Quality Control & Quality Assurance Quality is an important
factor when it comes to any product or service. With the high
market competition, quality has become the market differentiator
for almost all products and services. Therefore, all
manufacturers and services providers out there constantly look
for enhancing their product or the service quality. In order to
maintain or enhance the quality of the offerings, manufacturers
use two techniques; quality control and quality assurance. These
two practices make sure that the end product or the service
meets the quality requirements and standards defined for the
product or the service. There are many methods followed by
organizations to achieve and maintain required level of quality.
Some organizations believe in the concepts of Total Quality
Management (TQM) and some others believe in internal and
external standards. The standards usually define the processes
and procedures for organizational activities and assist to
maintain the quality in every aspect of orga