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(1) A collection of interdependent components that interact with one another. For example, an organization is a system; an automobile is a system; an office is a system, a family is a system. According to Deming, to be a system, all the components must have a common aim... "Without an aim, there is no system."
(2) ISO 9000:2000
" 3.2.1
system
set of interrelated of interacting elements"
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