The study interrogated the link between quality control technique and product quality in manufacturing firms in South East Nigeria. The study specifically aimed to examine the effect of inspection technique on relationship between quality control technique and product designing was used in this study. The total population used for this study is nine thousand two hundred and eighty-five (9,285) personnel, but utilized a total sample size of five hundred and sixty four (564) which constitute the actual number of staff that issued questionnaire. Data collected were presented in table and the statistical tools used for data analysis is the Pearson Correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The result of the study revealed that inspection technique has a significant positive effect on production control and that quality control technique has a significant positive effect on product designing. The study recommends that inspection technique has to be maintained to facilitate the utilization of best practices, and total and also because of globalization quality control technique has to gain way for best practices in global manufacturing.
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To Cite this Article: Nnadi, C. F., Akawnonu, N. G., & Okafor, O. P. (2018). An Empirical Analysis of Quality Control Techniques and Product Quality in Manufacturing Firms in South East Nigeria. International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences, 7(3), 166–184.
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