Consider a simple traditional process. Every process is a combination of the people, machinery,materials,methods and environment required to produce its outputs.
The quality of the outputs and the productivity of the process depend upon the way the process has been designed and set up and on how it is operated.
Information on the outputs is obtained through inspection and quality control, e.g. weight, length, accuracy, delivery time etc. Action can be taken on each output basedon the information obtained. Each item may be:
This traditional approach incorporates a defect detection system, i.e. inspection followed by dispatch or, if necessary, re-work or scrap.