Question: Please help me with problem 2 & 3. I have filled in the table for problem 1 already. Problem 14.30 (Algorithmic) Quality Cost Report, Taguchi

Please help me with problem 2 & 3. I have filled in the table for problem 1 already.

Problem 14.30 (Algorithmic)

Quality Cost Report,

Taguchi Loss Function Kathy Shorts, president of Oliver Company, was concerned with the trend in sales and profitability. The company had been losing customers at an alarming rate. Furthermore, the company was barely breaking even. Investigation revealed that poor quality was at the root of the problem. At the end of 2015, Kathy decided to begin a quality improvement program. As a first step, she identified the following costs in the accounting records as quality related:

2015

Sales (621,000 units @ $100) $62,100,000

Retesting 1,925,100

Rework 2,359,800

Vendor certification 807,300

Consumer complaints 1,552,500

Warranty 2,173,500 T

est labor 1,738,800

Inspection labor 1,676,700

Design reviews 310,500

1. Prepare a quality cost report by quality cost category. Round percentages to one decimal place if rounding is required. For example, 5.78% would be entered as "5.8".

quality costs total quality costs percentage sales
prevention costs
vendor certificate 807300
design review 310500 1117800 1.8%
appraisal costs:
test labor 1738800
inspection labor 1676700 3415500 5.5%
internal failure costs:
retesting 1925100
rework 2359800 4284900 6.9%
external failure costs:
consumer complaints 1552500
warranty 2173500 3726000 6.0%
total quality costs 12544200 20.2%

2. Calculate the relative distribution percentages for each quality cost category. Round percentages to one decimal place if rounding is required. For example, 5.789% would be entered as "5.8".

Prevention %
Appraisal %
Internal failure %
External failure %

3. Using the Taguchi loss function, an average loss per unit is computed to be $14 per unit. What are the hidden costs of external failure? $

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