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Ctq/Voc: Critical To Quality in The Voice of The Customer
Ctq/Voc: Critical To Quality in The Voice of The Customer
Customer Needs
eSurveys
Focus Groups
Surveys
emails
Comment cards
Call Center
Customer Quote: 'I consistently wait too long to speak to a
representative.'
CTQ Name: Representative Responsiveness
CTQ Measure: Time on hold (seconds)
CTQ Specification: Less than 60 seconds from call connection to
the automated response system
Defect: Calls with hold time equal and greater than 60 seconds
Unit: Call
Opportunity: 1 per call
Calculate Your Sigma
Book Publisher
Customer Quote: 'I can't stand typos in books I purchase.'
CTQ Name: Typographic Quality
CTQ Measure: Number of typographical mistakes
CTQ Specification: Zero typographical mistakes
Defect: Any typographical mistakes
Unit: A word
Opportunity: Words per book
Calculate Your Sigma
Defects: 18 boards
Units: 1,000 boards
Opportunities: 58 (1 board + 13 resistors + 4 capacitors + 2 diodes +
38 solder points)
Sigma: 4.92
Conclusion
To measure quality you can use CTQ/VOC
First gather customer quotes
Translate them into quality points
Figure out how to measure them
Determine defects, units, and opportunities
Set an acceptable range