The Ascent of Quality 4.0
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The Ascent of Quality 4.0
How the new age of quality came to be and what it might look like in 20 years
- Publication:
- Quality Progress
- Date:
- March 2019
- Issue:
- Volume 52 Issue 3
- Pages:
- pp. 24-30
- Author(s):
- Watson, Gregory H.
Abstract
The phrase Quality 4.0, derived from the German industrialization program called Industry 4.0, is an evaluation of the role of quality in an increasingly digital and automated world. One question surrounding Quality 4.0 is where increasing automation will leave quality professionals in the future. Technology has changed quality work and now offers useful statistical software that allows the Six Sigma movement to grow, tons of data that allow quality professionals to act on quality issues in almost real time, and new statistical methods that can make problem solving more efficient.
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