Modeling Cost of Quality in Advanced Manufacturing Environment

Cost of quality practices, an important element of quality management is getting increasing attention, recently, across the broad spectrum of organizations globally. The research work undertaken aims at the study of present methods adopted for Cost of Quality (COQ) analysis in Indian enterprises working in advanced and computer integrated manufacturing environment and to develop and validate quality cost management focusing on maximizing the economic benefit to the enterprise. Paper focuses on emergence of new trends in cost of quality practices in tandem with advancement in technology by reviewing the published literature. In addition, a general framework for quality cost management system (QCMS) is proposed.