Essays on Quality Assurance

Quality Assessment

Scanning technology (3D laser scanner technique) measures the dimension of a precast concrete panel using extraction algorithms to measure boundary points with a compensation model to increase measurement accuracy (Kim et al., 2013). 3D laser scanning converts CAD models into BIM, which identifies scanned objects by ensuring precision for rebar mapping before actual drilling as well as rebar detailing for installing rebar cages (Hajian & Brandow, 2012). Before shipping precast concrete elements, dimensional quality assurance (DQA) is carried out to ensure that there are no dimensional defects using a scanner in an automated process that saves time and labor input ( ...

1. Understanding Customer Care and the Benefits of the Good Customer Care : No matter the business, there is the necessity for a business to understand customer care and the benefits of the good customer care. For a business to exist and remain sustainable over time, customer satisfaction is mandatory. There are several advantages of giving good customer service that will also enable a business to profit to include (Bhasin, 2016): Retaining of the repeat customer as the happy customer will return. This is a process that also enables the company brand to be well known, thereby allowing ...

Operations Plan for Wedding Management

Wedding Planning and Management business is part of an Event Management Business. Event Management business is gaining popularity because of the growing culture of getting better experiential service during celebration of any event as well as the willingness to spend on novel experiences. This paper discusses the operational plan of a Wedding Management start up business which pursues the mission of extending a memorable experience to its customers.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

The Operation strategy outlines the plan for starting and developing the business in such a way that it aligns with the mission, vision and core values of the organization. An operations ...

Question 1

Reliability is a concept that focuses on the ability of a product to perform its functions according to specifications as well as in a consistent manner (Ebeling 32). It is related to unexpected failures of services or products as well as understanding the factors that contribute to such failures. The reliability of a system, service, or an item is the probability that it will perform the specified functions under certain environmental and operational conditions over a specified time. In most instances, reliability interfaces with quality, safety, supportability, test, cost, and design (Stapelberg 43). Reliability analysis is vital for understanding ...

Article Review

Introduction Digital Mammography is one of the most innovative, remarkable and feasible methods for both diagnosis and evaluation of breast carcinoma. Based on a current research by the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), the shift from conventional film based mammography to digital mammography has been associated with more life years gained (LYG) than film mammography (Van Ravesteyn, et al. 2015). In the current article, Bassett, Hoyt, & Oshiro (2010), have assessed and reviewed the quality evaluation criteria and process for digital mammography (DM). The key objective of Bassett, Hoyt, & Oshiro (2010), was to recognize potential quality ...

An internship with Abu Dhabi Airport entitled Abu Dhabi Airport Internship report completed in partial fulfilment of the requirements for CEHS 396-Internship in Homeland Security

Abstract

This report offers the description of my internship at the Abu Dhabi Airport Company (ADAC) in the United Arabs Emirates. Fundamentally, Abu Dhabi Airport is a public joint-stock organization that is fully owned by the Abu Dhabi government. It is located 16.5 nautical miles east of the Abu Dhabi City, which is the second largest city within the United Arab Emirates. My primary duties and responsibilities as an intern were to understand about the ...

RESEARCH CONTINUOUS QUALITY ASSURANCE

In the medical filed, it is very important to maintain the quality of the service. Quality assurance is one of the basic and fundamental factors in the medical sector. All the health institutions must have high commitment in the quality assurance so that the patients get the best health care from those institutions. Such institutions must make provision of services like x-ray, radiology, doctors on standby position, emergency response and good team of health staffs like doctors, nurses, health assistants etc. together with other basic requirements of the health care institutions.

Quality Assurance in School Clinics

The quality assurance in the health institutions based ...

OPERATIONS SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN

General Considerations This Operations Safety Management Plan (OSMP) will apply to all staff as well as departments within the facility. Matters concerning security will be handled by members of the department of security who will be based in the facility. The members of the security have been adequately trained to perform tasks usually handled by security. However, the members of the security work on the presumption that they will not be armed anytime they are at work and that they are not authorized to engage in police activities. In a case where there is a need for police assistance, ...

