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[fre] L'accent mis aujourd'hui très systématiquement sur la qualité correspond en fait à deux types de tendances assez différentes et à la limite contradictoires : d'une part, des exigences accrues en ce qui concerne la qualité intrinsèque des produits ; d'autre part, des transformations dans les modes de production et d'organisation. Alors que dans les mesures traditionnelles de performances, la qualité n'est pas prise en compte, on a cependant été amené à introduire l'offre et la demande de différence et de diversité, la stratégie de différenciation étant source de rente. Du point de vue pratique, l'arbitrage traditionnel en faveur du bas prix au détriment de la qualité est remis en cause, les techniques de production et les modalités d'organisation permettant aujourd'hui de rendre ces exigences convergentes. Parallèlement, la demande de qualité est, de plus en plus, une demande d'adaptation à des besoins spécifiques (customization) tels que la relation de service devient décisive. [eng] Quality and industrial performances. The actual emphasis on quality corresponds to two types of tendencies, which are different and, to a certain extent, contradictory : on the one hand requirements are increasing as concerns the intrinsic quality of products ; on the other hand, production and organization methods are going through a deep transformation process. While traditional measures of performances don't take quality explicitly into account, it has of course been necessary to consider both demand and supply of diffrences and of diversity. Differentiation strategies are likely to be conducive to rents. From a practical point of view, the traditionnal compromise giving priority to low price over quality is questioned, to the extent that production techniques and organizational modalities make it possible for those variables to be (more) convergent Parallel to this, demand for quality is more and more a demand for adaptation of the product to the specific needs or requirements of the client or user (customization), so that the service relation is becoming decisive.
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Jacques De Bandt, 1993.
"Qualités et performances industrielles,"
Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 217(1), pages 24-32.
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RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1993_num_217_1_4563
DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1993.4563
Note: DOI:10.3406/ecoru.1993.4563
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