result of activities or processes

Note 1 to entry: Product categories can be services, hardware, software, processed materials, intermediate work products from elementary activities, such as documents, models, etc.

Note 2 to entry: In the frame of a product developed to satisfy a customer's need, the processes involved are the expression of the need, the establishment of the definition, the industrialization and the production.

Note 3 to entry: The product can be either a final product to be delivered to a customer (aircraft, equipment, etc.) or one of its components. In both cases, it represents the supply due under the contract.

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Related definitions: product validation; product verification; product acceptance; system