Cost of Quality and Value-Added/Non-Value-Added Reports for a Service Company Seven Seas Inc. provides cable TV and Internet service to the local community. The activities and activity costs of Seven Seas are identified. Question Content Area a.  Identify the cost of quality classification for each activity and whether the activity is value-added or non-value-added. Quality Control Activities Activity Cost Quality Cost Classification VA/NVA Classification Billing error correction $60,000 fill in the blank 1 of 18   fill in the blank 2 of 18   Cable signal testing 140,000 fill in the blank 3 of 18   fill in the blank 4 of 18   Reinstalling service (installed incorrectly the first time) 40,000 fill in the blank 5 of 18   fill in the blank 6 of 18   Repairing satellite equipment 50,000 fill in the blank 7 of 18   fill in the blank 8 of 18   Repairing underground cable connections to the customer 25,000 fill in the blank 9 of 18   fill in the blank 10 of 18   Replacing old technology cable with higher quality cable 175,000 fill in the blank 11 of 18   fill in the blank 12 of 18   Replacing old technology signal switches with higher quality switches 150,000 fill in the blank 13 of 18   fill in the blank 14 of 18   Responding to customer home repair requests 30,000 fill in the blank 15 of 18   fill in the blank 16 of 18   Training employees 80,000 fill in the blank 17 of 18   fill in the blank 18 of 18      Total activity cost $750,000       Question Content Area b.  Prepare a cost of quality report. Assume that sales are $3,000,000. If required, round percentages to one decimal place. blankSeven Seas Inc.Cost of Quality Report Quality Cost Classification Quality Cost Percent of Total Quality Cost Percent of Total Sales Prevention $Prevention Prevention% Prevention% Appraisal Appraisal Appraisal% Appraisal% Internal failure Internal failure Internal failure% Internal failure% External failure External failure External failure% External failure% Total $Total Total% Total%   Question Content Area c.  Prepare a value-added/non-value-added analysis. If required, round percentages to one decimal place. blankSeven Seas Inc.Value-Added/Non-Value-Added Activity Analysis Category Amount Percent Value-added $Value-added Value-added% Non-value-added Non-value-added Non-value-added% Total $Total Total%   Question Content Area d.  What percentage of total costs of quality are considered to be value-added?

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Cost of Quality and Value-Added/Non-Value-Added Reports for a Service Company

Seven Seas Inc. provides cable TV and Internet service to the local community. The activities and activity costs of Seven Seas are identified.

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a.  Identify the cost of quality classification for each activity and whether the activity is value-added or non-value-added.

Quality Control Activities Activity Cost Quality Cost
Classification
VA/NVA Classification
Billing error correction $60,000 fill in the blank 1 of 18
 
fill in the blank 2 of 18
 
Cable signal testing 140,000 fill in the blank 3 of 18
 
fill in the blank 4 of 18
 
Reinstalling service (installed incorrectly the first time) 40,000 fill in the blank 5 of 18
 
fill in the blank 6 of 18
 
Repairing satellite equipment 50,000 fill in the blank 7 of 18
 
fill in the blank 8 of 18
 
Repairing underground cable connections to the customer 25,000 fill in the blank 9 of 18
 
fill in the blank 10 of 18
 
Replacing old technology cable with higher quality cable 175,000 fill in the blank 11 of 18
 
fill in the blank 12 of 18
 
Replacing old technology signal switches with higher quality switches 150,000 fill in the blank 13 of 18
 
fill in the blank 14 of 18
 
Responding to customer home repair requests 30,000 fill in the blank 15 of 18
 
fill in the blank 16 of 18
 
Training employees 80,000 fill in the blank 17 of 18
 
fill in the blank 18 of 18
 
   Total activity cost $750,000    
 

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b.  Prepare a cost of quality report. Assume that sales are $3,000,000. If required, round percentages to one decimal place.

blankSeven Seas Inc.Cost of Quality Report
Quality Cost
Classification
Quality Cost Percent of Total
Quality Cost
Percent of
Total Sales
Prevention $Prevention Prevention% Prevention%
Appraisal Appraisal Appraisal% Appraisal%
Internal failure Internal failure Internal failure% Internal failure%
External failure External failure External failure% External failure%
Total $Total Total% Total%
 

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c.  Prepare a value-added/non-value-added analysis. If required, round percentages to one decimal place.

blankSeven Seas Inc.Value-Added/Non-Value-Added Activity Analysis
Category Amount Percent
Value-added $Value-added Value-added%
Non-value-added Non-value-added Non-value-added%
Total $Total Total%
 

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d.  What percentage of total costs of quality are considered to be value-added?

 
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