MCT COQ approach

1. The conditions for obtaining the success of the COQ approach include:

• Successful internal communication
• Cost reduction
• Price drop
• COQ procedure applied
• COQ objectives are set
• COQ indicators are measured and followed

2. The prerequisites for the implementation of the COQ approach include:

• The cost calculation method is established
• Total top management involvement
• The staff suggestion system is well established
• An inventory is carried out

3. Step 3 "Data analysis" of the COQ approach includes:

• The 5 S method
• Seeking the optimum of the COQ
• Classifying the costs by priority
• Updating the indicators

4. The costs of nonconformities over the life of the product cost us the most at stage:

• Design
• Development
• Industrialization
• Production and after sales service

5. Do these quotes really belong to their authors?

• Quality is conformance to requirements. Philip Crosby
• Quality is anything that can be improved. Masaaki Imai
• Quality is fitness for use. Kaoru Ishikawa
• Quality is the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics of an object fulfils requirements. Joseph Juran