Quality management in industry 4.0 era

Abstract

In this era of technology advancement and industrial modernization, the concepts introduced by the German promised a great benefits and widely unexplored opportunities for application in industries. Industry 4.0 concept is one of the heavily discussed topics for academic researcher and practitioners. In this era of consumerism, manufacturing industries are required to manufactured products and services of the highest quality in order to retain competitiveness in the consumers market. The concepts of Smart Factory, Cyber-Physical System as well as Internet of Things and Services offers very capable opportunities and also downside challenges for quality management in manufacturing sectors. Thus, this paper present and discussed the opportunities and challenges in implementation of Industry 4.0 for quality management which triggered by a practical insight of an electronic production and service company in Austria. The findings of the recent study challenges are formed by the three key characteristics of Industry 4.0 which are horizontal, vertical and end-to-end manufacturing integration.

New Needed Quality Management Skills for Quality Managers 4.0

“…Thus, it is known that traditional QM practices showed to be inefficient when applied in the context of complex processes [73]. Hence, some authors, such as Brown [39], Antony [74], Shin et al [75], among others, explore the future direction of the quality movement, which will have to take into account the quality of products manufactured [76] in the era of the digital economy [77,78], that is related to Industry 4.0 [31,[79][80][81][82][83], with a lot of influence on the future of employment [11].Thus, the direction of quality in the future is then explored by identifying a big number of questions that have probably a great impact on quality in most of the organizations. But according to others researchers, such as Liao et al [84], the main research directions of quality management and the current research efforts, allow us to disclose this state-of-the-art: if on the one hand, (1) the research directions that have already attracted more research efforts, such as, Reference Architecture and Standardization, Vertical and Horizontal Integration; and for on the other hand (2) the research directions that refer insufficient, or even the lack of skills research efforts, such as the End-to-End Digital Integration, or even Regulatory Framework.…”

Analysis of Enterprises’ Readiness in for Industry 4.0 Implementation: The Case of Poland

“…In some regions more than 25% of jobs are at high risk of automation, some operations are expected to be simplified, others will become more complex and more integrated. This could lead to an increase in the number of highly skilled jobs and a decrease in jobs requiring fewer qualifications (Zaidin, Diah, Yee, and Sorooshian, 2018). Industry 4.0 will have a major impact on both the labor market and society, if technological changes are not accompanied by major changes in social and economic systems, social cohesion may weaken.…”

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“…Bahkan sekolah adalah instrumen yang terbaik sampai saat ini untuk memajukan suatu bangsa (Sonhadji & Huda, 2015). Bersamaan dengan arus tantangan global dan adanya Revolusi Industri 4.0 yang telah terimplementasi di segala bidang (Zaidin, et, al, 2018). Tantangan pada dunia pendidikan pun semakin besar.Institusi pendidikan dituntut menghasilkan lulusan yang kompetitif dan berkualitas.Hal ini mendorong institusi pendidikan membangun efisiensi, memprioritaskan mutu, kepuasan pelanggan jasa pendidikan, serta dapat memanfaatkan peluang yang ada.…”