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Investigation Of Quality Awareness, Developments And Factors Impeding Product Quality Improvement In Ethiopian Medium And Large Scale Manufacturing Industries, Gebremeskel Kahsay, P.H. Osanna, N.M. Durakbasa

International Conference on African Development Archives

The quest for quality products together with the convergence of our globe into a village has forced manufacturing industries to run under highly competitive environment even to the most sophisticated western industries. The challenge is becoming twofold for manufacturing industries of developing countries in general and Ethiopian manufacturing industries in particular. They are rapidly losing the domestic market for imported products which are cheaper and better in quality in most cases. This empirical research examines quality awareness and developments as well as identifies factors affecting product quality based on a survey conducted in a total of 35 Ethiopian medium and …