Companies struggle to make their best products with high quality and service at a competitive price in global markets. However, customer needs and requirements keep changing with a variety of situations. Companies that face the changes can not stay the same and make an effort to adapt themselves to new circumstances. They would probably review the overall management system that is currently implementing to improve management efficiency. Among other things, quality might be considered to be a crucial element if they are manufacturing industries to be sustained in global markets. KSA (Korean Standards Association) is a government- affiliated organization under the Ministry of Trade, Infrastructure, and Energy. It is a Korean standards provider for quality and service industry. KSA confers national commendations for organizations, quality circles, artisans, QCEC (Quality Competitive Excellent Company), and the most honorable KNQA (Korean National Quality Award) every year. KSA established KNQA on the basis of Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award, Deming Prize, and European Quality Award. Research on quality awards shows that there are many similarities in the framework. Although KSA summarizes two factors for 13 evaluation indicators in the quality competitive excellent model of QCEC, the categorization is ambiguous to explain them according to earlier studies. We performed a deep analysis of foreign quality awards and background for KNQA and QCEC. We conducted a content analysis of KNQA and QCEC and matched evaluation items that were closely related. We proposed a quality competitiveness model with three factors, Technology, System, and Tools, summarizing 13 evaluation indicators in QCEC. Based on audit data for six years from 2012 to 2017 we carried out a confirmatory factor analysis for the proposed model by examining the model validity and fitness.

Lentinula edodes mushrooms cultivated under different relative humidities were wrapped at 4℃ and the results of storage characteristics were investigated. Changes in water content of fruiting bodies during the storage period showed the highest water content in fruit bodies harvested from the treatment with the highest relative humidity. The luminosity of the fresh fruiting bodies showed no significant change during the storage period, and the redness was higher in the relative humidity 95% treatment than in the other treatments. According to this study, the relative humidity of the pileus was 65%, and the content of Ergosterol was 0.67 ± 15 g / L at relative humidity of 65%, 80% and 95%. In addition, amino acid analysis and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) confirmed that methionine was the main cause of changes in storage time and relative humidity.

본 연구는 국내에서 유통되고 있는 계란의 유통 중 신선도를 예측하기 위하여 적정 품질지표를 선정하고자 수행되었다. 산란 직후 0, 10, 20 및 30˚C에서 저장하면서 중량감모율, 비중, 색도, 난황계수, 난백계수, Haugh unit(HU), pH 및 관능특성 변화를 조사한 후 각 품질특성과 관능적 기호도와의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 저장온도에 따른 중량감모율, 비중, 난황계수, 난백계수 및 HU와 기호도와의 상관관계는 모든 온도 조건에서 유의적인 상관관계를 나타내었다(p＜0.05). 특히 중량감모율과 기호도와의 상관관계는 0, 10, 20 및 30˚C에서 각각 r = -0.78, r = -0.93, r = -0.95 및 r = -0.99로 난백계수와 기호도와의 상관관계는 r = 0.66, r = 0.89, r = 0.89 및 r = 0.93으로 그리고 HU와 기호도와의 상관계수는 r = 0.64, r = 0.92, r = 0.96 및 r = 0.98로 유의적으로 온도가 높을수록 높은 상관계수를 보였다(p＜0.01). 반면에 색도와 pH는 각기 상이한 결과를 나타내어 품질평가 자료로 이용하기에는 추가 연구가 필요한 것으로 여겨진다. 따라서 모든 저장온도에서 관능적 기호도와 높은 상관관계를 나타낸 중량감모율, 비중, 난황계수, 난백계수 및 HU의 변화를 계란의 유통 중 신선도 예측을 위한 품질지표로 선정하여 적용하는 것이 적절한 것으로 판단되었다.