Title: quality management
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - quality management
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08109
Status: current

Definition
Coordinated activities to direct and control an organization with regard to quality.

Note
Quality management can include establishing quality policies and quality objectives.

Related Terms
- organization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08091
- quality: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08106
- quality objectives: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08112
- quality policies: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08115

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1035 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08109/xml

Citation: Citation: 'quality management' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08109
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