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American Society for Quality (ASQ) is a global community of quality management professionals. Established in 1946 as the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) in response to the need to sustain the many quality-improvement techniques used manufacturing during World War II, the organization ...
An International Organization for Standardization policy development committee for conformity assessment.
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A broad term used by the electronic design automation industry for the use of computers to design, analyze and manufacture products and processes. CAE includes CAD and computer aided manufacturing (CAM), which is the use of computers for managing manufacturing processes.
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A management system that provides feedback on both internal business processes and external outcomes to continuously improve strategic performance and results.
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A type of document in the International Organization for Standardization portfolio of deliverables.
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A private, nonprofit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. It is the U.S. member body in the International Organization for Standardization, known as ISO.
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Two terms that have many interpretations because of the multiple definitions for the words “assurance” and “control.” For example, “assurance” can mean the act of giving confidence, the state of being certain or the act of making certain; “control” can mean an evaluation to indicate needed corrective responses, the act of guiding or the state of a process in which the variability is attributable to a constant system of chance causes.
One definition of quality assurance is: all the planned and systematic activities implemented within the quality system that can be demonstrated to provide confidence that a product or service will fulfill requirements for quality. One definition for quality control is: the operational techniques and activities used to fulfill requirements for quality. Often, however, “quality assurance” and “quality control” are used interchangeably, referring to the actions performed to ensure the quality of a product, service or process.
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A technique in which a sample of parts (as opposed to 100% of the production as in HASS,) is subjected to stresses similar to the levels and duration for HALT. In monitoring the production process, the intent of HASA is to detect slight shifts in the attributes of the product so corrective actions can be taken and implemented before the performance of outgoing product approaches the specifications.
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A test facility that can include chemical, metallurgical, dimensional, physical, electrical and reliability testing or test validation.
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Someone who functions as both a quality practitioner and a quality technician.
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Also referred to as the quality rate, the percentage of units that completes a process and meets quality guidelines without being scrapped, rerun, retested, returned or diverted into an offline repair area. FPY is calculated by dividing the units entering the process minus the defective units by the total number of units entering the process.
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