On a Formica counter in Mr. Mikhalitsyn's lab lay a Ziploc bag of tiny ampoules, along with stamps and labels certifying quality.
Sellers get the advantage of near instantaneous payouts and used-car dealerships get certified, quality controlled stock for their lots.
Attempts at measuring or certifying quality usually use a set of quality markers, but their individual contribution to overall quality, and further to user perception and attitudes, is largely unknown.
The question of who certifies quality is closely associated with the question of which part of the value chain becomes the most sticky, the most valuable, the most relevant for the ability to capture value.
The Joint Commission International JCI Accreditationon [ 18], an international recognized body that certifies quality of care in patient care institutions including cancer centers, would confer their accreditation if KHCC met its international standards.
While it is not necessary that a farmer be certified, quality farmers of true grass-fed beef will have some kind of certification.
He is a Senior Member of American Society for Quality (ASQ), Certified Master Black Belt, Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence, and Certified Reliability Engineer with the ASQ and is also a Certified Quality Engineer with Singapore Quality Institute (SQI).
The rules announced yesterday took into account legislation signed earlier this week by President Bush by eliminating requirements that executives personally certify the quality of financial disclosures and that auditors be hired by companies' audit committees rather than by management.
First, rules requiring better internal monitoring for potential fraud by a company's board and executives, including making the people at the top certify the quality of their firm's financial reports.
The ISO 9000 comprises a well known series of standards that may create the basis on which a port can certify a quality management system.
Start-ups like Source Labs and Spike Source started life selling services to support and certify the quality of bundles of open source.
