How can I understand the differences between two ISTA test procedures such as ISTA 6-Amazon.com-SIOC and ISTA 6-Sam's Club for my specific packaged-product?

How can I understand the differences between two ISTA test procedures such as ISTA 6-Amazon.com-SIOC and ISTA 6-Sam's Club for my specific packaged-product?

Unfortunately, ISTA doesn't currently have a test comparison tool so the task will be a manual one.  There are a couple ways to tackle this task,

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