Difference between Quality Assurance and
Quality Control
Introduction:
We know every manufacturing products quality is very important. Without
best quality the product or goods not accepted. So we need to ensure the
best quality of products. Although quality assurance and quality control are
closely related concepts, and are both aspects of quality management. For
this reason, the necessity of the “Quality’ in the whole manufacturing
process is a must. So, today I would like to discuss about this about quality
assurance, quality control and also their difference.
Quality Assurance:
Quality assurance means with need of customer demand, that means a
sample or substance will be bulk products as like a sample or equivalent of
the sample. A quality assurance system is said to increase customer
confidence and a company’s credibility, to improve work processes and
efficiency, and to enable a company to better compete with others.
In developing products and services, quality assurance is any systematic
process of checking to see whether a product or service being developed is
meeting specified requirements.
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Quality Assurance
Quality Control:
Quality is almost similar to the quality assurance, but it is a technical
process where confirming product quality and standard by quality control
team. quality control is a package of activities for maintaining and
ensuring products quality and standard. Generally the activities of quality
control are done after the production process.
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Quality Control
Different between Quality Assurance and Quality Control:
Basically, quality control and quality assurance are two elements of quality
management. But sometimes those elements makes a little bit of a mix-up
about the differences between quality assurance and quality control. For
this reason, here given a brief difference between quality assurance and
quality control.
S/L Comparison Quality Assurance Quality Control
01 Definition Quality assurance is a Quality control is a
continuous set of process technical process where
where monitoring confirming
on process production. product quality and
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standard.
02 Responsibility Quality assurance is the Quality control is
responsibility of the whole the responsibility only
team. quality team.
03 Activity Quality assurance can easily Here, to find out correct
find out process faults or error. error or mistake for need
On the other hand QC process more
can’t examination. Therefore,
find out whole results. this process is known as
Therefore, this process is high level activity.
known as low level
activity.
04 Aim The main aim of QA is The main aim of QA is
preventing production defect. identify production defect.
05 Start point Quality assurance started Quality control is started
before production. after production.
06 Process Quality assurance is process of Quality control is process
verification. of Validation.
07 Controlling Quality assurance controlling Quality control controlling
the required quality. in time of production.
08 Method Quality assurance is the Quality control is the
method of managing for method of verify the
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quality. quality up to output.
09 Time Quality assurance is not Quality control
consuming measured as a time is measured as a time
consuming activity. consuming activity.
10 Tool Quality assurance is consider Quality control is consider
as a executive tool. as a corrective tool.
