Title :
Quality economics and productivity
Author_Institution :
Elbit, Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
The quality economics principle establishes the relationship between the value of quality and the cost of quality. The manager of the quality function in an organization is guided by this principle in the task of insuring that the quality value of the outputs of the organization is higher than the investment made (cost of quality) to achieve that quality, and thereby contributes to the maximization of the return on investment and profit in the organization. A review is presented to show that the responsibility of the manager of the quality function in the organization has increased in scope to include productivity, associated with quality-related activities in particular, and production work in general
Keywords :
economics; management; quality control; cost of quality; investment; manager; productivity; profit; quality economics; value of quality; Cost function; Environmental economics; Industrial economics; Industrial plants; Investments; Loss measurement; Marketing and sales; Production; Productivity; Quality management;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1990. NAECON 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE 1990 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1990.112959