Decision category

Quality decisions

Scrap cost, cost of poor quality, and defect reduction decisions.

• Scrap Cost Decision Prices annual scrap and rework cost from defect rate, volume, and unit cost.
• Cost of Poor Quality Expand scrap cost into the full Prevention-Appraisal-Failure total and price a target defect-rate improvement.
• Defect Reduction ROI Prices the ROI and payback period of a defect-reduction improvement program.
• Quality Gate Placement Comparator Compare inspecting early versus late in a process on total quality cost, once the downstream cost of a late-caught defect is priced in, not…