4.2 quality of goods and services - amazon web services
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4.2Qualityofgoodsandservices
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Keyelementstothistopic
Methodsofensuringquality
Conceptofquality
Importanceofquality
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Definitionofquality
Aproductisofgoodqualityifitmeetsthe
needs&expectationsofthecustomer
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Considerthefollowing…
Asacustomer,whatwouldyourexpectationsofqualitybeforanewlyreleasedsmartphone?
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Howdowejudgequality?
Design– looks,style,features
Functionality – itdoesthejobwell
Reliability– acceptablelevelofbreakdownsorfailure
Consistency– productsmeetthesamequalitystandardstimeandtimeagain
Durable– lastsaslongasitshould
Goodaftersalesservice– easeofgainingrefunds,guarantees,warranties
Price/valueformoney– thepricereflectsthequalityoftheproduct
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Considerthefollowing…
Asacustomerofafastfoodrestaurant,identifyanyadditionalfeaturesthatyouwouldlookfortojudgethequalityofthisbusiness
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Inthenews…
GlobalrecallIn2016,SamsungrecalledthousandsofitsnewlyreleasedNote7smartphonesbecauseoffaultybatteriesthatcouldexplodewhenbeingcharged!
StatethreepossibleconsequencesofpoorqualityissuestoSamsung
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Importanceofquality:ConsequencesofqualityissuesLossofcustomers,ascustomersaredissatisfiedwiththeproductandthereforewillnotreturn
Reputationofthebusinessgoesdown;difficulttoattractnewcustomers
Costsofrecalling,scrappingorre-working/re-makingproductsthatarefaultyornotuptotherequiredstandard
Costsofreplacementsorrefunds
Costsofreducingthepriceofproductsthatno-onewishestobuy;theseproductsmaynotgenerateaprofit
Legalactionmightbetakenagainstthebusiness
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Conceptlinks
Poorquality
Productrecall
Reputation
Sales
Canyoulinktheseconcepts?
Sentencestarter – ThequalityproblemswiththeGalaxyNote7willaffectSamsungbecause…
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Conceptlinks
Poorquality
Productrecall
Reputation
Sales
Sentencestarter – ThequalityproblemswiththeGalaxyNote7willaffectSamsungbecause…
Samsunghadtorefunditscustomers.
Thepublicitysurroundingthisincidentledtoasignificantlossofconsumerconfidence.
Asaresult,Samsungmayfindsalesofitsnexthandsetarelowerthanpreviousmodels.Thismaymeanthatitsprofitlevelswillnotbeashighashopedforandwillthereforenotpayforalltheresearchanddevelopmentcostsofthenewphone.
phoneswhichcaughtonfiremeantthat…
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Let’slookalittlecloserat:Whyqualityisimportanttobusinesses?
Marketsarehighlycompetitive
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Whyqualityisimportanttobusinesses?
Customers,today,aremore…
• Knowledgeable &demanding
• Preparedtocomplainaboutpoorquality
• Abletoshareinformationaboutpoorquality(e.g.viaemail&socialnetworking)
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Whyisqualityimportanttobusinesses?
Ifabusinesscandevelopareputationforhighquality,thenitmaybeabletocreateanadvantage overitscompetitors.
Task- Whichsupermarketsdoyoubelievehavethestrongestreputationforquality?Ranktheminorder.
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Businessbenefitsofgreaterquality
Customersatisfaction
Repeatpurchase
Customerrecommendation
Lowermarketingcosts
Highercustomerloyalty
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Qualityandcompetitiveness
• Today,fewerbusinessesarecompetingsolelyonprice• Atasimilarprice,thehigherqualityproductislikelytowin• Qualitycanenableabusinesstodifferentiate itsproductsfromthecompetition
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Howcanwemeasurequality?
Failure/rejectrates
Levelofproductreturns
Customerloyalty
Mysteryshoppers
Customersatisfactionrates
Customercomplaints
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Justaminute…
Youhave60secondstowritedownwhyitmaybedifficultforabusinessto
measurequality
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Traditionalmethodofcheckingquality.Allorasampleofproductsarecheckedattheendoftheproductionprocess/afteraservicehasbeencompleted.
