E27: Calculate cost of nonconformance to get management's attention for Lean
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One of the most impactful quality initiatives I was involved with was the creation and deployment of the Cost of Nonconformance (CoNC) report. It was a method to assign a dollar amount to quality problems in order to bring attention to management in the language they most often respond to, money! It could also be applied more broadly beyond just quality issues to any type of waste to increase visibility for your Lean or Six Sigma initiative. Check out our Cost of Poor Quality course at https://www.biz-pi.com/product/cost-of-poor-quality-copq-course/ Links BIZ-PI.com Cost of Poor Quality Course LeanSixSigmaDefinition.com Creative Safety Supply --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leansixsigmabursts/message
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