European Pork Chains : the Role of Stakeholders in Diversification of Quality Management Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-33
Author(s):  
Wacław Szymanowski

The paper presents the results of the diagnose concerning the characteristics of pork chains in 6 European Union countries: France, Greece, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany and Hungary. The aim of the paper is to present the differences and fragmentary character of the chains in the pork sector in Europe and diversification of demand for pork products in rapidly developing European markets. Determination of presence of differences in the quality management systems in 6 chosen European countries, i.e. France, Greece, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany and Hungary is the main hypothesis of the paper. Three of those differences apply to specialised pork chains (Spain, The Netherlands and Hungary) while the other three the regional pork chains (France, Greece and Germany). The nature of those chains results from the differences in utilisation of public and private quality management systems and the differences between inter-organisational quality management systems within the chains of supplies strengthening quality cohesion and safety between the links of the chain. The comparison of them allows formulating conclusions for reconstruction of the pork chains in Poland. 

Author(s):  
Zoltán Krajcsák

Open innovation contributes to serving the customers of organizations with higher quality, as the customers become an active part of the innovation process. A successful solution for implementing open innovation can be achieved if organizations first create a total quality management (TQM) culture and then build on this foundation an ISO 9004:2018. The success of a quality management system depends first and foremost on the attitudes of the stakeholders, and the importance of technological and other conditions is only secondary. The goal in developing a successful philosophy of TQM is to build and sustain the leaderships’ and employees’ commitment, while the key to the success of ISO 9004:2018 is to establish and maintain the employees’ commitment and customer loyalty. The case study presented in this article demonstrates the need to increase the affective and normative commitment of leaders and employees in TQM, and after its implementation, there is a need to increase the employees’ continued commitment and customer loyalty in ISO 9004:2018 in order to succeed in quality management systems and open innovation.


Target ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaby Thomson-Wohlgemuth ◽  
Ian Thomson

There is increasing pressure on all industries to introduce Quality Management Systems, a development which has now also found entry into the translation industry. Industrial standards like the ISO family provide the basis of many such systems; however, for several reasons, such process-based standards are regarded by many as inappropriate for translation businesses. One common factor considered in this article is their failure to emphasise the role of people both in the definition of the processes and in their implementation. The present article proposes a new model for translation businesses, accepting the importance of people in the translation industry and recognising that process-driven quality systems may be inadequate in maintaining consistent levels of quality. The model is based on identifying the capabilities that incorporate the processes of an organisation and the behaviours embodied in the people involved in these processes. In this article, the model is referred to as Acquired Capabilities for Translation Systems (ACTS).


2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (25) ◽  
pp. 997-1002
Author(s):  
Erzsébet Boros ◽  
István Szél ◽  
Zoltán Dénes

Pharmacotherapy is one of the most important and dangerous area in hospital health care, that explains why innumerable efforts are made worldwide to improve this process and prevent mistakes. Although clinical audit is a well known and widely used method, it is very rarely used for this purpose and scientific papers dealing with this topic can be scarcely found. In the last 20 years different quality management systems were introduced into the Hungarian hospitals, but most of them are not specific for the medical care. The most important element of quality management systems is the internal, professional audit that serves patient safety. Aims and methods: Authors report their experience on pharmacotherapy audits performed for over a decade in the National Institute for Medical Rehabilitation, Hungary. They review the method of audit meetings in details and discuss the most frequent problems. Results: The results indicate that characteristics of therapeutic mistakes in the rehabilitation practice are similar to those reported in scientific literature. Conclusions: Improving knowledge on pharmacotherapy audits of rehabilitation specialists may be an important part of continuous professional advancement providing facility for dispute on other issues of patient care. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 997–1002.


2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nonna Turusbekova ◽  
Manda Broekhuis ◽  
Ben Emans ◽  
Eric Molleman

2019 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 02008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Okrepilov ◽  
Natalia Chetyrkina ◽  
Mikhail Krylov

Nowadays, when making managerial decisions, specialists are faced with the need to process ever-increasing volumes of information in an increasingly shorter time. The need for the development of a methodology for social forecasting on the basis of detailed development models is growing. Since the basis of the activity of the socio-economic system of any level is an anthropogenic factor, this increases the degree of probability of the implementation of various scenarios. To develop more accurate forecasts, it is necessary to use the tools of the economics of quality standardization, metrology, quality management. Standardization determines the ability to normalize and assess sustainability indicators of development, as well as management methods. Metrology provides uniform methods for measuring these indicators. Based on the received information, quality management systems allow making reliable managerial decisions. The use of tools of the economics of quality is possible at almost all stages of socio-economic modelling. The role of elements of the economics of quality, in particular standardization, is especially growing in the development of the digital economy and “smart cities”, where a complete unification of the formats for accumulating and transmitting information to all users is required.


Management ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 356-369
Author(s):  
Anna Ludwiczak

Abstract The article presents the problem of improvement in public administration offices in one of the most important current principles of quality management - customer orientation in the context of the functioning of these units in quality management systems compliant with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2009. The results of the author’s research in the use of this orientation in selected government offices are presented. The article explores the deficiencies that occur in the offices surveyed in this respect and presents examples of possible methods and tools for the study of the needs, requirements and expectations of customers and techniques for the measurement of their satisfaction that may be used in public administration


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