000014497 001__ 14497 000014497 005__ 20180122195446.0 000014497 037__ $$a1685-2016-137077 000014497 041__ $$aen 000014497 245__ $$aEVALUATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR 000014497 260__ $$c1998 000014497 269__ $$a1998 000014497 270__ $$mcanavari@agrsci.unibo.it$$pCanavari, M. 000014497 300__ $$a17 000014497 336__ $$aConference Paper/ Presentation 000014497 446__ $$aEnglish 000014497 490__ $$aProceedings of the Sixth Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, August 31 - September 2, 1998, Minneapolis, Minnesota 000014497 520__ $$aThe "quality issue" in the agri-food sector has been gaining importance over the past few years. Firms are continually searching for techniques and tools which permit production of goods that meet as many as possible of the characteristics demanded by the market. Quality assurance methods and techniques can provide a useful tool for approaching evolving markets in the correct way. This paper focuses on a survey conducted in certain sub-sectors (fruit and vegetable, meal and pasta, wine) and is specifically restricted to the Emilia-Romagna region. The survey found that there is extensive awareness of and widespread interest in quality systems. However, the objective of initiating a pattern of renewal which incorporates quality systems has not yet been widely attained. The survey also highlighted a certain absence of the "quality culture" necessary for correctly addressing these issues. The second part of this paper focuses on the economic analysis of the costs related to quality systems (QS). Its aim is to apply a method for collecting data on activities and resources, and to analyse the results. The importance of QS-related costs is evident if we are to consider it an investment, entailing the deployment of management effort and funds, and yielding a set of benefits in return. Case study analyses were conducted utilising an original classification scheme. From the initial results it is possible to identify the principal cost categories. The method adopted could be useful for firms wishing to monitor their QS. 000014497 650__ $$aMarketing 000014497 700__ $$aCanavari, Maurizio 000014497 700__ $$aRegazzi, Domenico 000014497 700__ $$aSpadoni, Roberta 000014497 8564_ $$s108829$$uhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/14497/files/c6cana01.pdf 000014497 887__ $$ahttp://purl.umn.edu/14497 000014497 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:14497$$pGLOBAL_SET 000014497 912__ $$nMade available in DSpace on 2007-03-08T01:58:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 c6cana01.pdf: 153393 bytes, checksum: a8a79f16f709d5639a36b3a45396a9f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1998 000014497 982__ $$gUniversity of Minnesota>Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy>Conference Papers 000014497 980__ $$a1685