The coordinated disciplines used to ensure that products, services and processes consistently meet defined quality requirements.
Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) are complementary quality management disciplines used to ensure that products, services and processes consistently satisfy specified requirements. Quality Assurance focuses on establishing systematic processes that prevent defects, while Quality Control verifies that completed work conforms to defined quality standards through inspection, testing and measurement.
QA/QC combines process-focused quality assurance with product-focused quality control to achieve consistent quality outcomes.
Although commonly referred to collectively as QA/QC, Quality Assurance and Quality Control perform distinct roles within a quality management system and should not be considered interchangeable terms.
Quality Assurance establishes processes that prevent defects, whereas Quality Control verifies that completed work satisfies specified quality requirements.
Quality Management; Inspection; Business Management.
Manufacturing.; Construction.; Oil and gas.; Petrochemical.; Infrastructure.
ISO 9001
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