{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Quality deviation","description":"A quality deviation occurs when delivered goods or services fail to meet the specifications, standards, or performance levels set out in the contract. Warehouse staff or consignees typically identify deviations during receipt inspection—scratches, missing units, dimensional non-conformities, or shortfalls in service performance are common examples. In logistics practice, deviations must be formally documented—on the delivery note, in a damage report, or via a written reservation—to substantiate ","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/quality-deviation","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-18T18:19:18.419056","citation":"https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/qualitaetsabweichung-44765","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/quality-deviation","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Quality deviation · A quality deviation occurs when delivered goods or services fail to meet the specifications, standards, or performance levels set out in the contract. · Quelle: https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/qualitaetsabweichung-44765"}