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QM. 2022. Present 3. COQ
QM. 2022. Present 3. COQ
COSTS OF QUALITY
Questions
- What are costs of quality?
- Why does a company need to measure costs of quality?
- How to classify costs of quality?
- Describe the difference between external and internal failure costs. Is
one cost more important than the other? Explain your answer.
- Describe the difference between traditional and emerging cost of
quality models?
Definitions and categorization of quality costs
DEFINITIONS AND CATEGORIRATION OF
QUALITY COSTS
Conformance costs
Appraisal costs
Quality costs
Internal failure
costs
Non- conformance costs
(Failure costs)
External failure
costs
DEFINITIONS AND CATEGORIRATION OF
QUALITY COSTS
Total
quality costs
Cost per production unit
Prevention +
Appraisal costs
100% 100%
Conformity quality
Defective Good
non-conformance cost
cost of appraisal
plus prevention
100% 100%
quality of conformance, %
defective good
THE EMERGING COST OF QUALITY MODEL
Trend analysis
- involves comparing present cost levels to past cost level
- provides information for long-range planning, for the instigation
and assessment of quality management programs
- can be accomplished by cost category, sub-category, by product,
measurement base, by plants, etc.
Pareto analysis
- by operator, machine, department, product line, category, etc..
- once the vital few are known, projects can be developed to reduce
their quality costs
USES OF QUALITY COSTS