Title: Technical Note: Quality control in a selected number of industrialized countries

Authors: Paraschos Maniatis

Addresses: Industrial Science Division, Northeast Missouri State University, 232 Barnett Hall, Kirksville, MO 63501, USA

Abstract: Quality control is basically defined as a specific science complete with definite standards and devices for measuring product characteristics against specific standards. The purpose of this article is to show various methods of quality control and compare usage among selected major industrialized countries. The countries selected are France, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, and United States. The set of priority has been accidentally done and it does not reflect by any means the level of quality. In other words it is not a way of comparison between the selected countries.

Keywords: quality control; quality assurance; quality standards; specifications metrology; France; UK; Unitted Kingdom; Germany; Japan; USA; United States.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.1991.036651

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 1991 Vol.6 No.1, pp.81 - 86

Published online: 05 Nov 2010 *

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