Quality Flashcards
what is quality
The ability of a product or service to consistently meet or exceed customer expectations
What is quality control?
a system of maintaining standards in manufactured products by testing a sample of the output against the specification.
What is quality assurance?
refers to engineering activities implemented in a quality system so that requirements for a product or service will be fulfilled
types of total quality management
Quality chains - Employees are treated as customers - customer satisfaction is the goal
Empowerment - Workers control over tasks completed
Monitoring - checking the standards
Teamwork - Teams working on a service or a product
Quality circles - Employee involvement in decision making and product improvement