"Quality...It\´s Not an Add-On! [Essay]"

The value of quality for any product cannot be over emphasized. From the inception of a product in Market requirements to Engineering specification, vendor selection and qualification, manufacturing assembly processes, and review of customer satisfaction ratings, quality impacts a company\´s success or lack thereof. It can\´t be added on or tested in, quality needs to be involved along the entire development process. Failure to do so practically ensures problems in the field-at the customer\´s location. You don\´t want problems coming from that direction, so fix "quality" into the product from the very beginning.