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Dimensions of quality Performance Features Reliability Aesthetics Durability Conformance Serviceability Perceived quality

EXHIBIT 3.12

Function(s) with prime responsibility for provision

A products primary operating characteristics Secondary characteristics, the bells and whistles The probability of a product malfunctioning within a given period How the nal product looks A measure of a products life in terms of both its technical and economic dimensions The degree to which a product is manufactured to the agreed specication The ease of servicing (planned or breakdown) to include the speed and provision of after-sales service How a customer views the product Operations Design and after-sales Marketing and design Design

SOURCE: Based on Garvin, D.A. (1987) Competing on the eight dimensions of quality, Harvard Business Review, NovemberDecember, pp. 10119

The dimensions of quality and the functions typically responsible for their provision

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