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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 ...
A process for uncovering design defects and weaknesses in electronic and mechanical assemblies using a vibration system combined with rapid high and low temperature changes. The purpose of HALT is to optimize product reliability by identifying the functional and destructive limits of a product at an early stage in product development.
Industry:Quality management
A record containing the specific tests, evaluations and calibrations a laboratory has the ability and competency to perform, the list of equipment it uses, and a list of the methods and standards to which it adheres to each of these.
Industry:Quality management
English translation of Japanese seiri, one of the 5S’s used for workplace organization. Sifting involves screening through unnecessary materials and simplifying the work environment. Sifting is separating the essential from the nonessential.
Industry:Quality management
The name of a Japanese management practice taken from the words sei, which means manufacturing, and ban, which means number. A seiban number is assigned to all parts, materials and purchase orders associated with a particular customer job, project or anything else. This enables a manufacturer to track everything related to a particular product, project or customer, and facilitates setting aside inventory for specific projects or priorities. That makes it an effective practice for project and buildto- order manufacturing.
Industry:Quality management
The variation in measurements made by different people using the same measuring device to measure the same characteristic on the same product.
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A cause of variation due to chance and not assignable to any factor.
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A strategy directed toward major rethinking and restructuring of a process; often referred to as the “clean sheet of paper” approach.
Industry:Quality management
Japanese for waste; any activity that consumes resources but creates no value for the customer.
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A term generally used to indicate process capability in terms of process spread measured by standard deviations in a normally distributed process.
Industry:Quality management
144 requirements that control the procedures and operations of toxicology laboratories.
Industry:Quality management
