http://www.qualitymanagers.com/taxonomy/term/74/0 In the context of quality management, noise is essentially variability. en http://www.qualitymanagers.com/noise <p>In the context of quality management, noise is essentially variability. For example, if you are making ketchup, noise in the process comes from variations in the quality of incoming tomatoes, in changes in ambient temperature and humidity, in variations in machinery performance, in variations in the quality of human factors, etc.</p> Noise Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:20:29 -0500 joseph 58 at http://www.qualitymanagers.com