Qualitative Research

Brief Description The interview was conducted among two people on the topic “Interpretation of the migration crisis”, which turned to be quite challenging due to the sensitiveness of the topic. First of all, it was problematic to find participants, as the majority thought that the answers may affect their social or professional life, even though I made it clear that the participation is anonymous. Secondly, one of the respondents refused to continue answering the questions in the middle of the interview without explaining the reasons. However, as this option was discussed before the interview, it did not affect the ...

Question 1

This is the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland working to ensure that Ireland is a highly-favored tourist destination and that it remains competitive in the global market. As the authority mandated with overseeing the performance and running of the tourism industry in Ireland, Failte Ireland's numerous roles are statutorily governed. The agency has such duties as stating operational and service standards of the tourism sector, registration of service providers, ensuring that necessary insurance covers for tourists visiting Ireland are provided, and setting environmental standards to be adhered to by businesses in Ireland. From the view of it all, ...

Benchmarking involves the direct comparison of products and services against the best industry standards. With benchmarks, therefore, a firm compares its processes and functions with those of other best-performing organizations while focusing on the need for improvement in quality performance. Since quality assurance involves the aspects of ensuring products and services meet the predetermined standards, it implies that benchmarking helps organizations to achieve their quality assurance goals. Quality assurance compares the products and services offered with the expectations of the organization and external players such as regulators to ensure quality objectives are adhered to. However, it is through benchmarking ...

Weaknesses

Compromised quality assurance departments Most of the food processing company’s quality assurance departments have failed in their work of inspecting and recommending the sale of safe foods. These departments should ensure that the food that enters the market is safe for human consumption. They should also ensure the labeling of the food containers has no defects at all. Unfortunately, they are allowing unsafe foods to enter the market.

Poor customer service

The most important thing that food manufacturing companies should ensure is quality customer service. They provide quality products that meet the needs of the customers. However, focusing on the case ...

I began my internship on May 31st and was briefly introduced to my supervisor together with my fellow employees in the IT department. My internship began in earnest as activity plans were provided. Part of my first assignment consisted of a briefing on a project that I was to undertake for four weeks that consisted of providing a virtual library for DC service users. Creation of an online gaming app that would enable users to experience an overview of business inception in Dubai was also a task assigned. A presentation on Dubai Plan 2021 was also attended with insights ...

Introduction

The mass product recall caused by the problems in the ignition systems was only the problem of quality assurance department of the General Motors, but also a reflection that the organization needs its organizational culture and leadership style to be fundamentally re-shaped. It has been previously argued that unless the company reconsiders its approaches to human resources management, organizational culture and leadership strategies, GM may face serious problems in the today’s vibrant markets. Specifically, because of huge media exposure, any further product recall may become the cause of substantial reduction in sales. The purposes of this paper it ...

Introduction

General Motors ignition switch recalls crisis is one of the most global recalls, which have ever happened in automotive industry. Not only has the company already recalled almost 800,000 vehicles across the United States of America, but also it forfeited US$ 900 million to the government as a compensation fund for the potential victims. In addition, by April 2014 the global recall rate of the GM cars reached the point of 30 million vehicles, inflicting serious damages to the company reputation and its financial standing. Despite the fact that the company is one of the strongest financially and ...

Industrial gloves

Introduction The healthcare sector is one of the most fundamental sectors to a country’s economy. Many investors are looking to invest in the sector due the increased demand of health care services across the globe. Qatar has experienced a vast growth in its population which has failed to match the expansion of the country’s health care facilities. The government has made major amendments to its regulations which are aimed at encouraging foreign investors to invest in the country, most especially in the health care sector. The government is also paying a lot of attention to quality assurance ...

Introduction

In spite of the unstoppable growth of technology, the hardware market remains one of the most competitive segments of the economy. While the demand is remaining relatively stable, the number of suppliers is dramatically increasing, especially in the light of the fact that large USA-based manufacturers started to open numerous development centers in the third-world countries, where qualified, but cheap labor is available. Furthermore, the practice demonstrates that more local hardware developers emerge on the business landscapes of those countries, making the competition climate for the companies from the USA more intense. Rachel, a Quality Assurance Engineer of a ...

