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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935 1935]
==Definition==
*1: an [[aggregate]] of activities (as design [[analysis]] and [[inspection]] for [[defects]]) designed to ensure adequate [[quality]] especially in manufactured [[products]]
==Description==
'''Quality control''', or ''QC'' for short, is a [[process]] by which entities review the [[quality]] of all factors involved in production. This approach places an emphasis on three aspects:
:1. Elements such as [[controls]], job [[management]], defined and well managed processes, [[performance]] and [[integrity]] criteria, and identification of records
:2. [[Competence]], such as [[knowledge]], [[skills]], [[experience]], and qualifications
:3. Soft elements, such as personnel, integrity, [[confidence]], organizational [[culture]], [[motivation]], team spirit, and quality [[relationships]].
Controls include product [[inspection]], where every product is examined [[visually]], and often using a stereo microscope for fine detail before the product is sold into the external [[market]]. Inspectors will be provided with lists and [[descriptions]] of unacceptable product [[defects]] such as cracks or surface blemishes for example.
The quality of the outputs is at [[risk]] if any of these three aspects is deficient in any way.
''Quality control'' emphasizes testing of products to uncover [[defects]] and reporting to management who make the [[decision]] to allow or deny product release, whereas ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_assurance quality assurance]'' attempts to improve and [[stabilize]] production (and associated processes) to avoid, or at least minimize, issues which led to the defect(s) in the first place. For contract work, particularly work awarded by [[government]] agencies, quality control issues are among the top reasons for not renewing a [[contract]].
[[Category: Economics]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935 1935]
==Definition==
*1: an [[aggregate]] of activities (as design [[analysis]] and [[inspection]] for [[defects]]) designed to ensure adequate [[quality]] especially in manufactured [[products]]
==Description==
'''Quality control''', or ''QC'' for short, is a [[process]] by which entities review the [[quality]] of all factors involved in production. This approach places an emphasis on three aspects:
:1. Elements such as [[controls]], job [[management]], defined and well managed processes, [[performance]] and [[integrity]] criteria, and identification of records
:2. [[Competence]], such as [[knowledge]], [[skills]], [[experience]], and qualifications
:3. Soft elements, such as personnel, integrity, [[confidence]], organizational [[culture]], [[motivation]], team spirit, and quality [[relationships]].
Controls include product [[inspection]], where every product is examined [[visually]], and often using a stereo microscope for fine detail before the product is sold into the external [[market]]. Inspectors will be provided with lists and [[descriptions]] of unacceptable product [[defects]] such as cracks or surface blemishes for example.
The quality of the outputs is at [[risk]] if any of these three aspects is deficient in any way.
''Quality control'' emphasizes testing of products to uncover [[defects]] and reporting to management who make the [[decision]] to allow or deny product release, whereas ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_assurance quality assurance]'' attempts to improve and [[stabilize]] production (and associated processes) to avoid, or at least minimize, issues which led to the defect(s) in the first place. For contract work, particularly work awarded by [[government]] agencies, quality control issues are among the top reasons for not renewing a [[contract]].
[[Category: Economics]]