BIAYA VARIABILITAS AQL VS ROBUST ZERO DEFECT
JURNAL BISNIS DAN EKONOMI, MARET 2000 BIAYA VARIABILITAS AQL VS ROBUST ZERO DEFECT Oleh : MG. Kentris Indarti STIE Stikubank Semarang ABSTRACT Quality has become such an important strategic variable that management accounting can no longer ignor it. Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) and Robust Zero Defects are two quality philosophies that is used to help US companies to compete in the global market. With the AQL philosophi, the only cost attributed to variation occurs when products fall out side the spesification limits. Thus, the cost variaton depens on whether the product can be reworked, if there are constrains on production, and the distance between product specification limits is wide. On the other hand, a Robust Zero Defect claims that any variation is undesirable and causes costs to be incurred by manufacturer, consumer, or society. An important measure in any quality philosophi is the cost of product variability. Variability cost information is needed to help managers to serve as...