The labrum has two functions. The first is to deepen the socket so that the ball stays in place. Picture the shoulder joint as a beach ball on a dinner plate. The ball of the humerus (the âbeach ballâ) is much larger than the flat socket (the âdinner plateâ).
Set by top management at relevant levels within the company, quality objectives are an expression of how the company intends to achieve its quality policy. Quality objectives should be measurable, specific, and communicated, since employees need to understand how they contribute to them.
Quality Improvement (see also Cummings, Phillips, Tilbrook and Lowe, this issue) is concerned with raising the quality of a product or service. The type of comparison that is made when engaged in quality improvement is between the current standard of a product or service and the standard being aimed for. Quality improvement is concerned with comparing the quality of what is about to be produced with the quality of what has been produced in the past.