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Product testing, the Glossary

Index Product testing

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Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: Advertising, Anechoic chamber, Brand, Consumer movement, Consumer protection, Contract, Data, Evidence, Frederick J. Schlink, Industrialisation, Industry self-regulation, Lean manufacturing, Marketing strategy, Mass production, National Electrical Code, New product development, Patent, Product differentiation, Product liability, Proof of concept, Quality assurance, Regulation, Specification (technical standard), Stuart Chase, Technical communication, Technical standard, Test method, Trade association, UL (safety organization), Your Money's Worth.

  2. Consumer protection

Advertising

Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service.

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Anechoic chamber

An anechoic chamber (an-echoic meaning "non-reflective" or "without echoes") is a room designed to stop reflections or echoes of either sound or electromagnetic waves.

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Brand

A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers.

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Consumer movement

The consumer movement is an effort to promote consumer protection through an organized social movement, which is in many places led by consumer organizations. Product testing and consumer movement are consumer protection.

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Consumer protection

Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace.

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Contract

A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties.

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Data

In common usage, data is a collection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally.

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Evidence

Evidence for a proposition is what supports the proposition.

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Frederick J. Schlink (October 26, 1891 – January 15, 1995) was an American consumer rights activist.

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Industrialisation

Industrialisation (UK) or industrialization (US) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society.

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Industry self-regulation

Industry self-regulation is the process whereby members of an industry, trade or sector of the economy monitor their own adherence to legal, ethical, or safety standards, rather than have an outside, independent agency such as a third party entity or governmental regulator monitor and enforce those standards.

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Lean manufacturing

Lean manufacturing is a method of manufacturing goods aimed primarily at reducing times within the production system as well as response times from suppliers and customers.

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Marketing strategy

Marketing strategy refers to efforts undertaken by an organization to increase its sales and achieve competitive advantage.

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Mass production

Mass production, also known as flow production, series production, series manufacture, or continuous production, is the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines.

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National Electrical Code

The National Electrical Code (NEC), or NFPA 70, is a regionally adoptable standard for the safe installation of electrical wiring and equipment in the United States.

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New product development

In business and engineering, product development or new product development (PD or NPD) covers the complete process of bringing a new product to market, renewing an existing product and introducing a product in a new market.

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Patent

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.

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Product differentiation

In economics and marketing, product differentiation (or simply differentiation) is the process of distinguishing a product or service from others to make it more attractive to a particular target market.

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Product liability

Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those products cause.

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Proof of concept

Proof of concept (POC or PoC), also known as proof of principle, is a realization of a certain idea, method or principle in order to demonstrate its feasibility, or viability, or a demonstration in principle with the aim of verifying that some concept or theory has practical potential.

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Quality assurance

Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to assure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design, reliability, and maintainability expectations of that customer.

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Regulation

Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.

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Specification (technical standard)

A specification often refers to a set of documented requirements to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service.

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Stuart Chase

Stuart Chase (March 8, 1888 – November 16, 1985) was an American economist, social theorist, and writer.

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Technical communication

Technical communication (or Tech Comm) is communication of technical subject matter such as engineering, science, or technology content.

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Technical standard

A technical standard is an established norm or requirement for a repeatable technical task which is applied to a common and repeated use of rules, conditions, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, and related management systems practices.

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Test method

A test method is a method for a test in science or engineering, such as a physical test, chemical test, or statistical test.

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Trade association

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry.

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UL (safety organization)

The UL enterprise is a global safety science company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, composed of three organizations, UL Research Institutes, UL Standards & Engagement and UL Solutions.

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Your Money's Worth

Your Money's Worth: A study in the waste of the consumer's dollar is a 1927 nonfiction book on consumerism written by Stuart Chase and Frederick J. Schlink.

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See also

Consumer protection

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_testing

Also known as Product evaluation.