Hauschlager Corp. produces and supplies automotive manufacturers with the mechanisms used to adjust the positions of front seating units. Several competitors have recently entered the market, and management is concerned that the quality of the company’s current products may be surpassed by the quality of the new competitors’ products. The controller was asked to conduct an analysis of the efforts in January to improve product quality. His analysis generated the following costs of quality:
Training of employees
$22,400
Customer service
13,600
Reinsertion of rework
28,000
Quality audits
31,300
Design review
27,500
Warranty claims
67,100
Sample testing of materials
27,400
Returned goods
98,700
Preventive maintenance
26,500
Quality engineering
18,700
Setup for testing new products
42,100
Scrap and rework
76,500
Losses caused by vendor scrap
65,800
Product simulation
28,400
1. Prepare a detailed analysis of the costs of quality.
2. Comment on the company’s current efforts to improve product quality.