GLOSSARY

Enterprise Integration and Communications Systems

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Quality
Measure of the degree to which items fulfill their specifications or meet their expectations. Generaly used in terms of acceptability of a system or product by a customer.

QA
Quality assurance.

QA Approvals
Classification of QA results after testing.

QA Results
Classification and test results for finished product.

QA Standards
Limits, specifications and standards for in-process quality control.

Qualification Results
Results and conclusions of tests, examinations, documents and processes showing that an item meets or exceeds the expected environmental stresses without failure or malfunction. [SAMA].

Quality Audit
An independent review conducted to compare some aspect of quality performance against a standard for that performance. Audits span the entire spectrum of the quality function. Quality audits are used mainly by the company to evaluate its own quality activities or the quality activities of vendors, licensees, etc. Audits can also be required by regulatory agencies to judge different organizations. [JURA].

Quality Control
The procedure of establishing acceptable limits of variation in size, weight, finish, and so forth for products or services and of maintaining the resulting goods or services within these limits.

Quality Plan
Planning performed to meet quality objectives. The quality plan is a detailed breakdown and assignment of responsibilities of activities and deeds that must be performed through each phase of the product life cycle (cradle to grave). [JURA].

Quantities Locations
Updates to inventory of locations, quantity, specification of RM.

Quantities Movements
Actual quantities and status of transfer.

Queue Time
The amount of time a job waits at a work center before setup or work is performed on the job. Queue time is one element of total manufacturing lead time. Increases in queue time result in direct increases to manufacturing lead time.