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Quality assurance  To guarantee quality
                
They have a quality assurance process.  They check every level of production. 
                
Specification The calculations of details
                
The specification said that the product was made properly.
                
Materials  The elements used 
                
The materials were quality controlled. 
                
Labor  (labour UK) The work force
                
The labor market is good. 
                
Mechanization  To be done automatically
                
The mechanization of the system is important. 
                
Foreman  The boss 
                
The foreman has twenty employees. 
                
Assembly lines  A mass production system 
                
The assembly line is efficient.  
                
Products  The goods that are made 
                
The products are well made. 
                
Inspector  A Person who verifies the products 
                
The inspector is working hard. 
                
Superintendents  People responsible for production
                
The superintendents are busy.
Mass production  Large scale production
                
They do mass production for efficiency.
                
Sampling  Examples of something (usually for tests) 
                
They are doing a sampling of the product.  
                
Failure testing  To test for quality 
                
They have to do a failure test of the product. 
                
Improvement  To make better 
                
The improvement on the product was important. 
                
Business systems  The process to obtain a result in a business context 
                
The business system is good.  
                
Requirements  The official needs 
                
The requirements were met. 
                
Process improvements  To make a system better 
                
The process has improvements.  
                
ISO  Benchmarked quality 
                
They got an ISO certification.
Technique builders (Numbers) 
               
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