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Quality - Glossary of terms and acronyms

Some basic concepts in quality and some indicators showing a map for travelling around a complex array of documents.

Quality Glossary of Terms & Acronyms acceptable = the result of an acceptance test based on PAC

acceptance = see PAC

accreditation = an agency is accredited (in Australia by JAS-ANZ) to carry out certification

accreditation body = a body (such as JAS-ANZ) recognised internationally as able to accredit an agency to carry out certification

accredited agency = certification body (see JAS-ANZ's list)

application = see traceability

appropriate validation = (ISO 9001 (7.3.1))

AQF = Australian Qualification Framework

AQTF = Australian Quality Training Framework

ANZ = Australia (and) New Zealand (combined quality governance)

AS = Australian Standards

AS/NZS = Australian Standards and New Zealand Standards combined publication

AS 3806:1998 = Compliance programs

AS 5037:2005 = Knowledge management - a guide

AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 = Risk management

AS/NZS 4801:2001 = Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) - Specification with guidance for use

AS/NZS 9001:2000 = Quality management systems - Requirements

Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) =

Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) =

authority =

BSI = British Standards Institute; UK Standards body; now BSI National Standards

calibration = (ISO 9001 (7.6))

calibration device =

certification = an organisation is issued with a certificate of Compliance by an accredited agency

certification bodies = see JAS-ANZ's list

code of practice = importance of industry code of practice for quality (ISO 9004 (7.3.2))

common cause variation =

compliance =

compliant =

comply =

conform =

conformance = to conform with (national/international) standard or (standard/regulation/legal) requirement

conformity = process leading to or guaranteeing conformance; includes ensurance, demonstration of (ISO 9001 (8.1))

continual improvement = activity carried out that has an objective of continuous activity

continuous improvement = successful result of continual improvement

corrective action =

critical success factor =

customer =

customer complaints =

customer expectations = customer requirements

customer feedback =

customer needs = customer requirements

customer requirements =

customer satisfaction = customer requirements

customer survey =

design = must include PAC (ISO 9001 (7.3.3))

demonstrate conformity = (ISO 9001 (8.1))

design & development validation = (ISO 9001 (7.3.6))

development = must include PAC (ISO 9001 (7.3.3))

effectiveness - continual improvement = QMS (ISO 9001 (8.1))

EMS = environmental management system (ISO 14001)

ensure conformity = (ISO 9001 (8.1))

environment =

evidence of PAC = must be maintained (ISO 9001 (8.2.4))

FME = failure mode effects (ISO 9004 (8.5.3))

FMEA = failure mode effects analysis (ISO 9004 (8.5.3))

failure mode effects (FME) = (ISO 9004 (8.5.3))

failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) = (ISO 9004 (8.5.3))

improvement =

ISO = International Organization for Standardization

ISO 9000:2005 = QMS - Fundamentals and vocabulary

ISO 9001:2000 = QMS - Requirements

ISO 9004:2000 = QMS - Guidelines for performance improvements

ISO/IEC 9126-1:2001 = Software engineering - Product quality - Part 1: Quality model (available in English only)

ISO 10002:2004 = QM - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for complaints handling in organizations

ISO 10005:2005 = QMS - Guidelines for quality plans

ISO 10006:2003 = QMS - Guidelines for quality management in projects

ISO 10007:2003 = QMS - Guidelines for configuration management

ISO/TR 10013:2001 = Guidelines for QMS documentation

ISO/TR 10014:1998 = Guidelines for managing the economics of quality

ISO 10015:1999 = QM - Guidelines for training

ISO 10019:2005 = Guidelines for the selection of QMS consultants and use of their services

ISO/IEC 13236:1998 = Information technology - Quality of service: Framework

ISO 14001 = Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

ISO/IEC TR 13243:1999 = Information technology - Quality of service - Guide to methods and mechanisms

ISO 14000 = a series of standards regarding environmental management; their objective is to ensure products and services have the lowest possible environmental impact

ISO 14001 and ISO 14004: the initial standards, which introduce the idea of environmental management systems. These present a structured approach to setting environmental objectives and targets. Essentially, an organization may apply these broad conceptual tools to their own processes

