The aim of the authors is to describe the economie consequences of structural and organizational changes of PAIS (Parmigiano agroindustrial System) to afford the totat quality management in accordance with the requirements of the quality standards imposed by UNI-EN ISO 9002 norms, The first pari is dedicated to the structural changes in farm organization required by PAIS. The topic is framed as follows: i) technological adjustments to produce quality; 2) farm adaptation to PAIS; 3) modeling an integrated farm-cooperative organization for managing the total quality System. The second part is a case study about the certificatìon according to /SO 9002 introduced by the Consorzio Parmigiano Reggiano. The questionnaìre distributed to a number of farms involved ìn the project shows the consequences (costs and benefits) following the implementation and the certifìcation of quality systems.
