RE: Deming Philosophy Tie-in with Environmental Quality

[Doug Hensler <dhensler@csufresno.edu>]

Yes, just about any manufactured product where neo-classical long-run
competitive equilibrium characterizes the market.  Of course, manufacturers,
and even produce and fiber producers, are constantly attempting to
de-commoditize their products.  So, perhaps your question is more about the
marketing side than it is about the production side.  For example, corn
flakes are corn flakes are corn flakes.  If that is the case, why do corn
flakes cost so much?  Not because of the production costs, that is for sure.
Corn flakes cost so much because of the marketing . . . and packaging, which
is part of marketing.

Doug Hensler