Working closely with enterprise customers and industry-leading solutions providers, Samsung developed a thorough quality assurance program.

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In commercial farms, "there are inclines where the eggs roll out onto a belt, " says Paul Patterson, a scientist who developed Pennsylvania's Egg Quality Assurance Program.

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This is the guy who agitated Hyundai toward respectability among young value-conscious buyers by tapping the likes of Jeff Bridges and coming up with the ultra successful Hyundai Assurance Program.

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Hyundai, especially, gained favor with American consumers in part because it demonstrated an unusual sensitivity to their circumstances with the launch of its Assurance incentive program during the depths of the Great Recession.

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Smithfield and other pork producers in the U.S. follow a set of guidelines developed by the National Pork Board, an industry group, called the "Pork Quality Assurance Plus" program that governs the feeding and care of pigs.

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For service providers and consumers, the Certification Program offers increased assurance that NFC Forum-certified products are interoperable with NFC Forum-certified devices.

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The company has operated a device trade-in program since 2009 but the buy-back program differs because it carries assurance that Best Buy will buy this particular device back, said Dunn.

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Outside of its hospitals, Novant also encourages doctors affiliated with the health system to participate in a diabetes-recognition program, conducted by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a nonprofit health group.

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