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  2. Zero Defects - Wikipedia

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    PLC. DCS. SCADA. v. t. e. Zero Defects (or ZD) was a management-led program to eliminate defects in industrial production that enjoyed brief popularity in American industry from 1964 [1] to the early 1970s. Quality expert Philip Crosby later incorporated it into his "Absolutes of Quality Management" and it enjoyed a renaissance in the American ...

  3. Quality management - Wikipedia

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    It has four main components: quality planning, quality assurance, quality control, and quality improvement. [1] Quality management is focused both on product and service quality and the means to achieve it. Quality management, therefore, uses quality assurance and control of processes as well as products to achieve more consistent quality ...

  4. Philip B. Crosby - Wikipedia

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    Philip B. Crosby. Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby, (June 18, 1926 – August 18, 2001) was an American businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management practices. [4] Crosby initiated the Zero Defects program at the Martin Company. [5] As the quality control manager of the Pershing missile program, Crosby was ...

  5. Quality of service - Wikipedia

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    Quality of service is the ability to provide different priorities to different applications, users, or data flows, or to guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow. Quality of service is particularly important for the transport of traffic with special requirements. In particular, developers have introduced Voice over IP technology ...

  6. Total quality management - Wikipedia

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    SCADA. v. t. e. Total quality management (TQM) is an organization-wide effort to "install and make a permanent climate where employees continuously improve their ability to provide on-demand products and services that customers will find of particular value." [1] Total emphasizes that departments in addition to production (for example sales and ...

  7. Eight dimensions of quality - Wikipedia

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    Garvin's eight dimensions can be summarized as follows: Performance: Brands can usually be ranked objectively on individual aspects of performance. Features: Features are additional characteristics that enhance the appeal of the product or service to the user. Reliability: This is a key element for users who need the product to work without fail.

  8. Quality control - Wikipedia

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    Quality control. Quality control (QC) is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. ISO 9000 defines quality control as "a part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements". [1] This approach places emphasis on three aspects (enshrined in standards such as ISO 9001): [2][3]

  9. Service quality - Wikipedia

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    Service quality. Service quality (SQ), in its contemporary conceptualisation, is a comparison of perceived expectations (E) of a service with perceived performance (P), giving rise to the equation SQ = P − E. [1] This conceptualistion of service quality has its origins in the expectancy-disconfirmation paradigm. [2]