Yedder
Enterprises was a pioneer in designing and producing precision surgical
lasers. Yedder’s product was brilliantly designed, but the
manufacturing process was neglected by management with a consequence
that quality problems have been chronic. When customers complained about
defective units, Yedder would simply send out a repairperson or replace
the defective unit with a new one. Recently, several competitors came
out with similar products without Yedder’s quality problems, and as a
consequence Yedder’s sales have declined.
To rescue the situation, Yedder embarked on an intensive
campaign to strengthen its quality control at the beginning of the
current year. These efforts met with some success—the downward slide in
sales was reversed, and sales grew from $90 million last year to $100
million this year. To help monitor the company’s progress, costs
relating to quality and quality control were compiled for last year and
for the first full year of the quality campaign this year. The costs,
which do not include the lost sales due to a reputation for poor
quality, appear below:
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Costs (in thousands)
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Last Year | This Year | |||
Product recalls | $ | 2,592 | $ | 600 |
Systems development | $ | 522 | $ | 950 |
Inspection | $ | 828 | $ | 1,240 |
Net cost of scrap | $ | 693 | $ | 1,470 |
Supplies used in testing | $ | 27 | $ | 100 |
Warranty repairs | $ | 4,374 | $ | 1,440 |
Rework labor | $ | 1,170 | $ | 2,000 |
Statistical process control | $ | 0 | $ | 170 |
Customer returns of defective goods | $ | 1,521 | $ | 1,110 |
Cost of testing equipment | $ | 180 | $ | 360 |
Quality engineering | $ | 504 | $ | 820 |
Downtime due to quality problems | $ | 855 | $ | 1,300 |
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Required: |
1. |
Prepare a quality cost report for both this year and last year. (Round
your percentage answers to 2 decimal places. Leave no cells blank - be
certain to enter "0" wherever required. Omit the "$" and "%" signs in
your response.)
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Yedder Enterprises Quality Cost Report (in thousands of dollars) | ||||
Last Year
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This Year
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Amount (000s) | Percent of Sales | Amount (000s) | Percent of Sales | |
Prevention Costs: | ||||
Systems development | $ | % | $ | % |
Statistical process control | % | % | ||
Quality engineering | % | % | ||
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Total prevention costs | % | % | ||
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Appraisal Costs: | ||||
Inspection | % | % | ||
Supplies used in testing | % | % | ||
Cost of testing equipment | % | % | ||
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Total appraisal costs | % | % | ||
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Internal failure costs: | ||||
Net cost of scrap | % | % | ||
Rework labor | % | % | ||
Downtime due to quality problems | % | % | ||
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Total internal failure costs | % | % | ||
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External failure costs: | ||||
Product recalls | % | % | ||
Warranty repairs | % | % | ||
Customer returns of defective goods | % | % | ||
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Total external failure costs | % | % | ||
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Total quality cost | $ | % | $ | % |
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