«Quality improvement of Products as a Factor of Innovative Enterprises Competitiveness» reveals theoretical aspects of increasing of innovative enterprises competitiveness as a major factor of the products released. Various approaches to determination of quality criteria of innovative products have been considered. Characteristics and factors that guarantee products quality have been highlighted. The author emphasizes that TQM and standardization are crucial components in conception of innovative products quality.
In article theoretical aspects of audit of quality of production and services at the present stage are considered. The author gives the short characteristic of stages of audit of quality. The role of standardization and certification of production and services in control system TQM is specified.
The paper deals with questions of the influence of certification on production quality, certification types, features of certification in Russia, models of third-party certification.