Frostline Industries manufactures freezers. Here is some information about its LX17 line of freezers over the past year: Number of
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Number of units manufactured and sold ................................................. 6,000 units
Selling price per unit ................................................................................ $1,800
Variable manufacturing and selling costs per unit ................................... $700
Hours spent by engineers improving design ........................................... 1,000
Testing and inspection hours per unit ...................................................... 1.0 hours
Percentage of units reworked in the plant after inspection .................... 10%
Average variable rework costs per freezer .............................................. $600
Percentage of units repaired under warranty at customers' homes ........ 8%
Average variable repair costs at customers' homes per freezer .............. $650
Estimated lost sales due to quality reputation ......................................... 400 units
Design engineer's labor rate (includes benefits and payroll taxes) ......... $85 per hour
Inspection costs per hour ......................................................................... $45 per hour
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1. Prepare a Cost of Quality (COQ) report. In addition to calculating the total costs of each category, calculate the percentage of each COQ category of the total COQ.
2. Why would the variable repair cost at the customers' homes generally be higher than the "in factory" rework cost?
3. How can use of the COQ report lead to improvements in the production process or in the quality of the product itself?
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4- Activity-Based Costing, Lean Operations, and the Costs of Quality
Section: Exercises
Problem: 40
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Question Posted: October 25, 2017 09:06:45