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| The most efficient way of designing and producing a product from the manufacturer's point of view. |
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| The reliance on the knowledge and skills of an expert in the operation of the product. |
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| A test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used. |
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| The use of consumer reports and newspaper items to follow historical development. Useful sources of information could include CD ROMs, such as encyclopedias ad newspapers, or more specific disks, subject specific magazines and manufacturers' information. |
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| An evaluation of the actual performance of the task using the conditions under which it will be performed and the absolute standard for acceptable performance. |
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| This covers all activities from design to documentation. It also includes regulation of quality of raw materials, assemblies, products and components, services related to production, and management and inspection processes. |
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| Involved in development systems to ensure that products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations. |
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| Obtaining users' responses. |
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| The observation of people using a product and collection of comments from people who have used a product. |
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| The relationship between what something, for example, a product, is worth and the cash amount spent on it. |
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