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Listed below are costs of quality that a manufacturing project has incurred throughout its operations. The company plans to prepare a report that classifies these costs into the following four
categories: Preventive costs, appraisal costs, internal failure costs,
and external failure costs.Cost Items Amount Design reviews $137,500 Finish goods returned due to failure 27,500 Freight on replacement finished goods 13,500 Labor inspection during manufacturing 37,500 Labor inspection of raw materials 16,000 Manufacturing product-testing labor 31,500 Manufacturing rework labor and
75,000
overhead Materials used in warranty repairs 34,000 Process engineering 90,000 Product-liability claims 72,500 Product-testing equipment 17,500 Repairs to equipment due to
11,000
breakdowns Scheduled equipment maintenance 45,000 Scrap materials 62,500 1 / 4
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Training of manufacturing workers 78,000 Total $749,000 What is the dollar amount of the costs of quality that can be classified as preventive costs?
$350,500
$321,500
$384,000
$368,000
Prevention attempts to avoid defective output from a process, e.g., by employee training, review of equipment design, preventive maintenance, and evaluation of suppliers. Accordingly, the preventive costs equal $350,500 ($137,500 design reviews + $90,000 process engineering + $45,000 scheduled maintenance + $78,000 training).
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What is the primary contribution of Philip Crosby? 2 / 4
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The concept of benchmarking
His assertion that the entire organization should be involved in improving quality
The zero-defects approach to quality improvement
His emphasis on total involvement of the operating employees in improving quality
Correct! Crosby was credited for having popularized the zero-defects approach to quality improvement.
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What are the three aspects of Juran's trilogy?
Planning, control, and improvement Labor, management, and system
Organizing, management, and control 3 / 4
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Cost, quality, and customer satisfaction
Correct! Juran's quality trilogy includes quality planning, quality control, and quality improvement.
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Chenco Ltd has decided to adopt total quality management (TQM) and continuous improvement (CI). The personnel believe that, if the company became nationally known as adhering to TQM and CI, one result could be an increase in the company’s profits and market share. The primary reason that Chenco adopted TQM was to achieve
Greater customer satisfaction.Reduced delivery charges.
Reduced delivery time.
Greater employee participation.
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