A defense contractor manufacturer rifles for the military. The military has exacting quality standards that the contractor must meet. The military is very pleased with quality of...

      

A defense contractor manufacturer rifles for the military. The military has exacting
quality standards that the contractor must meet. The military is very pleased with quality
of the products provided by the contractor. However, the contractor I experiencing high
quality related costs. Discuss the reasons for the contractor’s high quality related
costs.

  

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Ruth
The cost of quality is the amount of money that has to be spent as a result of quality problems
within the organization. It aims at quantifying in financial terms all activities involved in the
prevention and rectification of defects. These are costs associated with the discovery of failure
and the cost of preventing poor quality. There are different related costs that leads to contractors high quality related costs in manufacturing of rifles for the military. Quality comes with its own costs, some of this costs includes; Reworked or rectification which involves the cost of correcting non-conforming unit such as additional manufacturing operations. Cost of re-inspection: Reworked items may require re-inspection or retesting to ensure compliance to quality standards., Downgrading costs: Products which do not meet specification may be sold at a discount price or as second hand at throw away prices.

Appraisal costs
According to Mitra 9(2000) appraisal costs are those costs associated with measuring, evaluating
or auditing products, components or purchased materials to determine their degree of
conformance to the specified standards. These costs includes, Incoming material inspection: These are costs of inspection and testing items received from suppliers.
- In process inspection and testing: These are costs of inspecting and testing the product
throughout the production process to ensure conformance to specified standards.
- Cost of maintaining inspection facilities;- These are costs such as the calibration and
maintenance cost of any equipment used in appraisal activities.
- Cost of quality audits:- These are costs incurred to check that the quality system is
functioning satisfactorily
The above reasons validates contractors high quality related costs in manufacture and supply of defense rifles.
NatalieR answered the question on May 10, 2022 at 08:34


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