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Viewing terms beginning with 'Qq'

• Q&A

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• Q-sort Technique

  A general methodology for gathering data and processing the collected information; the subjects more...

• QFD

  Quality Function Deployment: The process of translating customer expectations and requirements into product more...

• QIS

  Quality Information System more...

• QS-9000

  A quality standard, based on ISO 9000, used by the American domestic automobile more...

• QSR

  Quality System Requirements more...

• Qangos

  acronym for Quasi-autonomous Non-government Agencies. more...

• Qualification, Installation

  Establishing confidence that process equipment and ancillary systems are compliant with appropriate codes more...

• Qualification, Operational

  Establishing confidence that process equipment and subsystems are capable of consistently operating within more...

• Qualified Available Market

  the individuals and organisations in a particular market who are interested in a more...

• Qualified Opinion

  Independent auditor's opinion, (given as part of an audit report) stating: (1) the audit was restricted in scope otherwise the financial statements present more...

• Qualifying

  The process of determining whether a suspect has the characteristics that enables the more...

• Qualifying Dimensions

  The dimensions that are relevant to including a customer type in a product more...

• Qualifying the Prospect

  asking questions to discover whether a prospective buyer has a need for the more...

• Qualitative

  Associated with the subjective quality of a thing or phenomenon, such as feel, taste, expertise, image, leadership, reputation. Qualitative aspects are abstract; more...

• Qualitative Data

  See Focus Group more...

• Qualitative Forecasting

  Forecasting future sales using expert opinions e.g. buyers, sales staff, suppliers etc. more...

• Qualitative Forecasting Techniques

  In forecasting, an approach that is based on intuitive or judgmental evaluation. It more...

• Qualitative Marketing Research

  marketing research which is not generally quantifiable; research which seeks insights into a more...

• Qualitative Media Effect

  The positive or negative influence the medium may contribute to the message. more...

• Qualitative Objectives

  objectives which cannot be expressed in quantifiable terms; for example, a salesperson might more...

• Quality

  Conformance to requirements or fitness for use. The collection of attributes, which when more...

• Quality Assurance (QA)

  Generally refers to the post-production checks, inspection, or reviews done to ensure quality more...

• Quality Characteristics

  The characteristics of an output of a process that are important to the more...

• Quality Circles

  a management technique with its origin in Japanese industry, developed as a means more...

• Quality Control

  A function located somewhere in or close to the operations unit. Its primary more...

• Quality Control Specification and Procedure

  Documents that describe the specifications and the procedures by which they will be more...

• Quality Controls

  measures taken by organisations to ensure that all legal requirements, and consumer expectations, more...

• Quality Council

  A group of senior management within given operational units who plan, implement, facilitate more...

• Quality Creep

  a phenomenon which, in a counter-productive way, impels a manufacturer to enhance a more...

• Quality Discount

  Promotional discount offered to wholesalers and retailers in which progressively lower prices are more...

• Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

  A structured method employing matrix analysis for linking what the market requires to more...

• Quality Improvement

  A systematic approach to the processes of work that looks to remove waste, more...

• Quality Improvement Team

  A group of employees that take on a project to improve a given more...

• Quality Manual

  A document stating the quality policy and describing the quality systems of an more...

• Quality Modification

  any change made to the quality of a product. more...

• Quality Planning

  Quality Planning is a structured process for defining the methods that will be more...

• Quality Policy

  A statement from Top Management regarding their position relative to Quality Products and/or more...

• Quality Process

  A planned strategy that ensures all employees will be able to produce defect more...

• Quality Records

  Quality Records are the documented evidence that the supplier's processes were executed according more...

• Quality of Life

  A sense of well being about a person's or society's way of life more...

• Quality-by-design

  The process used to design quality into the product, service, or process from more...

• Quantification

  Extrapolation of survey figures so that they relate to the total population rather more...

• Quantitative Marketing Research

  marketing research that can be quantified; the collection of data that can be more...

• Quantitative Objectives

  objectives which can be expressed in specific numerical terms; for example, a salesperson more...

• Quantity Adjuster

  see Price-Taker. more...

• Quantity Discount

  a price reduction made to encourage a purchaser to order a larger quantity more...

• Quarantine

  In quality management, the setting aside of items from availability for use or more...

• Quarterly

  Publication issued four times a year. more...

• Quasi Retailing

  Outlets selling services rather than goods, including estate agents, banks, hotels and undertakers. more...

• Quasi-experiment

  An experimental design whereby the experimenter does not directly influence participant allocation to more...

• Quasi-public Corporation

  A corporation that is operated privately, but is supported by the government in more...

• Question Marks

  a classification of products or strategic business units used in the Boston Consulting more...

• Question Method

  handling a buyer's by making the prospect answer his or her own objection. more...

• Questionnaire

  an instrument used for soliciting responses in a marketing research survey; a list more...

• Questionnaire Pre-testing

  the trialling of a questionnaire to be used in a marketing research study more...

• Quick Ratio

  one of three financial ratios commonly used to evaluate a firm's liquidity; calculated more...

• Quick Response (QR)

  A finished product inventory management system that times replenishment to actual daily sales. more...

• Quota

  any restriction imposed by law on the quantity of a product which can more...

• Quota Sample

  a nonprobability sample, chosen without regard to location, representativeness, etc. from individuals who more...

• Quota-bonus Compensation

  A plan that involves a basic salary and commissions paid on sales in more...

• Quotation

  A promise from a potential supplier stating the supplier's willingness to supply and more...