Quality management fundamental concepts

A prime task of the company carrying out NDT is the organisation of management of its network of processes and their interaction. The firm shall create, improve and maintain constant quality with the aid of this network of processes (Figure 2). In ISO 9000-1 this is considered to be the fundamental conceptional basis of ISO 9000. 

Firstly, the fundamental concepts of Total Quality Management are introduced. When this is understood the question that arises is ""what can we do to implement the TQM principles in our organization ". At this point we will understand the need to explain further the meaning and fundamentals of the ""quality improvement" and how to manage quality improvement. A set of tools for quality improvement has to " ... 

The concepts of quality assurance, GMP, and quality control are interrelated aspects of quality management They are described here in order to emphasize their relationship and their fundamental importance to the production and control of pharmaceutical products. 

EU GMP Chap. 1 on Pharmaceutical Quality System highlights the inter-relation of the basic concepts of Quality Management, Good Manufacturing Practice and Quality Risk Management and emphasises their fundamental importance to the production and control of medicinal products. 

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