ISO 9001 and TQM in companies in Colombia

This study shows the impact of having a Quality Management System with ISO 9001:2008 certification in companies in Colombia on the basis of the nine factors that measure the success of Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation. 207 companies were analyzed with the aim of establishing a comparison between ISO 9001 certified companies and those without the certification. This study also proposes that the methodology used for this study might be applied in other Latin American countries.