Quality 4.0 Study, And New Mission, Vision And Tagline Unveiled

摘要

There were several big reveals at ASQ's World Conference on Quality and Improvement this year, including groundbreaking Quality 4.0 research, results from this year's board of directors election and ASQ's new mission, vision and tagline statements.A lack of digital skills and talent in the workforce is considered the top challengefor organizations pursuing Quality 4.0 initiatives, according to research by ASQ, the Boston Consulting Group and the German Association of Quality.Drawing from a global online survey, as well as in-depth interviews with manufacturing industry leaders and practitioners on their views of Quality 4.0 today and in the future, several themes emerged from the research, including: 1.1 Only 16% of survey respondents haveimplemented Quality 4.0 initiativesand 63% have not started planning. 2.1 Quality 4.0 can yield high impactacross metrics (for example, 12 to 20%lower quality-check costs). 3.1 About 47% of survey respondentssaid digital technology is importantfor manufacturing and 41% said digital technology is important for R&D.4.1 Employees with soft skills will be of great need in the future but so will employees with data analytic skills. Access the full report, titled "Winningthe Race to Quality 4.0," at asq.org.