What does QA stand for?
Quality Assurance
What does QC stand for?
Quality Control
What is QC?
Quality Control is the monitoring and knowing that procedures taking place are done exactly as they are supposed too.
What is QA?
Quality Assurance act as rules or a guide to follow to ensure proper Quality Control.
What 4 main factors effect the level of accuracy and quality?
Scale of Production
Manufacturing Methods used
Type of products being made
Skill level of the active workforce
What are the 3 scales of production?
Small — Bespoke
Medium — Batch
Large — Mass
What does ISO stand for?
ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization, a global body that develops and publishes international standards to ensure quality, safety, and efficiency in products and services.
What does BSI stand for?
British Standards Institute
What does TQM stand for?
Total Quality Management
What does TQM do?
TQM’s aim is to improve by each product via learning and reduce waste.
How does TQM learn?
Total Quality Management learns through:
Workforce Views
Feedback
Teamwork
Communication
What does Scrum do?
The point of Scrum is pretty much just teamwork.
A team working together in order to meet a set goal discussed at the beginning of the day.
What does Six Sigma do?
The job of Six Sigma is to reduce defects to less than 3.4 per million
What are the main 5 stages of Six Sigma?
Define
Measure
Analyse
Improve
Control
DMAIC
What does CPA stand for?
Critical Path Analysis
What does CPA do?
Critical analysis which ensures time efficient completion.
What is Tolerance?
Tolerance is the lee weigh allowed to get wrong before it becomes and issue.
Why is use of a Go|No Go Gauge better that simply using Calipers?
Why isn’t it?
No need for reading measurements. Simply Pass or Fail
Time efficient
No need to recalibrate etc.
Simply makes use of a Minimum and Maximum margin.
What does CMM stand for?
Co-ordinate Measuring Machine
How does CMM work?
Through use of lasers or probe scanners.
What does ISO do?
ISO acts like a governing body for all standard setting institutions just like BSI.
What does RoHS stand for?
Restriction of Hazardous Substances
What does WEEE stand for?
Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment
What does FSC stand for?
Forest Stewardship Council
What does FSC do?
A system that certificates timber products
What does WEEE do?
Considers the End of life for Electronic and Electrical equipment.
What does RoHS do?
Takes responsibility for protecting human health and the environment from Hazardous substances within production processes.