evidence
Check pinout, mating view, dimensions, workmanship and identification. Every finished cable assembly receives continuity and short-circuit testing; pull-force testing is sampled. Other evidence is project-specific.
3. Customer equipment validation
The customer decides actual-equipment suitability. Fit, function and required environmental or life validation must meet its criteria before release.
Sample review and release matrix
Name or attach the evidence for each row. Keep unresolved items visible until the customer records a decision.
| Check item | Evidence to record | Confirmer or unresolved action |
|---|---|---|
| 01Sample identity | Sample ID, date, quantity, lot, photos and quotation line. | Zeakka and the factory clarify any identity mismatch before review. |
| 02Drawing, BOM and component baseline | Drawing/BOM revisions and actual components, cable, protection, label and alternative. | Customer records the match and any open differences. |
| 03Pinout and mating orientation | Pin-to-pin result, viewing side, pin 1, key/latch, cable exit and mating part. | Resolve ambiguity from the drawing and interface, not wire color. |
| 04Critical dimensions and workmanship | Lengths, tolerances, branches, protection, termination appearance and visual criteria. | Factory explains nonconformities; customer decides their disposition. |
| 05Agreed inspection and test evidence | Continuity/short-circuit, sampled pull-force and project-specific evidence. | Factory supplies agreed evidence; missing evidence remains open. |
| 06Customer equipment validation | Mating, installation, function and required environmental/life results. | Customer records application suitability and limitations for the stated scope. |
| 07Changes and unresolved items | Issue, owner and date; changed interface, material, component, process, revision or criterion. | Requirements and customer review determine resampling or retesting; no change is automatically approved. |
| 08Production release and reorder baseline | Decision, revision, configuration, order scope, approver, date and retained reference. | Customer records release; future orders cite the baseline and disclose changes. |
Use a status that cannot hide an open decision
Each status must point back to the evidence and stated scope.
- 01
Pending review
The sample or evidence is not fully checked. No production approval is implied.
- 02
Changes or evidence required
A correction, document or customer decision is still needed. Record the owner and action.
- 03
Approved for the stated scope
Customer approval applies only to the named revision, quantity/order scope, approver and date.
- 04
Resample or retest required
A revised sample, repeated check or additional validation is required before release.
Write down the production decision
Do not turn “sample looks fine” into an undefined instruction. Record the approved scope and evidence location. The customer decides open items; urgency does not approve them.
A basic check is not a performance certification
Continuity, short-circuit and visual results do not establish temperature, current, voltage, ingress, chemical, flex-life, vibration, regulatory or service-life suitability. Define methods and criteria. Certifications, added tests and timing are project-specific.
Who confirms what
Zeakka
As trading and sourcing partner, clarifies the record and coordinates factories, quotations, samples and corrections.
Selected factory
Builds and tests the confirmed configuration and provides the evidence agreed for the order.
Sample approval questions
Does a continuity test or visual check mean the sample is approved?
No. They cover only those checks. The customer confirms configuration, mating and equipment suitability against required performance, environmental, life and certification criteria.
Who gives final approval for a cable assembly sample?
The customer approves configuration and application suitability. Zeakka coordinates; the factory builds and tests to scope. Record approver, date, revision and order scope.
When should a changed assembly be resampled or retested?
Review interface, component, cable, material, process, pinout, dimension, revision or criterion changes. Requirements and customer review determine resampling or retesting; no change is automatically approved.
Can a finished assembly use original JST or Molex connectors?
Yes. A finished assembly can use original JST/Molex or an identified unbranded candidate. Originals are not sold separately; loose offers are unbranded alternatives. Record the option.
Make the approved sample usable for production
Send the sample ID, revisions, issue list and evidence. We can clarify the recorded scope and coordinate the next factory action without treating open points as approved.