Assuring that the quality of a product does not get out of hand and add to the cost of its manufacture or design.
a routine application of procedures for controlling the monitoring process. QC is the responsibility of all those performing hands-on operations in the filed and in the laboratory.
A process to control the quality of care and services.
In printing, the process of taking random samples during the run to check the consistency of quality. to top
Activities that monitor, measure, and control the characteristics of a material, component, or product to documented specifications.
n.: The process of testing one out of every 1,000 units coming off a production line to make sure that at least one out of 100 works.
See "quality assurance/quality control."
the quality engineering task that ensures the quality of the work products, especially those that are deliverable to the customer organization. Note that QC involves both evaluating the quality of work products as well as identifying ways to eliminate their defects. Popular QC evaluation techniques include audits, inspections, reviews, tests, and walkthroughs. Contrast with quality assurance.
looks at where faults may arise and sets up controls systems to stop them happening.
Set of procedures aimed at achieving high quality and standards. These may consist of detailed record keeping, inspection, and reporting to a specific authority. See also Accountability
a series of checks and control measures that ensure that a uniform quality food is produced.
From monitoring raw milk quality, to the cleanliness of the processing plant, care is taken to preserve nature's goodness and produce a safe, flavorful ingredient. The butter industry has rigorous quality assurance systems based on a Total Quality System (TQS) which includes Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP). Employing TQS and HACCP systems emphasizes the prevention of defects, rather than their detection. HACCP addresses three key steps: 1) identification of all potential hazards; 2) assessment of the severity of each hazard to health, safety or spoilage; 3) estimation of the risk that a hazard will occur. HACCP analysis occurs at every step in the butter production system, including raw milk quality, processing, distribution, marketing, preparation and use of butter as a food product.
Activities or programs whose purpose is to ensure that all quality specifications for products or services are being met and are of consistently high quality.
The corporate function or department that is responsible for determining if the company's products meet the stated product specifications and quality standards. The quality control function includes the selection of random samples during the printing process to check the consistency of quality. See also BURSTING STRENGTH CALIPER CHECKER COLOR BAR DENSITOMETER DRY STRENGTH F&G INKOMETER MULLEN TESTER PICKING PRESS CHECK PULL TEST TACKOSCOPE WET STRENGTH
A system of safeguards to ensure that all loans are originated, processed, underwritten, closed and serviced according to the lender's and an investor's standards.
The measurement of the outputs of a process to ensure that they meet a required standard. In critical processes all outputs are tested for compliance. In non-critical processes, a sample is normally tested and action is only taken if the sample fails the required standard.
The VLT Quality Control process comprises the following tasks: visual checks of observed science and calibration data, checks of ambient conditions for science observations against user-specified constraints, checking the formal correctness of the data files, creating master calibration data, extracting quality parameters for quality assessment of data files and of the instrument status, populating the master calibration archive and performing instrument trend analysis.
A process based on a set of specified standards used to evaluate the quality of a product and to ensure that the product of the producing agency has attained the established standard of quality. Total Quality Management (TQM) is a method of quality control which aims to have work of acceptable quality built into the product or service from its start, with the idea of eliminating the need for quality inspection on a mass basis. Through management leadership and team work, the goal is constant improvement in quality and productivity.
(1) The process relating to gathering process data and analyzing the data to determine whether the process exhibits nonrandom variation. (2) Broadest term used for the control of quality of a product by whatever methods are available. It includes instrument feedback loops, performance measurement and comparison to standards and responses based on that information and experience.
(a) Planned systematic activities necessary to ensure that media conforms to established technical requirements. (b) All actions that are taken to ensure development of products that meet performance requirements and adhere to standards and procedures. (c) Policy, procedures and systematic actions established in an enterprise for the purpose of providing and maintaining some degree of confidence in data integrity and accuracy throughout the life cycle of the data, which includes input, update, manipulation, and output.
The continuous review, certification, inspection, and testing of project components, including persons, systems, materials, documents, techniques, and workmanship to determine whether or not such components conform to the plans, specifications, and applicable standards.
Establishment of acceptable standards for a product with standards enforced after production
employees and activities which analyze the quality of manufactured products and solve problems when necessary so salable goods are produced.
maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods
The process used to ensure the quality of data or operations is in keeping with standards set for the system.
