Product quality: ingredients and stages of her life cycle
The quality of products is the most important indicator of the company's activity. Increasing the quality of products largely determines the role of the enterprise in the market, the pace of scientific and technological progress, the growth of production efficiency, the economy of all types of resources used in the enterprise. The growth of product quality is a characteristic trend of all leading companies in the world. It was established that taking into account the processes taking place at all stages of the life cycle of product quality determine the quality of finished products of food industry enterprises. The components of product quality are considered, among which: the definition of market needs (quality of consumer choice); product design quality; quality of raw materials that came into production; quality of production process; compliance of the quality of the final product with the requirements of the project; quality after sales service. The stages of the life cycle of the quality of products influencing the economic indicators of the enterprise's economic activity and the competitiveness of products, which include: the quality of product development, the quality of production, and the assessment of the quality of finished products by the consumer are studied. It is proposed to display them schematically and analyze their content. It is proved that the improvement of the components of the quality of products and the stages of the life cycle of the quality of products leads to increased profitability, production efficiency, minimization of the costs of defects at the expense of production of quality products that consumers need and the level of competitiveness of products and enterprises.