Abstract
This dissertation focuses on Comparative Study of Quality Infrastructure (QI) between Republic of South Africa (RSA) and Sweden. Quality Infrastructure is important because it provides technical support to companies to improve their production processes and ensuring compliance to regulations or international requirements. Quality Infrastructure refers to six foremost institutions, being the accreditation body, inspection body, testing laboratory, certification body, metrology institution and standardisation body.
This study compares and analyses whether QI in Sweden and the Republic of South Africa. RSA plays a role in eliminating non-compliance for their markets and establish if QI have an impact on the economy of both countries, and determining the gaps of QI in both countries.
The research methodology was qualitative. The primary data were collected with structured questionnaire whereas the secondary data were collected by using library searches.
The literature review showed that earlier research acknowledges the importance for trade of QI in countries. The researcher has discovered that the respondents from RSA and Sweden agree that QI helps to reduce the inferior products in the market and add value in the economy of their countries. Based on the data collected from RSA and Sweden it shows that there is no difference between the QI of both countries relating to the eliminating of non-compliance in their markets and adding value in the economy of their countries.
From the data collected, it is concluded that, when compared, the QI from RSA and Sweden can reduce non-compliance and add value to the economy of these countries.
Although there are some differences and similarities from QI of RSA and Sweden, the researcher strongly recommends the following:..
M.Tech.