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Two Examples of TQM: - Texas Telecom
Two Examples of TQM: - Texas Telecom
Texas Telecom
COST OF QUALITY
Cost of quality - has of late become the most important issue in quality management .This is because of the increasing investments of company in quality philosophies and models .
Costs of Quality
Appraisal Costs
Costs of Quality
Prevention Costs
Prevention cost
The cost associated with all activites that help in prevention of defects The various types of prevention costs are 1) Marketing/customer related prevention cost Eg : QFD ,market research 2) Design related prevention cost Eg :prototype designing and testing . 3) Purchasing related prevention cost Eg : supplier capability review , PO review 4) Operations related prevention cost Eg : SPC , capability reviews ,calibration 5) Administrative costs related to prevention Eg : Salary of quality personnel, miscellaneous expenses in quality dept .
Appraisal cost
If a quality problem cannot be prevented, the next best is detection .Cost associated with this is appraisal cost . Various types of appraisal cost : Appraisal cost relating to purchasing inspection of raw materials , cost of instruments /gauges used . Operations related appraisal cost cost of inspection/quality, audits on work process ,cost of carrying out SPC, testing etc Appraisal cost related to field trials-field trails of complex products on installation sites ,cost related to environmental and reliability testing . Inspection data review cost before dispatching items to customers support department quality evaluations- warehouse, packaging , shipping etc
Material purchasing related internal failure costs cost of disposing, handling and transporting incoming inspection rejects. It includes cost of replacement of inspection rejects .The cost of undertaking corrective action and so on . Operations related internal failure cost These include cost related to product review, corrective action and disposition of non conforming products .
Elements of TQM
Continual improvement Competitive benchmarking Employee empowerment Team approach Decisions based on facts Knowledge of tools Supplier quality Quality at the source
QuEST CCD
Open communications
Empowerment Prevention
Control of staff
Inspection & fire fighting Internal focus on rule
Stability seeking
Adversarial relations Allocating blame