aims0824

@aims0824 (12)

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The Price of Quality

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 4 Oct 09

Early this year, General Motors recalled nearly 1.5 million midsize cars from the 1997-2003 model years. These cars have a defect that lets oil drip onto the exhaust manifold and flame up, potentially leading to an engine fire,...

production management

social responsibility

total quality management

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aims0824 Though I'm not familiar with the motor parts, I would say that the company would be spending much for these. 1.5 million, it's a lot. The company needs to make sure that there will be no more errors in the production process. They also need to have product...

9 Feb 12

Quality based on features

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 22 Nov 09

Even if the overall quality of a product can't be measured on the features alone, many of us buy products based on its features. Features are said to be the bells and whistles of a product. These are those that get us...

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aims0824 I usually get attracted with those products that come along with good external packaging even for toothpaste, I sometimes tend to base it with the packaging alone. I also get attracted with cute stuff. When it comes to choosing shirt, if it's violet, I always...

9 Feb 12

Another issue of low quality cellphone batteries

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 4 Oct 09

Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, his ears ringing, hand gushing blood and body covered in black ash. In a split second last August, fragments from Michael's exploding...

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aims0824 As far as I know, I haven't used any battery not compatible to my cellphone nor used charger not compatible with it. I usually buy brand new cellphones to make sure that every part of the cp is an original one. I've been hearing news about fires which started...

9 Feb 12

How conscious are you of the toys your children have?

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 4 Oct 09

Some time in 2007, Mattel announced recall for 9 million Chinese-made toys, including popular Barbie, Polly Pocket and “Cars” movie items, and warned that more could be ordered off store shelves because of lead paint and tiny...

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aims0824 As a mother of a young girl who loves Barbie a lot, I paused when I read this article. I can't imagine that even well known companies like Mattel are now being engaged in product recall. Nowadays, we can't really tell so I won't be surprised if I'll be hearing...

9 Feb 12

Are your cellphone batteries safe?

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 4 Oct 09

Verizon Wireless has recalled 50,000 cell phone batteries, some of which may be counterfeit, after reports suggesting that they may cause minor fires and injuries. The TM-510 batteries, which carry the LG Mobile Phones brand,...

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aims0824 In my view, I would say that the company Verizon Wireless together with LG will bear damage for this. Since the recall didn't just happened once, most of the customers already lost their trust and confidence with the company. Unlike other recall with involve...

9 Feb 12

Do you recycle gift wrappers / gift bags?

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 13 Oct 08

Do you recycle gift wrappers or gift bags? Well, I do! I often use gift wrappers or gift bags from different occasions to wrap some gifts I give to other people. When I am given gifts, I carefully open the package I am given...

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aims0824 Whenever I received gifts from my loved ones, I always get attracted with the gift wrappers that come along with different colors, designs. Papers and plastics with different textures and the like. I'd like to keep all of those but as much as I want to, I'm...

9 Feb 12

Do you keep your shopping bags?

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 17 Sep 08

I was cleaning my room earlier and I realized that I have actually kept several shopping bags in my cabinet. I am referring to those paper bags where stores put the stuffs you buy from them. All of them are still in mint...

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aims0824 Definitely! I keep shopping bags at home and usually use it to keep other stuff. Most of the time, I use it to keep my shoes... To avoid any confusion about the content of the specific bag, I sometimes label it to make it easy for me to find the stuff that I...

9 Feb 12

Are your pictures in Digital or Printed Copies?

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 17 Jan 10

For quite a while now, I have observed that many people prefer to keep digital copies of their pictures. I rarely see people going to the photo studio to have films developed or have digital copies printed. Many of my friends now...

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aims0824 I used to have my picture collections printed as early as possible and put it in my album. I also used to keep the pictures of my loved ones under my pillow or have it posted on the wall or put it on top of the table with the the picture frame of my choice....

9 Feb 12

Do You Prefer Quality Or Price of a Product?

Nirishasol @Nirishasol (879) • India 12 Feb 10

Most of the people prefer quality because they do believe in good quality but some of people they go for price of product. What do think its good to go with product or price of a product?

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aims0824 I admit that most of the time, I tend to buy stuff which are cheap but are attractive for me. I also buy items which I heard of good quality. In my experience, I observed that not all products being sold at high prices are of good quality. I believe some of...

9 Feb 12

What product and brand have you used since you were a child until now?

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 24 Jan 10

Oftentimes, we buy certain that we are very loyal to. There are some products bought by our parents when we were younger and we still use them until now. One of these is Colgate Toothpaste. I have been using Colgate...

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aims0824 I`ve been using Ponds since I was 13. I started using the facial cream until it comes with facial wash, toner, scrub, and other similar products. When I tried using other brand, the result was unfavorable. For that reason, I got stucked with Ponds. Same as...

8 Feb 12

Quality of our Slippers

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 4 Oct 09

This is not really a new issue but while working on my lecture, I found this article and thought that I would want to know what you think about it. The local distributor of the popular Brazilian flip flop brand Havaianas has...

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aims0824 For me, the company was right with its decision to recall the slippers to avoid any further incident to occur in the future. It might affect the company`s name but the company`s concern was more on the side of the consumers. Despite the incidence, the company...

8 Feb 12

Buying bags --- do you consider quality over price?

moneymakingtoday @moneymakingtoday (4061) • Philippines 12 Feb 10

Like shoes, most women love bags. Some want to wear matching bags and shoes. Others do not care. There are a lot of choices of them in any department store or mall. In buying bags, why do you think most women consider choosing...

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aims0824 I checked my closet and noticed that most of my bags are just like displays for my eyes.. I have several bags but I only get to use 3 of them as the maximum. Those being used are of good quality and those which can match most of my clothes. I just realized...

8 Feb 12