The factors that affect a company’s P/Q rating include:
a. How far a company’s price is above the industry average. PAT productivity, warranty costs, and the percentage of cameras outsourced from contract assemblers.
b. The caliber of core components, a company’s cumulative spending for new product R&D, engineering and design, the number of models, camera body ergonomics/durability and the number of special utility features.
c. Performance features and camera quality
d. The size of incentive bonuses paid to workers for detect-free assembly, warrant cliam rates the age of assembly workstations, camera quality and picture quality.