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FAILURE COST [2 records]

Record 1 2002-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

Costs incurred by any process, operation, or function which are attributable to a specification or standard primarily intended to provide customer satisfaction. Broadly, there are two classifications of quality costs: control costs and failure costs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quality Control (Management)
DEF

The costs required to evaluate and either correct or replace products or services not conforming to requirements or customer/user needs. Include both materials and labor costs, with fringe benefits.

CONT

Failure costs are divided into internal and external cost categories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
CONT

Nous allons étudier le coût des défaillances. Il peut être décomposé en coût direct et coût indirect [...]. Le coût direct des défaillances est l'ensemble des dépenses relatives aux actions correctives qui ont pour but d'annihiler l'effet des défaillances en clientèle [...]. Le coût indirect des défaillances est l'impact financiers des erreurs qui se manifestent dans le service à la clientèle.

Spanish

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