Editor’s overview

Happy Winter Season! What a beautiful time of year to enjoy a hot cocoa and read the Quality Management Journal. The journal is doing well, and we continue to receive many great submissions. However, there is a need for more. Please submit your best work to the Quality Management Journal and get it read and cited by the best quality management researchers in the world. This journal is the hub where we come to inform each other and share what we have learned about quality management. Indeed, a nice place to be on a cold winter’s day. Here is the roundup for this issue. The first article is “Selecting the best quality inspection alternative based on the quality, economic and environmental considerations” by Feri Afrinaldi and Harly Bobby Pratama of the Department of Industrial Engineering, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia. In this article, the authors study different sampling plans using economic and environmental considerations. The method the authors propose resulted in a 12 percent reduction in carbon emissions instead of using rectifying samples. The second article is by Mohamed Ben-Daya, Elkafi Hassini, Zied Bahroun, and Bayan H. Banimfreg of McMaster University and The American University of Sharjah (UAE). It is entitled “The role of internet of things in food supply chain quality management: A review.” This review article looks at the internet of things in the food supply chain. The authors review the literature in this area and propose research topics for future study. This is an important area of study internationally, as more and more people are studying food supply chains and their quality impacts on people’s lives. The final article, “An empirical study on quality improvement in higher education institutions with reference to selected processes,” is by Rahul V. Mulay and Vandana Tandon Khanna of the Somaiya Vidyavihar University of Mumbai, India. This study follows the implementation of quality management processes in higher education in India. The improvement processes were effective in admissions, exam, and placement processes.