Mount Michael Vineyard : choosing a high quality closure

Resource Information

The work Mount Michael Vineyard : choosing a high quality closure represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Mount Michael Vineyard : choosing a high quality closure

Title remainder

choosing a high quality closure

Statement of responsibility

John J. Lawrence, Karen M. Henderson

Creator

• Lawrence, John J

Contributor

• Henderson, Karen M.

Author

• Lawrence, John J
• Henderson, Karen M.

Subject

• Total quality management -- Case studies
• Vintners -- New Zealand -- Case studies
• Wine and wine making -- New Zealand -- Case studies
• Wine industry -- New Zealand -- Case studies
• Business logistics -- Case studies
• Small business -- Case studies
• Mount Michael Vineyard

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

Mount Michael was a small, relatively new vineyard in New Zealand. The case describes the owner's efforts to ensure that the wines produced from their grapes were the highest quality possible and then focuses on the owner's growing concern about cork taint. In particular, the vineyard's owners were considering switching from natural cork to one of several alternative closures as a way to reduce or eliminate cork taint. The dilemma was that consumers tended to associate these alternative closures with lower quality wines. Complicating the owner's decision was the fact that they were set to expand and begin exporting. This case was designed for a quality management class. It was developed to illustrate how a small business implements a strategy based on high quality across its entire value chain, to provide a basis for discussing alternative dimensions of quality, and to illustrate the use of the cost of quality concept

Member of

• SAGE Knowledge. Cases
• Online access with purchase: SAGE business cases 2019 annual collection

Cataloging source

CaToSAGE

Dewey number

338.642

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

HD2346.N45

LC item number

L39 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

SAGE Knowledge. Cases

Target audience

specialized