- Industry: Quality management
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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 written commitment approved by management stating the scope of authority for an improvement project or team.
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A depiction of the flow of materials through a process, including any rework or repair operations; also called a process flow chart.
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A major system level process that supports the mission and satisfies major consumer requirements.
Industry:Quality management
The expressed requirements and expectations of customers relative to products or services, as documented and disseminated to the providing organization’s members.
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A term used to indicate a standard of excellence: best of the best.
Industry:Quality management
A timekeeper; in team meetings, a designated individual who helps monitor the team’s use of allocated time.
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The process of evenly distributing both the quantity and variety of work across available work time, avoiding overburden and underuse of resources. This eliminates bottlenecks and downtime, which translates into shorter flow time.
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A source of materials, service or information input provided to a process.
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The time a product spends in a line awaiting the next design, order processing or fabrication step.
Industry:Quality management
