What is the difference between Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)?

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Quality control focuses on identifying defects in products, while quality assurance ensures processes are in place to prevent defects.

Quality Control (QC) is product-oriented, focusing on identifying defects in finished products.
Quality Assurance (QA) is process-oriented, ensuring that the processes used to manage and create deliverables are effective.
Example of QC: Inspecting a batch of manufactured items to find defects before shipping.
Example of QA: Implementing a standardized process for product development to minimize errors.
QC is reactive, addressing issues after they occur, while QA is proactive, aiming to prevent issues from arising.

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Quality control is a laboratory base and Quality assurance is a company base.

Quality control in this laboratory and documentation.

Quality assurance in this all documentation base

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Quality control means actual testing of the product and quality assurance means documention of the product

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IPQC ,in process quality control

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