þ Protectsthestandardoftheproductþ Customers,intheory,willnotreceive
asubstandardproduct,butdependsonwhether100%orasampleofproductsarechecked
þ Specialisttrainedinspectorsareusedtocheckquality,leavingoperativesfreetocompleteothertasks
þ Opportunitytoreceivefeedbackfromcustomersthathavereceivedaservice
Qualitycontrol
ý Wastefulapproach;productsthatdonotmeetthequalitycontrolrequirementsareoftenscrapped
ý Workerslesslikelytotakeresponsibilityforerrors
ý Highcostofinspectorsý Checkingofservicese.g.via
questionnaires,happensaftertheevent;thedamageofpoorqualityservicemayhavealreadybeendone!
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Qualityassurancereferstotheprocessesthatensurequalitymeetstherequirementsofcustomers.Qualityassuranceaimstoachievequalitybyorganisingeveryprocesstomanufacturethegoodorprovideaservicetogetit'rightfirsttime' toensuremistakesneverhappen.Unlikequalitycontrol,everymemberofstaffwillberesponsibleforcontributingtowardsquality.
þ Costsreduced,lessneedforreworkingandlesswastage;therefore,averageunitcostsarereducedleadingtoincreasedefficiency
þ Betterrelationshipsbetweenemployeesandmanagementleadingtoapossibleincreaseinproductivity
þ Staffmotivationshouldincrease,asdirectlyresponsibleandinvolvedinthequalityprocess
þ Consistentlevelsofqualitycanresultinacompetitiveadvantage beinggainedoverrivalsresultinginincreasedsalesandincreasedcustomerloyalty,ascustomerexpectationsarecontinuallymet
Qualityassurance
ý Movingtoaqualityassurancesystemcanbetimeconsumingandstaffmayresistanychange
ý Trainingcostswillbehighý Reliantonstaffunderstanding
oftheimportanceofmeetingqualitystandards&havingthemotivationtoensurethesystemworks;somemayviewasatickboxexercise
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Aquestionofquality
NissaninSunderlandisoneofthemostproductivecarplantsinEurope,producingonaverage1,200carsperday.Nissanhasanenviablereputationforvehiclereliability,butrecentlythecompanyhasnoticedthatthenumberofqualityissueswithitscarshasincreased.Nissancurrentlyusequalitycontrolinspectorswhocheckasampleofcarsattheendoftheprocess,however,theyareconsideringintroducingasystemofqualityassurancetohelpimprovethequalityofitsvehicles.
Question:NissanisconsideringintroducingQUALITYASSURANCEintoitsproductionprocess.EvaluatewhetherNissanislikelytobenefitfromthismove.Bepreparedtojustifyyourdecision.
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Reasontosupporttheintroductionofqualityassurance
IntroducingasystemofqualityassuranceatNissanshouldleadtoimprovedquality.Thisisbecauseeveryemployeewillberesponsibleforensuringquality,ratherthancheckingasampleofcarsattheendoftheprocess.ThisisimportantforNissan ,whichmayresultincustomersbuyingcarsmanufacturedbyacompetitor,suchasFord,resultinginareductioninsales.
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Ontheotherhand…
Introducingasystemofqualityassurancecouldresultinslowerproduction,asworkersgetusedtocheckingcarsduringproductiontopreventmistakeshappening.Thiscouldresultinareductioninthe1,200carsproducedperday,whichcouldmakeitdifficulttomeetdeliveryschedules.Failuretodeliverontimewillresultincustomerdissatisfactionandapoorreputation,whichisproblematicinthecompetitivecarmarket.
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Makeadecision…
Overall,Ibelieve….Nissanshouldintroduceasystemofqualityassurance.Althoughintheshorttermitcouldslowdownproduction,thiswouldonlybeatemporaryproblemandinthelongtermitshouldimprovethequalityofthevehicles.AsNissanoperatesinafiercelycompetitivemarket,ensuringhighqualitycarsareconsistentlymanufacturedisessentialtoallowthemtoremaincompetitiveandmaintaintheirenviablereputationforreliability.
