Redundancy (total quality management)
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In total quality management
, TQM, redundancy in quality or redundant quality means quality which exceeds the required quality level. Tolerances may be too accurate, for example, creating unnecessarily high costs of production.
Redundant quality is sometimes incorrectly used instead of even quality or constant quality, perhaps because of the positive connotation
s of the term redundancy used in connection with safety-critical systems.
Total Quality Management
Total quality management or TQM is an integrative philosophy of management for continuously improving the quality of products and processes....
, TQM, redundancy in quality or redundant quality means quality which exceeds the required quality level. Tolerances may be too accurate, for example, creating unnecessarily high costs of production.
Redundant quality is sometimes incorrectly used instead of even quality or constant quality, perhaps because of the positive connotation
Connotation
A connotation is a commonly understood subjective cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word's or phrase's explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation....
s of the term redundancy used in connection with safety-critical systems.