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Which of the following is true of prevention costs?
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As prevention costs increase, we would expect the costs of failure to decrease. |
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As prevention costs decrease, we would expect the costs of external failure to decrease. |
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As prevention costs increase, we would expect the costs of sustainability reporting to decrease. |
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As prevention costs increase, we would expect the costs of internal failure to increase. 2. ____ are costs incurred because products or services are produced that do not conform to specifications.
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Solution 1:
As prevention costs increase, we would expect the costs of failure to decrease.
This statement is true of prevention costs. Prevention costs are costs incurred to reduce the failure in future.
Hence, first option is correct.
Solution 2:
Failure costs are costs incurred because products or services are produced that do not conform to specifications.
Hence second option is correct.
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Interim Quality Performance Report
Davis, Inc., had the following quality costs for the years ended
December 31, 2014 and 2015:
2014
2015
Prevention costs:
Quality audits
$62,000
$93,000
Vendor certification
126,500
189,750
Appraisal costs:
Product acceptance
$86,000
$129,000
Process acceptance
95,000
105,000
Internal failure costs:
Retesting
$90,000
$88,000
Rework
173,000
230,000
External failure costs:
Recalls
$130,000
$104,000
Warranty
310,000
318,000
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