{"id":799,"date":"2013-12-05T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/?p=799"},"modified":"2023-09-19T12:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T12:54:17","slug":"the-value-of-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/the-value-of-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Quality &#8211; It Makes a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to Quality Magazine for providing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qualitymag.com\/articles\/91518-the-value-of-quality?v=preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noindex\"> additional data<\/a> to suggest investing in quality makes a difference.<\/p>\n<p>According to the information posted from the 14th Annual Spending Survey:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>57% of those surveyed say the importance of quality is somewhat or much more important than the year before. Another 40% put it at about the same.<\/li>\n<li>64% say that spending was right where it was projected, which is consistent with the prior year.<\/li>\n<li>90% of budgets should stay the same or increase.<\/li>\n<li>The Aerospace industry saw the most notable increase when asked about primary end product performed at location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The inspection approach information is interesting as well, including the increase in lot sampling for incoming and pre-shipment evaluations:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/QM1213-FT1manage-p7SL.webp\" alt=\"QM1213-FT1manage-p7SL\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to Quality Magazine for providing additional data to suggest investing in quality makes a difference. 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