quality control

noun

1. a system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in an existing product or service by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required.

quality control

noun

1. control of the relative quality of a manufactured product, usually by statistical sampling techniques

Word History and Origins

Origin of quality control¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

He previously served as a defensive quality control coach, the assistant defensive line coach and then the defensive line coach.

From Washington Post

Prior to the outbreak, the improvement in air quality achieved by sweeping air quality control measures was already being offset by the rapid increase in the production and consumption of steel and coal since 2017.

From Time

“Our mistake is that we did not have control mechanisms that ensured a higher standard for quality control of these projects, where this kind of technology is involved,” Fredriksen said.

From Washington Post

Gelsinger started his career as a quality control technician at Intel, a job that helped pay for him to go to college.

From Fortune

The company requires a certificate of analysis for every ingredient that enters their manufacturing facilities, and each product goes through rigorous testing and quality control assessment.

From Popular-Science

The QC Group Inc A Minnesota-based corporation, owned by Daniel Medford and David DeVowe, which provides quality control services.

From The Daily Beast

Federal regulators sent Spinal Solutions a warning letter in early 2012, ordering the company to fix its quality control problems.

From The Daily Beast

There was some “old stuff” in his shop, Crowder acknowledged, but also modern equipment and a quality control system.

From The Daily Beast

The NWCAA is an air-quality control agency established under the Washington State Clean Air Act.

From The Daily Beast

How do you do quality control when other people are writing for your brand?

From The Daily Beast

They want us to send them the quality control specification for the hydrazine that was used as fuel in the first launch.

From Project Gutenberg

The only way Japan stepped out of the literate mode in the manufacturing world is in quality control.

From Project Gutenberg

Massive down-sizing, paralleled by flatter hierarchies and smoother quality control, have affected economic performance.

From Project Gutenberg

This same kind of flexibility is built into the recommendations relating to flow augmentation for quality control.

From Project Gutenberg