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11ISO 9000 — is a family of standards for quality management systems. ISO 9000 is maintained by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization and is administered by accreditation and certification bodies. Some of the requirements in ISO 9001 (which… …
12Software Security Assurance — Software is itself a resource and thus must be afforded appropriate security. Software also contains and controls data and other resources. Therefore, it must be designed and implemented to protect those resources. Software Security Assurance is… …
13ISO 10303 — is an ISO standard for the computer interpretable representation and exchange of industrial product data. Its official title is Industrial automation systems and integration Product data representation and exchange , known as STEP or Standard for …
14Audit — For other uses, see Audit (disambiguation). Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management  …
15Quality assurance — Quality assurance, or QA for short, refers to planned and systematic production processes that provide confidence in a product s suitability for its intended purpose. It is a set of activities intended to ensure that products (goods and/or… …
16Quality (business) — This article is about quality in a business context. For other uses, see Quality. Quality in business, engineering and manufacturing has a pragmatic interpretation as the non inferiority or superiority of something. Quality is a perceptual,… …
17Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion — The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on December 1, 1994, and is the focal point within the USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the… …
18National Conference on Weights and Measures — The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) is a not for profit corporation dedicated to developing and regulating the United States technical standards for weights and measures. The organization s official mission is to advance a… …
19Forth Road Bridge — Infobox Bridge bridge name = Forth Road Bridge caption = The Forth Road Bridge. official name = Forth Road Bridge locale = Edinburgh, Scotland carries = Motor vehicles (A90 road) Cyclists (National Cycle Route 1) Pedestrians crosses = Firth of… …
20Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points — (HACCP) is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and pharmaceutical safety that addresses physical, chemical, and biological hazards as a means of prevention rather than finished product inspection. HACCP is used in the food industry to …