ISO 14040 = pre-production planning and environment goal setting

ISO 14020 = labels and declarations

ISO 14030 = post-production environmental assessment

ISO 14062 = making improvements to environmental impact goals

ISO 14063 = addendum to 14020, discussing further communications on environmental impact

ISO/IEC 16085:2004 = Information technology - Software life cycle processes - Risk management (available in English only)

ISO 19011 = one audit protocol for both ISO 14000 and ISO 9000 series standards together (the ISO standard for any TQM system)

ITT = invitation to tender See Australian terms JAS-ANZ = Joint Accreditation System (of) Australia (and) New Zealand

location = see traceability

knowledge management =

management system audit = operation performed to prove conformity and validation (ISO 9001) (ISO 14001)

management review = revisit QMS to evaluate how well it is meeting its quality objectives and suggesting further improvement (ISO 9001)

measuring =

measuring device =

measuring validation = (ISO 9001 (7.5.2))

mission =

monitoring =

monitoring device =

monitoring validation = (ISO 9001 (7.5.2))

motivation =

movement = see traceability

non-conformance =

NZS = New Zealand Standards

OHSMS = occupational health (and) safety management system

PAC = product acceptance criteria

policy = consistency with purpose (ISO 9004 (5.1.1))

policy = see quality policy

prevent =

preventable = able to be prevented

preventative = for the purpose of prevention

preventative action = action carried out for the purpose of prevention

preventive = prevents

preventive action = action which successfully causes prevention

process =

process audit =

process control =

process description =

process management =

process perameters =

product acceptance criteria (PAC) = characteristics of a product making it acceptable or unacceptable; how can we determine its acceptability? how can its acceptability be measured? when will this measurement take place?

product acceptance criteria (PAC) = design must include PAC (ISO 9001 (7.3.3))

product acceptance criteria (PAC) = development must include PAC (ISO 9001 (7.3.3))

product audit = operation performed to prove conformity and validation (ISO 9001) (ISO 14001)

product identification = (ISO 9001)

product realization = all processes and resources necessary to transform a set of product quality requirements into a compliant product (ISO 9001)

project audit = (ISO 9001)

purpose = see mission, vision, strategic objectives, validation, (ISO 9004)

QA = quality assurance (ISO 9001)

QM = quality management

QMS = quality management system

quality = (ISO 9000)

quality assurance (QA) = (ISO 9001)

quality control (QC) = (ISO 9001)

quality improvement (QI) = (ISO 9000)

quality management system (QMS) =

quality management system (QMS) integrity = see system integrity

quality manual =

quality objectives =

quality plan =

quality policy = (ISO 9004 (5.3))

record =

register =

Registered Training Organisation =

registration =

registrar =

regulator =

remedial action =

required validation = (ISO 9001 (7.1))

responsibility =

resource management =

review = see management review

RTO = Registered Training Organisation

safety management system (SMS) =

SAI (also known as Australian Standards) = distributors of national and international standards in Australia

second party audit =

self assessment =

SMS = safety management system

social factors =

special cause variation =

statistical control =

strategic audit =

strategic objectives = consistency with purpose (ISO 9004 (5.1.1))

subcontract requirements =

subcontractor =

system audit = see management system audit

system effectiveness = extent to which system achieves its stated purpose and objective(ISO 9001)

system identification = (ISO 9001)

system integrity = (ISO 9001 (5.4.2))

system realization = all processes and resources necessary to transform a set of system quality requirements into a compliant system (ISO 9001)

traceability = providing record of location/process/movement/application using unique identification (ISO 9001 (7.5.3))

tender = written offer to supply at stated cost (ISO 9001 (7.2.2))

unacceptable = the result of an acceptance test based on PAC

value =

validation = purpose is proven to be fulfilled (ISO 9001)

variation = see special cause variation; see common cause variation

veracity = establishing preparedness towards truth or correctness (ISO 9001)

verification = establishing truth or correctness of a claim, statement, or stated fact (ISO 9001)

vision = future; consistency with purpose (ISO 9004 (5.1.1))

vision = future; importance to motivation, education and training (ISO 9004 (6.2.2))



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