Discuss Quality Tools and Techniques That Can Be Used to Improve

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Essay

Discuss quality tools and techniques that can be used to improve quality. Specifically describe the difference between inspection vs. poka-yoke as a quality assurance method. How do these methods relate to Ishikawa's "The Basic Seven" and statistical methods of quality control?

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Definitions:

Perfectly Elastic

A market condition where demand or supply responds infinitely at a particular price level and zero elsewhere.

Elastic

Describes a situation where the demand for a good or service significantly changes in response to price changes, indicating sensitivity to price.

Midpoint Method

is a technique in economics used to calculate the elasticity of demand or supply, providing a more accurate measure by averaging the starting and ending points.

Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how sensitive the demand for a good or service is to changes in its price.