quality
Definition 1
General: Measure of excellence or state of being free from defects, deficiencies, and significant variations. ISO 8402-1986 standard defines quality as “the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs.”
Definition 2
Manufacturing: Strict and consistent adherence to measurable and verifiable standards to achieve uniformity of output that satisfies specific customer or user requirements.
Definition 3
Objective: Measurable and verifiable aspect of a thing or phenomenon, expressed in numbers or quantities, such as lightness or heaviness, thickness or thinness, softness or hardness.
Definition 4
Subjective: Attribute, characteristic, or property of a thing or phenomenon that can be observed and interpreted, and may be approximated (quantified) but cannot be measured, such as beauty, feel, flavor, taste.
quality is in the Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology, Information & Knowledge Management and Quality Control & Management subjects.
quality appears in the definitions of the following terms:
static,
managed care organization (MCO),
environmental assessment (EA),
competition,
green marketing,
campaign,
goodwill,
reputation,
demography,
registration of standards
and
quality appears in the other terms:
quality surveillance,
quality improvement team,
quality loop,
quality of worklife,
quality system audit,
quality loss function,
quality function deployment (QFD),
quality of design,
six sigma quality,
quality score chart (Q Chart)
and
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