// ROBOTICS AND SMART FACTORIES TERM
Quality Control
Quality Control involves checking products or processes to make sure they meet specific standards and requirements. It's about identifying and fixing defects to ensure good quality.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Quality Control (QC) is a systematic process within manufacturing operations to ensure product quality by identifying and correcting defects through inspection, testing, and monitoring against predefined quality standards and specifications.
BACKGROUND
Statistical process control (SPC) or statistical quality control (SQC) is the application of statistical methods to monitor and control the quality of a production process. This helps to ensure that the process operates efficiently, producing more specification-conforming products with less waste scrap. SPC can be applied to any process where the "conforming product" output can be measured. Key tools used in SPC include run charts, control charts, a focus on continuous improvement, and the design of experiments. An example of a process where SPC is applied is manufacturing lines.
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- QC
- Quality Assurance
- Product Inspection
- Defect Detection
- Process Monitoring
USAGE NOTE
QC is crucial for preventing faulty products from reaching customers and maintaining brand reputation.