The Quality Management System in Small and Medium-sized Entities: a field study in the city of São Roque, São Paulo State, Brazil
Author (s):
Alequexandre Galvez de Andrade, Nélio Fernando dos Reis & Taune Moreira Geraldo
Abstract
The conquest of the market is related to meet the needs of customers with a focus for the relational orientation. In this scenario the quality is the guarantee that the implicit and explicit needs will be met. The objective of this study is to identify which requirements of quality were used by micro and small businesses in the city of São Roque, São Paulo State. To attain the object, was conducted bibliographic research and field study, with the application of a questionnaire to 52 companies, containing 37 closed questions using a Likert scale. To analyze the data was applied to factor analysis. This study was considered the limit of revenues of up to R$ 4.8 million to set up small business. The results indicate that the operational requirements related to the product, call the legal norms and communication with customers stood in the analysis, which indicates the need to improve the quality management system to achieve total quality. This study can be applied to small business to diagnose their quality systems and consequently improve processes to achieve better results.
Key words: Quality Management, Small Business, ISO 9001, Quality Management Principles, Strategy for Quality.
| Title: | The Quality Management System in Small and Medium-sized Entities: a field study in the city of São Roque, São Paulo State, Brazil |
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| Author: |
Alequexandre Galvez de Andrade, Nélio Fernando dos Reis & Taune Moreira Geraldo |
| Journal Name: | International Journal of Science and Business |
| Website: | ijsab.com |
| ISSN: | ISSN 2520-4750 (Online), ISSN 2521-3040 (Print) |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3086295 |
| Media: | Online |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Acceptance Date: | 18/05/2019 |
| Date of Publication: | 21/05/2019 |
| PDF URL: | https://ijsab.com/wp-content/uploads/363.pdf |
| Free download: | Available |
| Page: | 245-254 |
| First Page: | 245 |
| Last Page: | 254 |
| Paper Type: | Research Paper |
| Current Status: | Published |
Cite This Article:
Alequexandre Galvez de Andrade, Nélio Fernando dos Reis & Taune Moreira Geraldo (2019). The Quality Management System in Small and Medium-sized Entities: a field study in the city of São Roque, São Paulo State, Brazil. International Journal of Science and Business, 3(3), 245-254. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3086295
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About Author (s)
Alequexandre Galvez de Andrade, (Corresponding Author), Lecturer in Business Administration, IFSP Institute, Department of Management, Quintino de Lima roadway, São Roque 5.100, Brazil.
Nélio Fernando dos Reis, Lecturer in Business Administration, IFSP Institute, Department of Management, Mutinga boulevard, São Paulo 951, Brazil
Taune Moreira Geraldo, Degree in Business Administration, IFSP Institute, Department of Management, Quintino de Lima roadway, São Roque 5.100, Brazil
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3086295