Friday, October 06, 2006

Page 4 of Glossary of Quality

Deduction: An approach to theory development based on modeling.
Deming prize: A Japanese quality award for individuals and groups that have contributed to the field of quality control.
Design control: A set of steps focused on managing the design of a product.
Design for disassembly: A method for developing products so that they can easily be taken apart.
Design for maintainability: A concept that states that products should be designed in a way that makes them easy for consumers to maintain.
Design for manufacture (DFM): The principle of designing products so that they are cost effective and easy to make.
Design for remanufacture: A method for developing products so that the parts can be used in other products. Associated with green manufacturing.
Design for reuse: Designing products so they can be used in later generations of products.
Design of experiments (DOE): An approach to product design that involves identifying and testing alternative inputs to the production of a product to identify the best mix of inputs.
Design review: The process of checking designs for ­accuracy.
Development plan: A plan that identifies the skills that will be required for a particular employee to move up in an organization.
Distance learning: Training that is conducted in one location and is observed in a distant location through telecommunications technology.
Dual sourcing: Using only a few suppliers for a single ­component.
Durability: A dimension of quality that refers to a product’s ability to withstand stress or trauma.

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