Next operation as customer

In quality engineering, Next Operation as Customer (NOAC) is a total quality management approach whereby all company internal customers and processes are both receivers and providers.

[1][2] In management consulting, the NOAC approach enables the evaluation of processes with internal customers before extending them to external clients.

[3][4][5] The term was coined by Kaoru Ishikawa.

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