quality controls
Product verification systems
Quality controls are the processes, tests, and standards used to ensure products or services meet specified requirements.
The term covers everything from factory inspections to statistical sampling to checklists.
In manufacturing, quality controls catch defects before products ship: The batch failed quality controls and was scrapped.
The phrase often appears as an attributive: quality control measures, quality control department.
- traceabilityVerifiable origin and path
- audit trailChronological record of transactions
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- spot checkUnannounced partial inspection
- final inspectionConcluding quality assessment
testing · standards · Six Sigma · verification · specifications · nonconformance · pass or fail · checklist · calibration · monitoring · defect · sampling · corrective action · certifications · stamp of approval · QA · compliance officer · continuous improvement
- pharmaceuticalsanalgesics, medicines, anesthetics, pills, acetaminophen
- proceduresprocedure, surgery, procedures, process, autopsy
quality controlsnegligence
Failure to exercise care
deregulation · rubber stamping · cutting corners · looking the other way · carelessness
quality controlschurn and burn
Exhaust resources quickly, repeatedly
race to the bottom · corner cutting · minimum viable product
quality controlschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
randomness · inconsistency · variability · unpredictability · disorganization
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