Introduction

An ideal organization reaps the best productivity out of it human capital by rewarding the right people at right time with right amounts and right reasons. Most of the organizations in the world have some sort of Reward philosophy although some do not articulate it as a guiding principle while others have them linked to their goals (Armstrong, 2012). There are different approaches to the development of the total rewards programs and the prevalent variable pay systems which help in devising adequate employee motivation strategies that boost the organizational productivity(Armstrong, 2012). However, in case of organizations facing a ...

Identifying the requirements

For a logo to be effective it requires to be simple, easy to remember, it is not necessary that a logo be graphically related to the organization it is representing, it may not make sense at all visually as brand but if it is simple and people can easily remember it, then it becomes very useful and powerful tool for branding. As far as requirements for a brand go, it is self explanatory; a logo is a simple identification mark that people can use to identify a company that is its only function. In Logo design there are no ...

Introduction

The Bhopal disaster is considered to be the deadliest event in the corporate history of the world. Due to the leakage of lethal gases out of the factory, there were around 4000 deaths within 72 hours, while the number surged to around 15,000 within few weeks. It has been estimated by that 200,000 people became permanently disabled due to this incident. This incident is a pure case of intense corporate negligence. This case caused a major foreign investment dispute between government of India and Union Carbide Corporation. This dispute arose from the notion that some companies have ...

Safaricom Limited

Introduction As research has stipulated severally, the study of market conditions and fluctuations of some aspects allows companies to develop rational decisions that can enhance robust progress of their operation (Grandke, 2013). Marketing research enables a company to examine its market, prevailing trends, new approaches, threats posed by competitors and identify new ways of marketing among other factors. Such research allows the firm to evaluate its target markets by boosting customer experiences, determine precise strategies to follow in community outreach, and develop a network services to facilitate organization growth through customer comments and suggestions. Most information for market research ...

Part a

I was privileged to interview the Nurse Manager in the facility that I am currently undertaking my practicum with the intentions of having a better understanding of the working of the organization. She informed that the overall goal for the operation of the facility is that at the end of it all, the levels of patient satisfaction will be high, job satisfaction on the side of care will be improved while the reputation of the facility is targeted at remaining high on the eyes of the clientele.

The specific objectives and goals of the organization, however, are as follows;

• To have a process that is targeted at approving and revising both ...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Literature review When in the MSDI conference that was conducted in the late 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, the concept of brand equity was discussed then participants agreed that there are two sorts of brand equity that includes financial brand equity and consumer based brand equity. Financial brand equity is related to the value of the company as it the brand of the consumer is treated as an asset. However, the consumer based brand equity (CBBE) is related to the value of customers because the brand adds convenience in the lives of customers (Cant, Strydom & Jooste, 2009). ...

In the contemporary business practices, quality management methods and tools are widely used to enhance the productivity and quality of the organizational processes, operations, products, and services. Quality management is a comprehensive framework that works parallel to the organization involving all units, stakeholders, departments, and operations, enabling it to grow consistently. Quality assurance and quality controls are the two major complement of a quality management system that comes with quality planning and quality improvement. This paper elucidates the significance of quality assurance and quality control in the modern business arena. Considering the example of Air Mauritius, the paper elucidates ...

Stakeholder Identification.

The state of Florida has numerous stakeholders that deal with various departments that provide services to the residents of Florida. The health department attracts numerous stakeholders that provide different services in conjunction with the state health department. Internal stakeholders form an integral part of the execution and provision of support services to the Department of Health Services according to Kamalesh and Subramanian (1998). Internal stakeholders in the State of Florida include the senior leadership, strategic planning committees, programme managers and technical employees. Senior leadership affects the state of Florida through decision making that impacts the provision of services and ...

SECTION ONE: PROJECT INTRODUCTION

Executive summary The project plan is aimed at enhancing successful construction of the residential home for the newlywed couple. The key aspects considered in the plan include the relevant quality inspectors, risk assessors and teams capable of collaborating in putting up an attractive and secure home. The plan incorporates the materials that will be needed for the whole process, both financial and physical resources as well as the human capital to ensure the construction process is a success. Constraints that could be involved in the process are also identified as well as the time schedule to enable contractors plan ...