conformance.

Question $17$

Increasing the quality level by better products and processes may:

ensure that the trade$-$off between prevention costs and other costs of poor quality is worthwhile.

move a company closer to a competitive priority of price.

allow a company to raise the price of the product.

reduce prevention costs.

Question $18$

The "four Ms$"$ of cause$-$and$-$effect diagrams are: