Quality management can be considered to have four main components: quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement.[1] Quality management is focused not only on product/service quality, but also the means to achieve it. Quality management therefore uses quality assurance and control of processes as well as products to achieve more consistent quality.
Excerpt: As the Executive Steering Committee, the attached quality assurance program plan (QAPP) for the Enhanced Monitoring Program is hereby recommended for approval.
Excerpt: Office of Water Office of Water Quality Assurance Management Plan Approvals Diane Regas Date Acting Assistant Administrator for Water
Excerpt: This checklist will be used to review the Quality Management Plans (QMPs) that are submitted to the Quality Staff of the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) for Agency review under EPA Order 5360.1 A2. Items from this checklist are discussed in detail in Chapter 3 of EPA Manual 5360 A1 and in EPA Requirements for Quality Management Plans (QA/R-2). Consult these resources for more information on the items below. Note that all items below must be included in...
Statistical Reference Document
Excerpt: This memorandum specifies the quality assurance tasks to be completed during listing of addresses for the A.C.E. ...
Government Reference Publication
Excerpt: GPO Contract Terms Quality Assurance Through Attributes Program For Printing and Binding Publication 310.1 is available as follows: Prospective Bidders- Free single copies are available from the GPO Central Office Bid Room and all Regional Printing Procurement Offices. Bulk Copies are available from the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Agency Personnel- Copies are available from your GPO Customer Services Representative or Regional Printing Procureme...
Excerpt: The Unemployment Insurance (UI) claim filed by the above individual has been rendomly selected for audit by the department’s UI Quality Control Unit.
Abstract: There are widespread and growing concerns about the variable and too often inadequate quality of health care in the United States. As a result, health care quality is being questioned and subjected to scrutiny as never before. Awareness of the quality deficits, combined with rising health care expenditures and changing attitudes of payers and consumers, has given rise to a nascent but growing quality improvement movement. Multiple barriers must be surmounted by...
Excerpt: (U) (U) The use of high purity ceramics in armor applications continues to gain popularity across all threat levels. While ceramic component manufacturers continue to make larger panels (near net shape) a reality, the use of ceramic tile arrays will continue due to ease of tile manufacturing and the necessity for multi-hit protection. Nevertheless, the use of ceramic tile arrays in armor presents several questions related to threat defeat performance and quality...
Excerpt: Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus (RPM Plus) Program/Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is collaborating with USAID/Ethiopia in the provision of technical assistance in drug and related commodities management and antiretroviral (ARV) procurement ...
A survey ensures the validity of its data and the accuracy of the resulting estimates by careful attention to quality at each step, from the design of the sample and development of the instruments through sample preparation and data collection to the cleaning and editing of the data and the calculation of sampling weights and estimates. To accomplish the goals of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in surveillance of childhood immunization in the United ...
Supplemental catalog subcollection information: Biodiversity Heritage Library Collection; Canadian Environmental History
Excerpt: To assure that the sampling and analytical protocols employed in the CAP Study were producing data of sufficient quality, a number of different quality control (QC) samples were included in the study design. The intended purpose of each QC sample varied, but each sample type belonged to one of three categories:
Excerpt: 1. PURPOSE: To amend EPA policy on determining the need for and value of reservoir storage for water quality control.
Excerpt: The following forms will be used to review all Quality Assurance Project Plans and Quality Management Plans in which environmental data collection activities are GLNPO’s responsibility. These forms are very similar to review forms used in EPA Regions 10 and 3.
Economics
I. OBJECTIVE To describe the quality control plan to ensure the quality of photovoltaic cells, modules, and systems at all stages of manufacture. Testing, storage, and packaging, including that of input materials and components fabricated in-house and or bought out, are covered...
Preface: Photovoltaic (PV) products are manufactured in many countries and sold all over the world. Most work well and are very reliable, with the result that industry market growth is higher now than at any time in the last 15 years. Although there are no worldwide statistics, product failures are probably less than 5 percent of total shipments, and the quality of modules produced by the major manufacturers is outstanding. PV product failures are predominantly attributa...
Excerpt: Geography related operations were an integral part of the preparations for the 1990 Decennial Census. The Statistical Research Division (SRD) was responsible for the design of the quality assurance program for many of the geographic operations. Much of our responsibilities involved devising quality control (QC) sampling plans to be used in assuring a desired level of accuracy for operations of interest. SRD also observed these geographic operations at field site...
Excerpt: REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE. This Directive ... 1.1. Reissues reference (a) and replaces references (b) through (f) ... 1.2. Establishes policy for the Department of Defense on issues related to MQA programs and activities ... 1.3. Authorizes the “Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) in the Military Health System (MHS) Regulation” in accordance with D.O.D. 5025.1-M (reference (g)).
Excerpt: This Instruction implements policy in accordance with references (a) through (e)for implementation of the Data Quality Management Control (DQMC) Program for the Military Health System (MHS) ... 2. APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the D....