How Quality Management Metasystems Are Affecting the Food Industry

Julie Caswell (), Mary E. Bredahl and Neal Hooker

Review of Agricultural Economics, 1998, vol. 20, issue 2, 547-557

Abstract: The future competitiveness of the U.S. food industry depends on its ability to deliver high-quality products at competitive prices to domestic and international markets. Recent developments in the establishment and operation of quality management metasystems are having important effects on this competitiveness. Their use has the potential to enhance product quality, simplify contractual relationships, demonstrate compliance with regulations, and improve responsiveness to customers. Their use is also requiring novel internal organization and market linkages between firms.

Date: 1998
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