Comparison of quality infrastructure of the Republic of South Africa and Sweden

The study focuses on Comparative Study of Quality Infrastructure (QI) between Republic of South Africa (RSA) and Sweden. QI is important for the reason that it provides technical support to companies in order to improve their production processes and ensuring compliance to regulations or international requirements. QI in this study refers to six foremost institutions, which are accreditation body, inspection body, testing laboratory, certification body, metrology institution and standardization body. The methodology employed was by data collections through questionnaires and interviews. The result of the study found that the QI of both South Africa and Sweden is the same based on the types of institutions. It was also observed that the employees of both countries are offered long services of minimum of seven years. A significant difference of 22.6% was reported between the two countries with respect to agreement that law mandates compliance with standard. It was further observed that the QI of both South Africa and Sweden plays a role in reducing noncompliance and adding value to the economies of these countries.