Quality 4.0 Foundation

Quality 4.0 certainly includes the digitalization of quality management. More importantly it is the impact of that digitalization on quality technology, processes and people. Leaders can identify how Quality 4.0 can transform existing capabilities and initiatives. 

Quality 4.0 does not replace traditional quality, but builds and improves on it. 

Quality 4.0 is among the many developments that are giving rise to the “factory of the future,” in which digitally enhanced plant structures and processes increase productivity and flexibility in the factory and throughout the supply chain. 

Quality 4.0 takes quality control to another level, aligning quality management practices with Industry 4.0 technologies to optimize the bottom line of the entire supply chain.

• The course Quality 4.0  is addressed to staff working in industry, especially manufacturing / assembly and who have roles and responsibilities for leading / managing processes in the organization - procurement / supplier chain management, product and manufacturing processes development, serial manufacturing processes, ..
• The main objectives of the Quality 4.0 course are the training and preparation of staff on new methods, tools and strategies for approaching management / quality management in the current context of transition to a new era of industry, Industry 4.0 which refers to the intelligent machine network and processes for industry using information and communication technology (Plattform Industry 4.0)

This course introduces Quality 4.0 which will transform quality management using the methods and tools of digitalization and artificial intelligence technologies. There are four major segments in the course:

• The Origins of Quality 4.0 - Describing the historical developments leading to Quality 4.0.
• Digitalization of Holistic Quality - Describing a holistic, integrated, system-wide approach to managing for quality results.
• The Current State of Quality 4.0 - Providing three organizational assessment tools that can be applied by a management team to evaluate readiness for adopting Quality 4.0 based on process maturity, technology astuteness, and quality culture.
• The Future State of Quality 4.0 - Discussion about how various digital technologies will create special challenges that business leaders must learn to manage as they advance their organization toward this newly digitalized environment.

• Industrial engineering professionals
• Quality management practitioners
• IT project managers
• People curious about applying data science in operating organizations

• Getting started with the new concept of Industry 4.0
• General notions about quality management - aligned with the concept of Industry 4.0
• Harmonization / Connection of processes & Documents of the Quality Management System
• Digitization of processes in the organization / Opportunities and benefits
• Scalability - Big Data for driving Quality 4.0
• Integrating Lean Manufacturing into Industry 4.0 – JIT, Kanban, TPM concepts in Industry 4.0
• Effective supply chain management using IIOT & AI