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LAP QM-001 Nature of Quality Management
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appraisal Costs | The costs associated with inspecting and catching defective products as quickly as possible. |
| Assurance | The confidence customers have that a service provider is trustworthy and knowledgeable. |
| Conformance | Compliance with standards. |
| Defective | Not conforming to predetermined standards. |
| Durability | The measure of how long a product lasts. |
| Empathy | The ability to put yourself in another person's shoes. |
| Excellence | Usefulness and good performance (in products). |
| External Failure Costs | The costs associated with defective products reaching customers. |
| Globalization | The rapid and unimpeded flow of capital, labor, and ideas across national borders. |
| Internal Failure Costs | The costs associated with catching defective products before they reach customers. |
| Methodology | A set of principles or guidelines. |
| Prevention Costs | The costs associated with planning and implementing quality so that defective products aren't created. |
| Quality | The evaluation of a product based on excellence, value, conformance to specifications, and customer satisfaction. |
| Quality Assurance | A process businesses use to prevent defective products from being created, not just to eliminate or correct them after they've already been produced. |
| Quality Control | A process businesses use to check for defects after products have been produced; also called quality inspection. |
| Quality Improvement | A business's ongoing commitment and willingness to make changes for the purpose of maintaining quality. |
| Quality Management | The ongoing process of planning, implementing, and integrating quality into every aspect of an organization. |
| Reliability | The measure of how well a product performs its purpose without breaking down. |
| Responsiveness | The level of promptness and willingness with which a service is provided. |
| Serviceability | The measure of how easy a product is to fix and maintain. |
| Six Sigma | A popular quality-management methodology that relies on a five-step approach to improve any business process |
| Tangibles | In quality management, refers to the environment in which a service is performed. |
| Value | In quality management, refers to a customer's opinion on whether or not the product is worth the price. |