Quality Assurance and Control

Quality assurance setting and meeting standards

Quality should be checked at critical points

Quality control is worth the effort!

Flow chart for making and quality control

Before you begin your practical project (and diary of making) you are required to plan each step for your production process, including where you will make quality checks.

The best way to do this is to produce a flow chart lets start with a cup of tea

Flow Chart Symbols

Start/Stop
(beginning and the end)

Process
(doing something like pouring water)

Flow Input/Output
(Turn something on, print something etc)

Decision
(yes or no?)

(line)

What are the steps to make a cup of tea?

1. Put water in kettle 2. Turn kettle on 3. Boil water 4. Put teabag in mug 5. Pour water in 6. Wait for tea to brew 7. Do I want milk or sugar? 8. YES Put in milk and sugar 9. Drink tea

Work in pairs to draw out a flow chart for making a cup of tea

Hint

Example flow chart

Example flow chart for showing the stages of production for a shirt
The diamonds are quality control!

Practice on your worksheet

What have we learnt today?

Name that symbol!
Start/Stop
(beginning and the end)

Process
(doing something like pouring water)

Decision
(yes or no?)

Input/Output
(Turn something on, print something etc)

Flow
(line)