A set of testing activities used to determine that the ingredients, components, and final CSPs prepared to meet predetermined requirements with the respect to identify, purity, nonpyrogenicity, and sterility.
An ongoing analysis of operations, to verify goods or service meet specified standards, or to better answer customer/user complaints. Libraries have been criticized for not employing more quality control standards on library services.
Using process control systems to measure the quality of products, eg measuring the diameter of bolts or checking table tennis balls for size. Random Access Memory. Electronic, read and write memory which is volatile. It loses its contents when power is removed. See ‘Storage devices’.
Fieldstone personnel have inspected your home for conformance to industry standards and those of Fieldstone.
a program of activities that include customer service, process control, and sampling.
Also known as quality assurance. A franchisor will send teams or individuals to franchise locations to ensure that the rules in the operations manuals are followed. This ensures the consistency of the product or service between different franchisees. The strictness of the quality control is to the franchisees benefit as it ensures that his operation's reputation is not tainted by the laxness of another franchisee.
The process of controlling the quality of the aggregate and encompasses the processing plant design, the techniques implemented in processing, materials handling, stockpiling, and loadout.
The set of laboratory or clinical procedures designed to ensure that a test is working properly, e.g. test controls, monitor lot-to-lot variation, monitor/run CO values, etc.
The process of improving a toy after it is already in production by altering color, sculpting, or accessories. Often quality control will result in variants of an action figure; for example, Kenner changed its lightsaber lengths mid-production in its current Star Wars: Power of the Force line, resulting in increased collector demand for figures with the earlier, longer lightsabers. [][ Go To Bottom
The INEOS Fluor analytical services and facilities used for production and product sentencing purposes.
System to ensure safe and effective delivery of all processes used in treatment of patients to top of page
techniques used to ensure that high quality is maintained through the various stages of digitization.
A broad range of applications designed to ensure that manufactured parts meet or exceed predefined benchmarks. Quality Control systems are used in virtually every manufacturing industry to test and record item attributes such as chemical composition, flavor, tensile strength, etc.
(12) This is frequently used to refer to Quality Assurance, but may be more accurately used when referring to steps taken to control the quality of the products of radiology. An example of quality control is the policy a radiology department might have to do monthly sysematic testing and reporting on monitor performance.
The system of ensuring the quality of output by involving inspection, analysis and action to make required changes.
The process by which product quality is compared with applicable standards; and the action taken when nonconformance is detected. Its focus is defect detection and removal. This is a line function, that is, the performance of these tasks is the responsibility of the people working within the process.
Actions taken by a lab to ensure all variables and factors are considered in the measurement of a sample and the interpretation of data to give a result. quantify - To measure the amount of a chemical or substance in a sample.
The activities used to ensure the quality policy is adhered to
The method by which the franchisor enforces the rules of operation set forth in the operating manuals. Quality control involves regional coordinators visiting each franchisee.
The directed use of testing to measure the achievement of a specified standard; the measurement and enforcement of a benchmark that says "the product must be this good".
Term used to refer to formal checks undertaken by supervisory staff to ensure that fieldwork and other operational tasks have been carried out according to agreed minimum standards.
A system of safeguards to ensure that loans are originated, underwritten and serviced according to the lender's standards and, if applicable, the standards of the investor, governmental agency, or mortgage insurer.
The management function that attempts to ensure that the goods or services that a firm manufactures or purchases meet the product or service specifications.
Monitoring and controlling the usefulness of the end product. Back to the top
A method of ensuring that quality is maintained throughout all stages of product development and manufacture.
a system of technical activities that measure and control quality so that data meet users' needs. [Source: Quality Assurance Guidance for Conducting Brownfields Site Assessments, EPA 540-R-98-038, Page 1
The operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality. All that is done to be sure that the product is what it should be. Quality control involves operational techniques and activities aimed both at monitoring a process and at eliminating causes of unsatisfactory performance at all stages of the organization's operation in order to result in economic effectiveness.
The process by which actual product or service performance is measured and compared with a standard, and action is taken to eliminate any non-conformances
A component of Quality Assurance; comprises all those actions necessary to control and verify that a material, process, or product meets specified requirements.
