Samenvatting

Supply chain quality management may reduce product defects and ensure quality (Song et al., 2017). Quality management practices in food supply chains can be useful in assuring consumers that the quality claimed is true (Theuvsen et al., 2007). The findings of this study may be useful to actors in a short food supply chain, providing insights about the implementation of quality management practices and how to improve those for better performance and quality. Therefore the purpose of this study is to find out how SMEs can implement quality management practices to support quality management performance in short food supply chains in Flevoland.