...Evangelos Psomas; Christina Dimitrantzou; Fotios Vouzas Purpose The present study focuses on the cost of quality (CoQ) based on which organizations can evaluate their quality-related activities in economic terms. The purpose of the study is to identify the CoQ practical implications as well...

...Evangelos Psomas; Christina Dimitrantzou; Fotis Vouzas; Nancy Bouranta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the cost of quality (CoQ) of food manufacturing companies. The study aims at empirically validating the conceptual structure of the core dimensions of CoQ (prevention, appraisal...

... maturity levels. The analysis uses an exploratory method – MCA – which can highlight intense correspondences of characteristics and clusters, which cannot be predicted in advance. Multiple correspondence analysis Cost of quality Greek food and beverage enterprises Hierarchical cluster analysis...

... of many TQM programmes. This leads to the establishment of some guidelines for the successful implementation and practice of TQM as part of cultural transformation. As a means of illustrating points, I have chosen to use mini case studies/situations. © Company 1995 Cost of quality TQM...