Course Description
Today’s effective business professionals understand how the elements of Quality 4.0 and Industry 4.0 can ensure success. This course reviews the important concepts of both and helps you identify internal and external risks to your organization’s value chain, ways to apply these concepts to your organization for quality assurance, and the impacts that globalization can have on continuous quality improvement. You will also learn how to plan ahead to implement trends in quality management into your organization.
What is Quality 4.0 and Industry 4.0 and why are these important? At the end of this course, you will gain knowledge of both and begin to identify internal and external risks to your organization’s value chain. You’ll understand how the increasing demand on quality products places the importance on continuous quality improvement; ways you can integrate key concepts in quality management and quality management systems to your organization’s culture to improve quality assurance. Finally, you’ll be ready to grow your organization into one that embraces continuous quality improvement so you can plan ahead and remain competitive.
Learning objectives
- Understand the definitions of and difference between Quality 4.0 and Industry 4.0
- Discover the trends in quality as they relate to manufacturing and your organization’s value chain
- Learn strategies for continuous quality improvement and how to implement these into your organization’s culture
- Understand how quality improvement principles can help reduce internal and external risks to your organization
- Understand how to prepare your company for competition in the global marketplace by identifying the top trends in quality and quality training
- Learn how to implement top trends in quality into your strategic plan to position your company for future success
What You'll Learn
- Understand the definitions of and difference between Quality 4.0 and Industry 4.0
- Identify internal and external risks to your organization's value chain
- Apply strategies for continuous quality improvement to your organization's culture
- Integrate key concepts in quality management and quality management systems to improve quality assurance
- Prepare your company to compete in the global marketplace by identifying top trends in quality and quality training
- Implement top trends in quality into your strategic plan to position your company for future success
Key Takeaways
- Quality 4.0 and Industry 4.0 are distinct concepts whose elements can help business professionals ensure organizational success.
- Increasing demand for quality products places importance on continuous quality improvement.
- Globalization can have impacts on continuous quality improvement and an organization's value chain.
- Quality improvement principles can help reduce internal and external risks to an organization.
- Planning ahead and embracing continuous quality improvement helps an organization remain competitive.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is this course about?
This course reviews the important concepts of Quality 4.0 and Industry 4.0, helps you identify internal and external risks to your organization's value chain, explores ways to apply these concepts for quality assurance, and covers the impacts globalization can have on continuous quality improvement.
Who is this course for?
It is for business professionals who want to understand how the elements of Quality 4.0 and Industry 4.0 can ensure success and who want to plan ahead to implement trends in quality management into their organization.
What skills will I gain from this course?
The course covers skills including Advanced Product Quality Planning, Quality Improvement, Quality Management, Quality Strategy, Certified Quality Improvement, and Quality Certification.
What topics do the lessons cover?
Lessons include Introduction; Industry 4.0 and Quality 4.0; Globalization and its Impact on Quality; Culture of Quality; Quality as a Business System; Planning Today for Tomorrow; The Future of Quality; and Conclusion, with Test Your Knowledge checks and a concluding section.
