Quality Assurance:

i. It is Process oriented activities.

ii. A part of quality management focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled.

iii. All the planned and systematic activities implemented within the quality system that can be demonstrated to provide confidence that a product or service will fulfill requirements for quality

iv. Quality Assurance is fundamentally focused on planning and documenting those processes to assure quality including things such as quality plans and inspection and test plans.

v. Quality Assurance is a system for evaluating performance, service, of the quality of a product against a system, standard or specified requirement for customers.

vi. Quality Assurance is a complete system to assure the quality of products or services. It is not only a process, but a complete system including also control. It is a way of management.

Quality Control:

i. It is Product oriented activities.

ii. A part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements.

iii. The operational techniques and activities used to fulfill requirements for quality.

iv. Quality Control on the other hand is the physical verification that the product conforms to these planned arrangements by inspection, measurement etc.

v. Quality Control is the process involved within the system to ensure job management, competence and performance during the manufacturing of the product or service to ensure it meets the quality plan as designed.

vi. Quality Control just measures and determines the quality level of products or services.