Driving forces

Framework for indicators for sustainable development adapted from the pressure-state-response framework. See also framework for indicators of sustainable development.

strategic planning

Quality management; Six Sigma

The process an organization uses to envision its future and develop the appropriate strategies, goals, objectives and action plans.

company culture

Quality management; Six Sigma

A system of values, beliefs and behaviors inherent in a company. To optimize business performance, top management must define and create the necessary culture.

QEDS Standards Group

Quality management; Six Sigma

The U.S. Standards Group on Quality, Environment, Dependability and Statistics consists of the members and leadership of organizations concerned with the development and effective ...

total quality management (TQM)

Quality management; Six Sigma

A term first used to describe a management approach to quality improvement. Since then, TQM has taken on many meanings. Simply put, it is a management approach to long-term ...

control chart

Quality management; Six Sigma

A chart with upper and lower control limits on which values of some statistical measure for a series of samples or subgroups are plotted. The chart frequently shows a central line ...

dissatisfiers

Quality management; Six Sigma

The features or functions a customer expects that either are not present or are present but not adequate; also pertains to employees’ expectations. Distribution (statistical): The ...

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Bright Target Explorer (BRITE)

The Bright Target Explorer is a programme that develops tiny space telescopes to observe the brightest stars (including those that make up well-known ...