Quality filter mapping

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title: "Quality filter mapping" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["business-intelligence-terms"] description: "Part of the Value Stream Mapping toolkit" topic_path: "general/business-intelligence-terms" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_filter_mapping" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Part of the Value Stream Mapping toolkit ::

Quality filter mapping is part of the value stream mapping toolkit and is used to analyse processes/functions with respect to quality. The results of a quality filter map shows how much waste is being generated within an organisation at each stage of the process.

Three types of quality are measured as part of the model:

1. Product quality: Defective item provided to customer
2. Defect quality: Defective item found prior to receipt by customer
3. Service quality: Defects that affect the ability of the supplier to provide the service or product to the customer

Quality failures/defects are represented as a ratio (typically parts per million). Results of quality filter mapping are commonly used to feed into continuous improvement plans.

A revised map is then generated after implementation of improvement plans to measure the result of improvements.

References

References

1. Global Logistics and Distribution Planning: Strategies for Management By C. Donald J. Waters {{ISBN. 0-7494-3930-0
2. Best Practice Procurement: Public and Private Section Perspectives: Andrew Erridge, Ruth Fee, John Mcllroy {{ISBN. 0-566-08366-3

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