Quality control is used to insure that all the ingredients, mixes and steps of the baking process are kept to the bakers high standards. Back to the Top-R-R-R
the process of monitoring specific project results to determine if they comply with relevant standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance.
Ensuring and effectively regulating the production of the number and type of goods manufactured to quality specifications.
The operational techniques and activities used to ensure that quality standards are met.
systems put in place to check quality during manufacture i.e. gauges, visual checks, etc.
The overall system of technical activities whose purpose is to measure and control the quality of a product or service so that it meets the needs of users (NELAC, 2001).
Inspection, analysis and action required to ensure quality of output.
A formal systematic process to ensure that expected quality standards are achieved during construction or a production process
Quality control is an integral component of quality improvement and is the aggregate of processes and techniques so derived to detect, reduce, and correct deficiencies in an analytical process.6 Quality control is a surveillance process in which the actions of people and performance of equipment and materials are observed in some systematic, periodic way that provides a record of consistency of performance and action taken when performance does not conform to standards that have been established in the laboratory.8
means a planned and systematic operation or procedure for preventing a dietary ingredient or dietary supplement from being adulterated. [Definition from Proposed Rule: Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Dietary Ingredients and Dietary Supplements; 68 FR 12251
Inspection of wallpaper before installation to make sure that it meets specifications.
the process of developing and applying systems to ensure products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations
The control of variation of workmanship, processes, and materials in order to produce a consistent, uniform product. - Symbol for resistance, resistor or reluctance.
The internal monitoring and control of project deliverables, to ensure that they meet the quality targets set for the project.
The operational techniques and activities undertaken within the quality assurance system to verify that the requirements for quality of the trial-related activities have been fulfilled.
Abbreviated QC. System for checking quality of products during or after manufacture.
The system of checks that are used to generate excellence, or quality, in a program (a monitoring program for example. QC asks if we are doing the right things (in our case are we monitoring the right things to detect changes in water quality).
All aspects of the control of the spraying process including the surface preparation, spraying, control of thickness deposited and the oxide and porosity levels, surface finish and NDE checks as specified.
The process of monitoring the adherence to documented quality assurance procedures.
describes techniques ensuring that high quality is maintained through various stages of a process. For example, quality control during image capture might include comparing the scanned image to the original and then adjusting colors or tonal values, or checking for artifacts.
The system of activities to ensure a quality product, including measurements made to ensure and monitor data quality. Includes calibrations, duplicate, blank, and spiked measurements, interlaboratory comparisons, and audits.
All the activities undertaken to ensure adequate quality in manufactured products and in on-site construction.
Identifying and implementing ways to eliminate unsatisfactory results. This often includes prevention efforts, attribute sampling, identifying the causes of problems, defining acceptable and unacceptable variances, and managing defect repair. See section 8.3 of the PMBOK.
Also called statistical quality control. The managerial process during which actual process performance is evaluated and actions are taken on unusual performance. It is a process to ensure whether a product meets predefined standards and requisite action taken if the standards are not met.
process of taking steps to ensure the quality of data or operations as in keeping with standards set for the system.
A system to ensure that consistency and uniformity are maintained in the manufacturing of a product.
Internal activities or activities according to externally established standards used to monitor the quality of analytical data and to ensure that it satisfies specified criteria.
maintaining a degree or standard of excellence by controlling variables.
System of control meant to guarantee, by periodic inspections, that a certain amount of quality is being maintained during the production of the product in question. Materials, procedures, tools, etc., as well as the product itself are inspected.
The process of measuring quality conformance by comparing the actual with a standard for the characteristic and acting on the difference. See: quality assurance/control.
The planned system of activities used to provide a level of quality that meets the needs of the users and the use of such a system. The objective of quality control is to provide a system that is safe, adequate, dependable and economic. The overall program involves integrating factors including: the proper specification; production to meet the full intent of the specification; inspection to determine whether the resulting material, product and service is in accordance with the specifications; and review of usage to determine any necessary revisions to the specifications.
In engineering and manufacturing, quality control and quality engineering are involved in developing systems to ensure products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements. These systems are often developed in conjunction with other business and engineering disciplines using a cross-functional approach.
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