{"id":7639,"date":"2021-02-15T07:05:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=7639"},"modified":"2021-02-17T18:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:27:12","slug":"11-pillars-of-quality-4-0-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/11-pillars-of-quality-4-0-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Pillars of Quality 4.0 Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7644\" src=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Stock-image-1-Quality-4.0-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Stock-image-1-Quality-4.0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Stock-image-1-Quality-4.0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Stock-image-1-Quality-4.0-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The introduction of emerging, digital technologies has ushered in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. \u00a0To keep the competitive advantage in this era of <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/digital-transformation\">Digital Transformation<\/a>, leveraging contemporary technology is an absolute necessity.\u00a0 Using cutting-edge technology means not just augmenting, but in fact, revamping the whole Quality outlook.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/quality-4-0-series-primer-5356\">Quality 4.0<\/a> is the complimentary Quality approach to the Industry 4.0 era. \u00a0\u00a0Quality 4.0 is about transforming and improving <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/stream\/culture\">Organizational Culture<\/a>, collaboration, competency, and <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/stream\/leadership\">Leadership Development<\/a> among other things through the application of technology.<\/p>\n<p>Quality 4.0 is characterized by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transforming and improving culture, collaboration, competency, and leadership through the application of technology.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/digital-transformation\">Digital Transformation<\/a> of Management Systems and compliance.<\/li>\n<li>Enabling technology and processes necessary to maximize value, resolve customary Quality impediments, and provide innovative solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quality 4.0 is not just about Digitalization, but more importantly about the impact of that Digitalization on Quality technology, processes, and people.<\/p>\n<p>Companies can use the 11 pillars of <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/quality-4-0-series-primer-5356\">Quality 4.0<\/a> Framework to identify how the existing capabilities and initiatives can be transformed and then educate, plan, and act accordingly.\u00a0 The framework uses the traditional Quality methods to build upon and improve them. \u00a0The 11 pillars of Quality 4.0 include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Data<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Analytics<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Connectivity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaboration<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>App Development<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scalability<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Management Systems<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Compliance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Culture<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leadership<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Competency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/quality-4-0-series-primer-5356\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7642\" src=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Slide-Deck-image-Quality-4.0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1002\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Slide-Deck-image-Quality-4.0.png 1002w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Slide-Deck-image-Quality-4.0-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Slide-Deck-image-Quality-4.0-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The majority of the companies are still not in a position to take leverage of Quality 4.0. \u00a0This warrants making investments in improving traditional Quality and bringing themselves in a position where they can spring up to use Quality 4.0 to prepare for the future.<\/p>\n<p>There are strong interrelationships between the pillars of Quality 4.0, and adding new capabilities to certain pillars facilitates new applications on other pillars.\u00a0 Let us delve a little deeper into a few of these pillars<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Data and 2. Analytics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/business-toolkit\/data-and-analytics\">Data and Analytics<\/a> form the first 2 pillars.\u00a0 Data is key to informed <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/business-toolkit\/decision-making\">decision making<\/a>.\u00a0 Most companies are still using fragmented data while the innovating market leaders have progressed to taking leverage of Big Data.\u00a0 Data can be better understood by understanding its 5 components:\u00a0 Volume, Variety, Velocity, Veracity, and Transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Analytics help reveal the insights contained within raw data.\u00a0 Correct metrics are key to uncovering correlations and patterns\u2014meaningful information.\u00a0 Big Data Analytics using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence is beneficial if the Analytics Framework\u2014comprising Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics\u2014is understood clearly.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. Connectivity <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Connectivity encompasses the link between Business Information Technology\u2014e.g., Enterprise Quality Management Systems (EQMS), Product Life-cycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning\u2014and Operational Technology that is used in Manufacturing, Labs, and Services.\u00a0 Connectivity is achieved through abundant and inexpensive sensors providing real-time feedback from Connected People, products, edge devices, and processes.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Scalability<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Scalability creates uniformity in Quality.\u00a0 It is the ability to harmonize processes, best practices, competencies, and lessons learnt across the organization, be it global.\u00a0 Cloud Computing has played a pivotal role in harnessing scalability by providing Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Solution (PaaS), and connection of databases.<\/p>\n<p>The reality of the future is Quality 4.0.\u00a0 It is being adopted very swiftly.\u00a0 Those who remain unfamiliar with it or are slow to adopt run the risk of being marginalized very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in learning more about Quality 4.0? You\u00a0can download\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/quality-4-0-series-primer-5356\">an editable PowerPoint on <strong>Quality 4.0<\/strong> here\u00a0<\/a>on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\">Flevy documents marketplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Do You Find Value in This Framework?<\/h2>\n<p>You can download in-depth presentations on this and hundreds of similar business frameworks from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/pro\/library\">FlevyPro Library<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/pro\">FlevyPro<\/a>\u00a0is trusted and utilized by 1000s of management consultants and corporate executives. Here\u2019s what some have to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy FlevyPro subscription provides me with the most popular frameworks and decks in demand in today\u2019s market. 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