.... These elements form the foundation for the successful adoption of the standard. Conversely, the primary effect factors (i.e. those that are driven by the causal factors) include the core technical requirements set by ISO/IEC 17025 – such as quality assurance and control, method verification and measurement...

...Frank Ato Ghansah; Weisheng Lu Purpose While COVID-19 mitigation measures (CMMs) aided in steady recovery during the pandemic, they also impeded movement across economies/borders, affecting quality assurance (QA) of Cross-border Construction Logistics and Supply Chain (Cb-CLSC). However, prior...

... agencies for quality assurance on the use of these ten standards. What is not so clear is how to measure each of them. Additionally, these standards suffer from an important limitation: they only cover the first mission, “teaching and learning”, overlooking the relevance of the other two. Given...

...). European Union Animal husbandry Quality assurance Poultry Welfare assessment Quality assurance systems Adoption likelihood Retailers Conjoint analysis Standards formulating organisations Consumers are increasingly interested in food quality. Concerns include the health risks of consuming...

... Results indicate variations in quality metrics like error generation, error detection, and quality assurance effort across experimental scenarios as different patterns of requirement volatility and resource management policies impact the software project dynamics in different ways. Research limitations...

... through an analysis of companies' documents, written procedures and quality assurance policies. Moreover, primary data were collected through a number of interviews with managers and quality experts. Findings There are particular factors that influence the implementation of L6σ in organizations...

... and maintenance program execution and evaluation need to be considered to reduce downtime. Establishing and maintaining the proper levels of these resources is often considered part of maintenance support performance. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Quality assurance Production management...

... new directions in evaluating the reliability of component‐based software systems for software reliability and offers practical help to researchers and software industries in reliable software development. The proposed software simulation technique will act as a tool for the software quality assurance...

... are summarized in Table II . Construction industry Quality Quality assurance Total quality management Hong Kong Quality on construction projects and project success can be regarded as the fulfilment of expectations of those participants involved (Ahmed et al., 2005). Quality management...

... model constraints. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 x₁ – non‐conforming items observed in the first sample. Acceptance sampling Poisson distribution Non‐linear control systems Quality assurance Quality assurance has emerged in the past decades...

... and dissemination influence product quality, they may fail to harvest the full value of knowledge management in quality assurance. Originality/value It is one of the first to assess the link between knowledge management and quality assurance. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Knowledge...

... Publishing Limited 2007 Total quality management Corporate social responsibility Quality assurance The quality movement dates back to the 1920s (Coopers & Lybrand and EFQM, 1994‐1995). For the first two decades the emphasis was on Quality Control and improving the process of technical...

...M. van der Spiegel; W.J. de Boer; P.A. Luning; G.W. Ziggers; W.M.F. Jongen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that manufacturers use several quality assurance systems to assure quality. This paper aims to describe the validation of IMAQE‐Food – an instrument that measures effectiveness...

...M. van der Spiegel; P.A. Luning; G.W. Ziggers; W.M.F. Jongen Purpose Manufacturers use several quality assurance systems to assure quality. However, their effectiveness cannot be assessed because an instrument does not exist. This article is based on a study that was set up to identify performance...

... benefits from the new standard. Nevertheless, the main purpose of the standard has not changed. It is still a set of externally auditable requirements for an absolutely minimal quality assurance system, and not a model or a methodology for improved performance that companies really need if they expect any...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Computer software Quality assurance Correlation analysis Regression analysis It is desired by software professionals to design high quality software at low costs. In ad hoc software development projects, the quality of software...

... the achieved level of quality assurance. This type of problem is attenuated when the certification body is also acting as the advising consultant to the organisation. Finally there is some suggestion amongst the practitioners that difficulties are being experienced in interpreting many of the clauses...

... efforts: There is a need … there is a great need within the industry, I think, and also within the government, to find tools to do things … the how. That the old 9004 was … giving somehow. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 ISO 9000 series Quality assurance Total quality...

...Clara Martínez Fuentes; Francisco Balbastre Benavent; M.A. Escribá Moreno; T.F. González Cruz; M. Pardo del Val Many organisations use the ISO 9000 series as a reference framework to establish their quality assurance system. In doing so, most of them overlook the process of interpreting...

... for multilevel quality management involvement is defined, encompassing contractors, engineers, and managers. The model describes the quality management tasks and the roles assumed in a scheme relating construction quality control, quality assurance, and the interface between them. The scheme can be applied...