Quality Management Processes Terms
Quality Characteristics Terms
Understanding COTO
Interested Parties
Quality Objectives and Planning
100

Part of quality management focused on setting quality objectives and specifying necessary operational processes and related resources to fulfill the quality objectives.

What is QUALITY PLANNING?

100

Degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements.

What is QUALITY?

100

Internal and external factors that affect an organization’s ability to consistently deliver products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements is part of?

Context of the Organization

100

Groups or individuals affected by or affecting the organization’s quality management system.

What are INTERESTED PARTIES?

100

The defined boundaries and applicability of the quality management system, considering internal and external factors, stakeholder requirements and products and services

What is the Scope of the QMS

200

Part of quality management focused on increasing the ability to fulfill quality requirements

What is Quality IMPROVEMENT?

200

Category or rank given to different quality requirements for products, processes, or systems having the same functional use.

What is GRADE?

200

A tool commonly used to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

What is a SWOT ANALYSIS?

200

This group is directly impacted by the quality of products or services provided.

Who are CUSTOMERS?

200

The clause requiring organizations to determine the processes needed for the quality management system and their interactions.

What is CLAUSE 4.4?

300

Part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements.

What is QUALITY Control?

300

Need or expectation that is stated, generally implied, or obligatory.

What is REQUIREMENT?

300

Factors like economic trends, legal requirements, and technological changes are examples of this.

What is EXTERNAL Issues?

300

Key stakeholders providing materials or services that contribute to the final product.

Who are SUPPLIERS?

300

The term for the detailed flow of activities, responsibilities, and resources required to transform inputs into outputs.

What is a PROCESS?

400

Part of quality management focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled.

What is QUALITY ASSURANCE?

400

Something sought, or aimed for, related to quality.

What is QUALITY OBJECTIVE?

400

The term for factors like culture, structure, and resources that impact quality.

What is INTERNAL Issues?

400

Stakeholders who ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and standards.

Who are REGULATORS?

400

The standards or benchmarks established to monitor and measure processes, ensuring they achieve intended results.  

What are PROCESS PERFORMANCE CRITERIA?  

500

Management with regard to quality.

What is QUALITY MANAGEMENT?

500

Customer’s perception of the degree to which the customer’s requirements have been fulfilled.

What is CUSTOMER SATISFACTION?

500

The clause in ISO 9001 that requires identifying relevant internal and external issues.

What is CLAUSE 4.1?

500

The process of identifying and analyzing the needs and expectations of parties that can affect or be affected by the organization’s decisions.

What is STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS?

500

The interconnected activities that transform inputs into outputs and must be managed to ensure consistent quality and customer satisfaction.

What are PROCESSES AND THEIR INTERACTIONS?

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