Ex 41.1 - IMPLEMENTING A QUALITY COST PROGRAMME

Overview

Costs are always of interest to a business.  What we choose to call them in a business determines how we subsequently view them.

This TWO DAY course enables delegates to recognise that all costs in a business are candidates for reduction but some far more than others.

As part of a continual drive for improvement of business performance, reduction in quality related costs is an important aspect of improvement.  This is the context in which this quality costing course is set.

Key Session Topics

• Quality and business fundamentals
• Quality costing and business performance
• Models of systems for cost analysis
  • PAF (Prevention, Appraisal, Failure)
  • Activity/Process based costing
  • Work sampling  ISO 9001:2000
• Establishing quality costing within the business
• The cost reduction process
• Concept of added value and productivity
• Making cost reduction a habit

Benefits

• An understanding of how to identify, collect and analyse quality costs.
• The ability to initiate a cost reduction strategy in your organization.

Who Should Attend

This subject is suitable for personnel from any function in a company.  Those with the responsibility for implementing a cost saving strategy will find the course invaluable.  Quality line managers will benefit, as will Accounting management.

Course Techniques

The course uses a combination of tutorial sessions allied with interactive discussion and also uses specific workshops and case studies to enable delegates to gain some experience in recognising the opportunities available to them in their own companies.