Bayo Moriones, José AlbertoBello Pintado, AlejandroMerino Díaz de Cerio, Javier2015-11-042015-11-0420110020-7543 (Print)1366-588X (Electronic)10.1080/00207543.2010.508953https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/18791This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Production Research on January 2011, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2010.508953This paper deals with quality management practices in the global supply chain. More specifically, the association between the geographical location of suppliers (within a country or in low labour cost countries) and quality assurance practices is analyzed. Three hypotheses are proposed and tested using a sample of 401 Spanish manufacturing establishments with at least fifty workers in all industries. The results indicate that plants purchasing a higher proportion of their inputs in low-cost countries are more likely to be certified according to a quality standard. However, no associations have been found between the localization of suppliers and the establishment of close relationships with suppliers in order to assure quality.application/pdfeng© 2011 Taylor & FrancisQuality managementSupply chainSupplier localizationEmpirical analysisArtículo / ArtikuluaAcceso abierto / Sarbide irekiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess