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Quality control

Meaning in industrial engineering & manufacturing, with examples

nounCore term

In industrial engineering & manufacturing, quality control means: The work of checking products and processes against set standards to find defects and keep quality at the required level. Often shortened to QC.

In Turkish: kalite kontrol

How it is used

Refers both to the activity and to the department (QC). Quality control focuses on checking and finding problems; quality assurance (QA) focuses on building systems that prevent them. People say a batch passed or failed QC.

Example sentences

  1. The batch is on hold until quality control releases it.

  2. Our quality control team checks five samples from every pallet.

Common collocations

  • quality control check
  • pass quality control
  • quality control department
  • incoming quality control
  • inspectionLooking at, measuring or testing a product to decide whether it meets its requirements, for example checking dimensions with a gauge.
  • statistical process controlA method of monitoring a process with statistics, usually control charts, to spot unusual variation early and keep the process stable. Shortened to SPC.
  • defectA fault in a product or part that means it does not meet its specification, such as a scratch, a crack, a wrong dimension or a missing component.
  • auditA planned, independent check of whether a process, product or management system follows the required standards, procedures and rules.

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