Glosario de terminos asq

Academic Quality Improvement Project (AQIP): A forum for higher education institutions to review one another’s action projects.
Acceptance quality limit (AQL):In a continuing series of lots, a quality level that, for the purpose of sampling inspection, is the limit of a satisfactory process average.
Acceptance number: The maximum number of defects or defectives allowable in a sampling lot forthe lot to be acceptable.
Acceptance sampling: Inspection of a sample from a lot to decide whether to accept that lot. There are two types: attributes sampling and variables sampling. In attributes sampling, the presence or absence of a characteristic is noted in each of the units inspected. In variables sampling, the numerical magnitude of a characteristic is measured and recorded for eachinspected unit; this involves reference to a continuous scale of some kind.
Acceptance sampling plan: A specific plan that indicates the sampling sizes and associated acceptance or nonacceptance criteria to be used. In attributes sampling, for example, there are single, double, multiple, sequential, chain and skip-lot sampling plans. In variables sampling, there are single, double and sequentialsampling plans. For detailed descriptions of these plans, see the standard ANSI/ISO/ASQ A3534-2-1993: Statistics—Vocabulary and Symbols—Statistical Quality Control.
Accreditation: Certification by a recognized body of the facilities, capability, objectivity, competence and integrity of an agency, service or operational group or individual to provide the specific service or operation needed. The termhas multiple meanings depending on the sector. Laboratory accreditation assesses the capability of a laboratory to conduct testing, generally using standard test methods. Accreditation for healthcare organizations involves an authoritative body surveying and verifying compliance with recognized criteria, similar to certification in other sectors.
Accreditation body: An organization with authorityto accredit other organizations to perform services such as quality system certification.
Accuracy: The characteristic of a measure.
ACLASS Accreditation Services: An ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board company that provides accreditation services for: testing and calibration laboratories in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025; reference material producers in accordance with ISO Guide 34; andinspection bodies in accordance with ISO/IEC 17020.
Activity based costing: An accounting system that assigns costs to a product based on the amount of resources used to design, order or make it.
Activity network diagram: An arrow diagram used in planning.
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP): High level automotive process for product realization, from design through production part approval.Adverse event: Healthcare term for any event that is not consistent with the desired, normal or usual operation of the organization; also known as a sentinel event.
Affinity diagram: A management tool for organizing information (usually gathered during a brainstorming activity).
Alignment: Actions to ensure that a process or activity supports the organization’s strategy, goals and objectives.American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA): An organization that formally recognizes another organization’s competency to perform specific tests, types of tests or calibrations.
American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI): Released for the first time in October 1994, an economic indicator and cross industry measure of the satisfaction of U.S. household customers with the quality of thegoods and services available to them. This includes goods and services produced in the United States and imports from foreign firms that have substantial market shares or dollar sales. ASQ is a founding sponsor of the ACSI, along with the University of Michigan Business School and the CFI Group.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI): A private, nonprofit organization that administers and...