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How to Calculate Your Facility's True COPQ (Free Calculator)

July 24, 2025 • By Mike Barlow, Paul Van Buskirk

Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) can quietly erode margins in biopharma operations through rework, deviations, delays, and batch losses. This post breaks down the four key components of quality cost—prevention, appraisal, internal failure, and external failure—and introduces a free COPQ calculator to help you estimate the true financial impact and identify opportunities for ROI.