ISO 9000 standards for quality system management are involving a higher and higher number of enterprises and organizations. This paper presents a detailed analysis of certification diffusion in Italy and in some European countries with similar economic structures. Benchmarking and evolution...

Purpose – This research paper aims is to evaluate the customer's views related to tourism quality in Egypt. It attempts to measure the extent to which tourism business environment is creative and innovative as necessary conditions for internal customer satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach...

This paper concerns the problem of product’s technical quality profile design based on competition analysis and customer requirements. A modified version of Qbench algorithm has been developed aiming to support the engineering design process. A set of values for the technical/engineering...

Rising interest in quality has determined a tangible revision of a new product’s design and a great development of tools for supporting it. The present paper is an attempt at systematization of the proposed techniques and methodologies. The analysis is managed with reference to a...