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Summary…theimportanceofqualityassurancetoabusinessIncreasedcustomerloyaltyleadingtoadditionalsales
Strongbrandimageandreputationforquality;mayattractnewcustomers
Maybepossibletochargeahigherprice
Fewerreturns,productrecallsandreplacementsloweringcosts
Canhelptoattractandretainhighcalibrestaff
Reducesinspectioncosts
Overall,acompetitiveadvantagecanbegained
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Whichevermethodofimprovingormaintainingqualityabusinesschoosestoadopt,itwillhaveacost.
Abusinesswouldhavetobalancethesecostsagainstthebenefits,toensurethequalitymethodchosenisappropriatetothebusinessneeds.
Thebalanceofquality
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DJKoh,presidentofSamsungmobile,said:theGalaxyNote8“letspeopledothingstheyneverthoughtwerepossible.”TheNote8sgreatestchallengeistorestoreconsumerconfidenceanddisplacethememoriesoftheNote7thatendedinaglobalrecall.
Samsungisusingasafetytestingfirm,ULInternationalforitsqualitychecking.ArepresentativeofULInternational,saidthattheNote8passedarigorousseriesofdeviceandbatterysafetycompatibilitytestprotocols.WithApple’sreleaseofthenewiPhone,Samsungsimplycannotaffordanymistakes.
SamsungislaunchingtheGalaxyNote8withadualcamerasystemandlargeinfinityscreentomakeamendsforthefire-proneNote7.
DataDrop:• ThecostoftheoldSamsungNote7
was£700-£750(UKR.R.P.,Jan,2017)
• ThecostofanewNote8is£869• SamsungofferedNote7customers
arefundor$100toexchangeforanotherSamsungphone
• TheproductrecallcostSamsung$3billion
Inthenews- Samsungfacesrigorousqualitychecks
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Tasks– applyingyourknowledge…
Task4Usingthedatadrop,calculatethepercentagepriceincreasefromtheoldNote7(usethemeanpriceof£725)tothenewNote8priceof£869
Task3Samsunghasintroducedimprovedsystemsofmaintainingconsistentlevelsofquality.ExplainthebenefittoSamsungofthisdecision.
Task1Whatismeantbythetermqualityassurance?Task2Statethreebenefitsofqualityassurance
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Task1Whatismeantbytheterm,qualityassurance?
Qualityassuranceiswhereallemployeeshaveatargetof‘zero
defects’or‘gettingitrightfirsttime’andareresponsibleforquality.Itreferstotheprocessesthatensurethatcustomerrequirementsare
consistentlymet.
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þAverageunitcostsarereduced,becausethereislesswastageandre-workingoffaultyproducts,whichmakesthebusinessmoreefficient
þItcanhelpimproveworkermotivation,asworkershavemoreownershipandrecognitionfortheirwork
þWithallstaffresponsibleforquality,thiscanhelpthefirmgainacompetitiveadvantageoverrivalsarisingfromitsconsistentlevelofquality
Task2Statethreebenefitsofqualityassurance
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Task3Samsunghasintroducedimprovedsystemsofmaintainingconsistentlevelsofquality.ExplainthebenefittoSamsungofthisdecision.
Samsung’sreputationtookquiteaknockwhenitsNote7wasrecalled.Inacompetitivemarketplace,Samsungneedstoestablishastrongandtrustedbrand.Therefore,SamsunghavingastrongerfocusonqualitywillhelptopreventanyfurtherdefectiveproductsgettingontotheshelvesandwillenableSamsungtocompetemoreeffectivelywithmarketleaders,Apple.
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Task4Usingthedatadrop,calculatethepercentagepriceincreasefromtheoldNote7(usethemeanpriceof£725)tothenewNote8priceof£869
DataDrop:• ThecostoftheoldSamsungNote7was£700-£750(UKR.R.P.,Jan,2017)
• ThecostofanewNote8is£869• SamsungofferedNote7customersarefundor$100toexchangeforanotherSamsungphone
• TheproductrecallcostSamsung$3billion
Tocalculatethepercentageincrease:£869- £725=£144.Dividethe increase bytheoriginalnumber(144/725)andmultiplyby100=19.86%ora20%increaseinprice.
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