The operational activities used to verify that products, services or processes satisfy specified quality requirements.
Quality Control (QC) comprises the inspection, testing, measurement and verification activities performed to confirm that products, services or completed work conform to specified quality requirements. Quality Control emphasizes defect detection by evaluating completed outputs against defined acceptance criteria and technical specifications.
Quality Control verifies that completed work satisfies defined quality requirements through inspection, testing and measurement.
Quality Control activities commonly include inspections, testing, measurements, non-destructive testing, documentation reviews and acceptance verification before products or work are released.
Quality Control detects defects in completed work, whereas Quality Assurance establishes the processes intended to prevent those defects from occurring.
Quality Management; Inspection; Quality Assurance.
Manufacturing.; Construction.; Oil and gas.; Petrochemical.; Infrastructure.
ISO 9001
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