FLASHCARDS THAT NEED REVISED

Question 1

Quality control

Answer 1

finished products are checked by inspectors to see if they meet standards.Inspected at start and end

Question 2

Quality control
Advantages and disadvantages

Answer 2

Advantages
-reduced the chance of poor quality products reaching the customer

-employees more conscious of the importance of quality

Disadvantages
-higher wastage costs
-Reworking faulty products ties up time and money

Question 3

Quality Assurance

Answer 3

Quality is built into the production process,All staff check all items at all stages of the production process

Question 4

Quality assurance
Advantages and Disadvantages

Answer 4

Advantages
Mistakes are identified quickly,reducing waste and saving money

Disadvantages
costly due to the regular checkups
-production lowered due to constant checks

Question 5

Benchmarking

Answer 5

Finding best practice in the industry and then copying the technique

Question 6

Benchmarking
Advantages and Disadvantages

Answer 6

Since best method is identified, business will improve their performance by copying and adopting

can make the organisation more competitive competing

Disadvantages
Can be time consuming to study techniques used by other companies

-May be difficult to gather required information on practices from competitors