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TQM: Total Quality Management - CORRECT ANSWER is an integrated
organizational effort designed to improve quality at every level.
Customer Defined Quality - CORRECT ANSWER TQM is about meeting quality
expectations as defined by the customer.
Conformance to specification - CORRECT ANSWER measures how well the
product or service meets the targets and tolerances determined by its designers.
Example of Conformance to specification - CORRECT ANSWER The wait for
hotel room service may be specified as 20 minutes, but there may be an acceptable
delay of an additional 10 minutes.
Also, consider the amount of light delivered by a 60-watt light bulb. If the bulb
delivers 50 watts, it does not conform to specifications.
Fitness for use - CORRECT ANSWER focuses on how well the product performs
its intended function or use.
Example of Fitness for use - CORRECT ANSWER For example, a Mercedes-
Benz and a Jeep Cherokee both meet a fitness for use definition if one considers
transportation as the intended function. However, if the definition becomes more
specific and assumes that the intended use is for transportation on mountain roads
and carrying fishing gear, the Jeep Cherokee has a greater fitness for use. You can
also see that fitness for use is a user-based definition in that it is intended to meet
the needs of a specific user group.
Value for a price paid - CORRECT ANSWER is a definition of quality that
consumers often use for product or service usefulness. This is the only definition
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that combines economics with consumer criteria; it assumes that the definition of
quality is price sensitive.
Examples of Value for a price paid - CORRECT ANSWER For example, suppose
that you wish to sign up for a personal finance seminar and discover that the same
class is being taught at two different colleges at significantly different tuition rates.
If you take the less expensive seminar, you will feel that you have received greater
value for the price.
Support Services - CORRECT ANSWER provided are often how the quality of a
product or service is judged. Quality does not apply only to the product or service
itself; it also applies to the people, processes, and organizational environment
associated with it.
Example of Support Services - CORRECT ANSWER For example, the quality of
a university is judged not only by the quality of staff and course offerings but also
by the efficiency and accuracy of processing paperwork.
Psychological Criteria - CORRECT ANSWER is a subjective definition that
focuses on the judgmental evaluation of what constitutes product or service
quality. Different factors contribute to the evaluation, such as the atmosphere of
the environment or the perceived prestige of the product.
Examples of Psychological Criteria - CORRECT ANSWER For example, a
hospital patient may receive average healthcare, but a very friendly staff may leave
the impression of high quality. Similarly, we commonly associate certain products
with excellence because of their reputation; Rolex watches and Mercedes-Benz
automobiles are examples.
Manufacturing Organizations - CORRECT ANSWER Manufacturing
organizations produce a tangible product that can be seen, touched, and directly
measured. Examples include cars, CD players, clothes, computers, and food items.
Quality in manufacturing organizations - CORRECT ANSWER quality
definitions in manufacturing usually focus on tangible product features.
Common quality definition in manufacturing - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Conformance: the degree to which a product characteristic meets preset standards.
2. Performance: such as acceleration of a vehicle
3. Reliability: meaning that the product will function as expected without failure
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4. Features: the extras that are included beyond the basic characteristics
5. Durability: the expected operational life of the product
6. Serviceability: how readily a product can be repaired
Service Organizations - CORRECT ANSWER service organizations produce a
product that is intangible. Usually, the complete product cannot be seen or
touched. Rather, it is experienced. The intangible nature of the product makes
defining quality difficult.
Examples of Service Organizations - CORRECT ANSWER delivery of
healthcare, the experience of staying at a vacation resort, and learning at a
university.
Quality of Service is defined by perceptual factors - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Responsiveness to customers needs/
2. Courtesy and friendliness of staff.
3. Promptness in resolving complains.
4. Atmosphere
5. Time: the amount of time a customer has to wait for the service.
6. Consistency: the degree to which service is the same each time.
Quality Control Costs - CORRECT ANSWER Cost necessary for achieving high
quality.
Two types of Quality Control Costs - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Prevention costs.
2. Appraisal costs.
Prevention Costs - CORRECT ANSWER are all costs incurred in the process of
preventing poor quality from occurring. Costs includes the following.
1. quality planning costs, such as the costs of developing and implementing a
quality plan.
2. cost of product and process design.
3. Employee training in quality measurement.
4. Cost of maintaining records of information and data related to quality.
Appraisal Costs - CORRECT ANSWER incurred in the process of uncovering
defects. They include the following;
1. Cost of quality inspections.
2. Product testing.
3. performing audits to make sure that quality standards are being met.
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