The week ending $31$st March $2024$ saw the global Electronics giant Samsung experiencing numerous quality costs in its manufacturing units as follows: Activity Cost in USD$ Litigation $$2123410$ Rework $$311731$ Quality planning $$4400$ Machine downtime $$350423$ In$-$process inspections $$200530$ Repairs and replacements beyond the warranty period $$950640$ Consumer research $$17590$ Returns inwards $$600426$ Supplier evaluation $$300750$ Analysis of cause of defects in production $$90999$ Product recall $$2500840$ Scrap $$250570$ Audit of the quality system $$43930$ Documentation of quality programmes $$3510$ Quality data gathering, analysis and reporting $$19100$ Employee training $$6400$ Field testing $$17300$ Quality circles $13300$ Final inspection $27250$ Supervision of testing and inspection activities $$28333$ Quality improvement projects $22023$ Customer complaints administration $$930411$ Debugging software errors $$61450$ Statistical process control $29112$ Quality engineering $$15555$ Warranty repairs and replacement costs $$1500999$ Inspection of incoming raw materials $$24737$ Loss of sales from reputation of poor quality $$2300777$ Retesting of reworked products $$231200$ Depreciation of test equipment $$41343$ System development $$9123$ Required: a$).$ Prepare a quality cost sheet clearly showing the four categories of quality costs and express each category of quality cost as a percentage of the grand total. $(20$ marks$).$ b$).$ Examine the quality cost category that presents the greatest challenge at Samsung. Justify your answer. $(6$ marks$).$ c$).$ Suggest any six strategic management quality improvement strategies that can help Samsung stay afloat of global competition in the Electronics industry. $(18$ marks$).$ d$).$ Using the data in $($a$)$ to construct Joseph M$.$ Juran;s Optimum Model of total quality costs clearly showing cost of conformance $($COC$)$ and Costs of non$-$conformance $($CONC$)$ at Samsung. $(6$ marks$)$ e$).$ As the Strategic quality management consultant, develop a winning quality policy for Samsung. $(10$ marks$)$ f$).$ Evaluate the significance of quality costing to strategic quality management highlighting any three strategies. $(10$ marks$)$