Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine, first, the level to which ISO 9001 certified manufacturing companies adopt process management and improve quality, second, the latent factors of process management and quality improvement, and finally, the relationships between the latent...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine perceptions of the implementation of the ISO 9001:2000 standard in the food sector in Greece. Design/methodology/approach – Research was conducted in 97 Greek food companies certified to ISO 9001:2000, using the questionnaire method and aimed...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationships between the total quality management (TQM) factors and organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – A research project was carried out in 370 Greek companies, using the questionnaire method. Exploratory and...

Purpose – The paper seeks to focus on the concept of total quality management (TQM) in a specific sector: the food sector. The purpose of this paper is to factorize the TQM concept by analyzing the TQM practices implemented and the results achieved from implementing such practices. It also...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the critical factors of effective implementation (CFEI) of the Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) system and to define the underlying structure among them. Having defined the latent constructs of the critical factors, the paper...