Poor-quality cost / H. James Harrington.
By: Harrington, H. J. (H. James)
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Material type:
BookSeries: Quality and reliability ; 11.Publisher: New York : Milwaukee : M. Dekker ; ASQC Quality Press, 1987Description: xxi, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0824777433.Subject(s): Quality control -- Costs | Commercial products -- Defects -- CostsDDC classification: 658.562 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.562 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00158653 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An easy-to-read and highly informative book on an extremely important subject.Provides a road map for establishing a system for the identification and elimination of poor-quality costs.Gives management at all levels an important tool for maximization of profit eliminating the concept of optimum operating quality-cost point.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-190) and index.
Why poor-quality cost? -- Understanding direct poor-quality cost -- Direct poor-quality-cost curves -- Direct poor-quality-cost analysis -- Starting a poor-quality-cost system -- White-collar poor-quality costs -- Indirect poor-quality cost -- Advantages of a poor-quality-cost system.