Article | REF: AG1900 V1

Cost of obtaining quality

Author: Claude FERREBŒUF

Publication date: April 10, 2000, Review date: April 26, 2021

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1. Quality and non-quality

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readers may find it useful to refer to the article Quality and qualitique , a general article covering all quality-related concepts.

Quality is nothing more than logic and common sense, using very simple tools. It consists in implementing certain measures to improve products and customer satisfaction: this is what we might call first-level quality or quality assurance.

If we take a closer look at the company, there are five different types of "customer":

  • customers for whom the company's products are intended;

  • employees to whom salaries and benefits are paid as compensation for their work;

  • suppliers who receive money as compensation for the products or services...

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