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QUALITY CONTROL – I

Breadth of Scope

• Raw Materials and Piece Parts Inspection.
• Vender Relation.
• Process Control.
• Motivation of Employees.
• Reliability

What is Quality?

Quality is Conformance to Given Requirement or Specifications on a Product or Service.
The term quality by itself does not necessarily mean high quality. It means uniformity, consistency and conformity to what user wants.

Two Aspects of Quality.

• Design Quality.
• Manufactured Quality.

Design Quality

• Design Quality Covers (materials, form, appearance, functions )
• When Reference is made to “high cost of quality” such Reference is Almost Associated with Design Quality.

Manufactured Quality

Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures. It is a large branch of industry and of secondary production. Some industries, like semiconductor and steel manufacturers use the term fabrication.

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THE REGIONAL CONCEPT Of SMEs

This lecture will throw light on the relationship between small and big business ,concept of SME’s in our region i.e. South East Asia and in Pakistan. It should give a student a clear idea about its definitions in these areas and will help him in differentiating the variable factors of labor, investment and production volume of our region in comparison with developed countries of Europe and USA.

The Relationship between Small and Big Business

Small businesses powerfully effected by developments within the big business sector this relationship serves the interest of general economic disequilibria. Small business is less affected by economic disruptions and is more or less self-adjusting. It tends to act as cushion for economy .The nature of interlink age between small and medium business is as under

1. Job subcontracting i.e. the large business provides materials and components to small units who process the same into finished goods
2. purchase subcontracting i.e. in this case the material is procured by small unit who manufactures a specific part or component needed by a particular large unit
3. Complementary: in this case the product manufactured by small company is purchased by a big unit as accessory like plastic dust covers for video recorders, electronic passive components, packaging etc.
4. Merchandising or commercial trading: in this case the small units manufacture the goods and big units on the strength of their financial power market it with their own brands like fans, washing machines, refrigerators etc.
5. Maintenance and repair services: many large enterprises give the operation and maintenance contract to the small companies due to being more economical and helpful
6. Social benefits: employment generation, decentralization of industrial benefits etc.



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