Flexibility, resource efficiency, and time-to-market are key success factors for industrial enterprises. Essential settings are set during early phases of product development as well as manufacturing. In later product lifecycle phases, the responses from the market (e.g. complains or the amount of damage cases) show the maturity stage of the products. Quality methods like TQM or EFQM pursue the...

This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) about industrial tourism and intends to show how this product can increase sustainability competitiveness in operating companies. It uses bibliometric analysis with data from 32 journal articles that address topic. Through sample of articles, we do not intend generalize conclusions but rather concretely identify factors based on set scien...

The research study involved exploring how Peruvian companies use TQM practices and the differences in this use considering industrial sector and company size. Three hundred and sixty-three MBA students, middle managers of private companies operating in Arequipa, Cajamarca, Chiclayo, Cusco, Lima, Piura, or Trujillo, answered a questionnaire, developed by the author, about the use of TQM practice...