- The document discusses the concept of "Cost of Quality" which refers to the costs incurred to prevent, detect, and remove defects from products. It defines COQ as the costs associated with activities that prevent poor quality.
- COQ is made up of two categories: the cost of conformance (preventing defects) and the cost of non-conformance (costs from defects). The cost of conformance includes prevention costs from activities like training, planning and appraisal costs from inspection. The cost of non-conformance includes internal failure costs from rework and external failure costs from warranty claims.
- Optimizing quality costs involves increasing prevention costs for system engineering to reduce inspection and defects over time. The goal