Items Tagged with 'cost of poor quality'

A defect on the production floor may seem minor, but its true cost is often hidden across operations. Manufacturers should quantify the financial impact of quality failures by assigning costs to events.

Outsourcing began due to a lack of skills and the desire to handle tasks internally. To bring manufacturing back, we need to ensure top quality and manufacturing in America. Find out what we need to focus on.

Imagine this: Company A is an internationally respected, world-class company that manufactures high-end kitchen appliances. Their products are coveted by homeowners across the globe. 

The cost of quality isn’t discussed much. More often, the cost of poor quality hogs the limelight and the headlines. Cost of poor quality costs are believed to be 100% avoidable, and thus are assigned resources to expend extra attention and efforts to eliminate. 

“Lean isn’t going to help you if your quality is bad. Why just make bad stuff faster?”