Types of quality performance reports
Quality performance reports measure the progress realized by an organization is quality improvement program . three types of progress can be measured and reported
1 progress with respect to a current period standard or goal
An interim standard report
2 the progress trend since inception of quality improvement program
A multiple period trend report
3 progress with respect to the long range standard or goal
A long range report
Interim standard report
The organization must establish an interim quality standard each year make plans to achieve this targeted level . since quality costs are a measure if quality , the targeted level can be expressed in dollars budgets for each category of quality costs and for each item within the category . often , the interim quality standard is simply the quality costs incurred in previous year , adjusted for management is desired reduction . at the end of the period , the interim quality performance report compares the actual quality costs for the period with the budgeted costs . this report measures the progress achieved within the period relative to the planned level of progress for that period . illustrates such a report