Pareto Chart and Cost of Quality Report for a Manufacturing Company The president of Mission Inc. has been concerned about the growth in costs over the last several years. The president asked the controller to perform an activity analysis to gain a better insight into these costs. The result of the activity analysis is summarized as follows: The production process is complicated by quality problems, requiring the production manager to expedite production and dispose of scrap. Required: 1. On paper or in a spreadsheet program, prepare a Pareto chart for each of the activities listed above. Answer the following: What type of chart is a Pareto chart? Which activity appears first, in order from left to right? Which activity appears first, in order from left to right? 2. Classify the activities into prevention, appraisal, internal failure, external failure, and not costs of quality (producing product). Classify the activities into value-added and non-value-added activities. 3. Use the activity cost information to determine the percentages of total costs that are prevention, appraisal, internal failure, external failure, and not costs of quality (producing product). 4. Determine the percentages of total department costs that are value-added and non-value-added. 5. The department has X% of its total costs as non-value-added. Internal failure costs represent X% of the total costs. This means there is significant opportunity for cost savings. External failure costs represent X% of the total department costs