Acceptable Complaint Level - Please Help
Acceptable Complaint Level - Please Help
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Hi,
I hope I can get help with regard to this topic as I just started a job with an Electronics company and I need to impress them with a project I have been put on. I was hoping for any help or literature or being pointed in the right direction for this project.
The project is to find an acceptable "Complaint per million" or "CSAT" level for a new product. A complaint can either be product related (hard) OR service related (soft).
The way I see it is that there should be no upper limit to CSAT i.e. The ultimate goal should be to strive for 0 complaints (Continuous Improvement) - although acknowledged that this is almost impossible.
However how do I start to find a "acceptable" lower level for complaints for a product. Is there any documents or theory or advise where even to start with finding this figure/level.
Aside: What might help me is if anyone has experience finding the acceptable DPMO for a new product or anything else similar.
Please help as I'd love to keep this job and impress them as jobs are short at the moment.
Thanks.
I hope I can get help with regard to this topic as I just started a job with an Electronics company and I need to impress them with a project I have been put on. I was hoping for any help or literature or being pointed in the right direction for this project.
The project is to find an acceptable "Complaint per million" or "CSAT" level for a new product. A complaint can either be product related (hard) OR service related (soft).
The way I see it is that there should be no upper limit to CSAT i.e. The ultimate goal should be to strive for 0 complaints (Continuous Improvement) - although acknowledged that this is almost impossible.
However how do I start to find a "acceptable" lower level for complaints for a product. Is there any documents or theory or advise where even to start with finding this figure/level.
Aside: What might help me is if anyone has experience finding the acceptable DPMO for a new product or anything else similar.
Please help as I'd love to keep this job and impress them as jobs are short at the moment.
Thanks.





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RE: Acceptable Complaint Level - Please Help
Thank you for your reply.
Does your suggestion not presume that all complaints result in a product replacement i.e A warranty cost. However as "complaints" include service complaints I think the acceptable warranty budget/level of returns would have a limited scope and not represent ALL complaints. Or am I wrong in saying this?
Also as this is a completely new product would you suggest getting the complaint level for the closest similar product made by the company.
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RE: Acceptable Complaint Level - Please Help
Historical data is always better than guesses. People tend to be optimistic when guessing. History is undeniable.
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In my experience this figure is only defects or returns and NOT soft complaints. I realize that you are saying that the Budget of Returns (as stated above) must consider/include the Customer Service staff cost - this is true (in my experience) on the reverse logistics aspect of things i.e. Pay staff to deal with returns, How much will it cost to return the product and send a new one, Pay staff to inspect and Pay staff to dispose or refurbish.
However (again in my experience) the customer support staff that deal with service (non refund) issues such as logistic delays are not factored into a Warranty - But these are still "complaints" that need to be factored into my project. This complaints are just registered grievances from the customer (eg email complaint to a manager) that need to be recorded. These grievances dont do any financial damage (i.e. Returns etc) to the company but rather do intangible damage such as effecting the reputation of the brand.
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I wonder is there any other way of looking at this? Coming at the project from another angle as well as looking at warranty.
RE: Acceptable Complaint Level - Please Help
Beyond that, I would still be looking at historical data. Are your current complaint levels "acceptable?" What about your competitors, or people in a somewhat similar industry?
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