Quality management

Quality management

Relating to the processes or means used to achieve product and service quality.

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Toyota production system (TPS)

Quality management; Six Sigma

The production system developed by Toyota Motor Corp. to provide best quality, lowest cost and shortest lead time through eliminating waste. TPS is based on two pillars: ...

first pass yield (FPY)

Quality management; Six Sigma

Also referred to as the quality rate, the percentage of units that completes a process and meets quality guidelines without being scrapped, rerun, retested, returned or diverted ...

process improvement

Quality management; Six Sigma

The application of the plan-do-check-act cycle to processes to produce positive improvement and better meet the needs and expectations of customers.

availability

Quality management; Six Sigma

The ability of a product to be in a state to perform its designated function under stated conditions at a given time.

supply chain

Quality management; Six Sigma

The series of suppliers to a given process.

operations

Quality management; Six Sigma

Work or steps to transform raw materials to finished product.

lean manufacturing

Quality management; Six Sigma

An initiative focused on eliminating all waste in manufacturing processes. Principles of lean manufacturing include zero waiting time, zero inventory, scheduling (internal ...