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- 1. Identify total costs of quality by category (appraisal, internal failure, and external failure).
- 2. Safe Travel is concerned with the high up-front cost of Inspecting all 200,000 units. It Is considering an alternative internal Inspection plan that will cost only $3.00 per car seat inspected. During the internal inspection, the alternative technique will detect only 3.5% of the 200,0 car seats that have stitching problems. The other 2.5% will be detected after the car seats are sold and shipped. What are the total costs of quality for the alternative technique?
- 3. What factors other than cost should Safe Travel consider before changing inspection techniques?
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