3. What is CoQ?
๏ต Cost of Quality can be defined as the cost which
is allied with the quality of a product. It is the sum
total of costs which is incurred while maintaining
quality up to standard levels plus the cost of
failure to maintain that level. Cost of Quality will
not incur if the quality is free from faults.
๏ต The "cost of quality" isn't the price of creating a
quality product or service. It's the cost of NOT
creating a quality product or service.
4. Total Cost of Quality
๏ต Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
๏ต Internal Failure Costs: Services or products not meeting
the requirements of the consumers or users and is
found before the time of the release of services and
products to the external customers.
๏ต External Failure Costs: When customers are dissatisfied
due to deficiency found at post delivery period of
products
๏ต Cost of Good Quality (COGQ)
๏ต Appraisal Costs: The necessity to control services as
well as the products to make certain a high excellence
level in all the stages
๏ต ย Prevention Costs: Costs that are designed to prevent
poor quality from arising in products or services
5. Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
Internal Failure Costs:
๏ตScrap or product waste
๏ตRework
๏ตRe-inspection of the process (what went wrong?)
๏ตMaterial review and revision
๏ตRetraining
External Failure Costs:
๏ตProcessing customer complaints
๏ตBad customer reviews
๏ตLose in customer loyalty
๏ตLose in sales
6. Cost of Good Quality (COGQ)
Prevention Costs:
๏ตNew product review
๏ตQuality planning
๏ตSupplier capability
๏ตProcess capability evaluations
๏ตQuality improvement team meetings and projects
๏ตQuality education and training
Appraisal Costs :
๏ตIncoming and source inspection/test of purchased
material
๏ตIn-process and final inspection/test
๏ตProduct, process or service audits
๏ตCalibration of measuring and test equipment
8. Conclusion
๏ต The sum of the costs represents the difference
between the actual cost of a product or service
and what the reduced cost would be if there
were no possibility of substandard service, failure
of products or defects in the process.
๏ต The way to reduce the cost of quality to a
minimal level is by building the quality as part of
the processes.
๏ต Do it perfectly right from the beginning.