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Repack Solutions, Inc. is a distribution center where it receives and breaks down bulk orders from suppliers' factories, and ships out products to retail customers. The following costs have been identified over the past year. Checking outbound boxes for errors $715,000 Quality planning $12,500 Downtime due to conveyor/computer problems $402,500 Packaging waste $80,000 Incoming product inspection $60,000 Customer complaint rework $40,000 Correcting erroneous orders before shipping $43,000 Quality training of associates $30,500 Quality improvement projects $20,500 Other waste $42,500 Packaging material $200,000 Correction of typographical errors--pick tickets $13,500 1. Calculate and list the total of each (if any) of the Prevention, Appraisal, Internal, and External Failure Costs (show your work). 2. What do you think about the distribution of costs at ABC? 3. What initial steps would you take to lower these costs? Repack Solutions, Inc. is a distribution center where it receives and breaks down bulk orders from suppliers' factories, and ships out products to retail customers. The following costs have been identified over the past year. Checking outbound boxes for errors $715,000 Quality planning $12,500 Downtime due to conveyor/computer problems $402,500 Packaging waste $80,000 Incoming product inspection $60,000 Customer complaint rework $40,000 Correcting erroneous orders before shipping $43,000 Quality training of associates $30,500 Quality improvement projects $20,500 Other waste $42,500 Packaging material $200,000 Correction of typographical errors--pick tickets $13,500 1. Calculate and list the total of each (if any) of the Prevention, Appraisal, Internal, and External Failure Costs (show your work). 2. What do you think about the distribution of costs at ABC? 3. What initial steps would you take to lower these costs

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