
Maintenance
and
Control
of
a
Quality
System
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quality bodies (one per country), as well as institutions, companies and
individuals from all over the world. It was established in 1957 as an
autonomous, non-political and non-profit-making international organization
which aimed to improve the quality of products and services. It now
represents the interests of more than 40000 quality professionals in more
than 16 000 companies and, increasingly, the results of its activities are
being felt both at the official European level and in the everyday operations
of companies across Europe.
The EOQ has the mission to facilitate the exchange of information and
experience ...