New Challenges for Quality Assurance of Manufacturing Processes in Industry

Addressing New Challenges and Opportunities in Manufacturing Quality Assurance

Abstract

In any manufacturing systems, irrespective of the products, quality is the most fundamental concern of all manufacturers. Quality management consists of some relevant tools and processes that can improve the overall system performance of a manufacturing unit. With the rapidly changing business environment and stiff market competition, quality tools and continuous improvement (CI) have become important for sustainability and accepting challenges. The key to organizational success lies in satisfying customers with high quality, best prices, and timely delivery of the products. This paper mainly focuses on systematic review and introduction of QC tools and techniques, its importance and subsequent advantages. These days, the flexibility in the manufacturing process and cost management has significant roles in the competitiveness of the organizations. We think that, in the process of intermittent manufacturing, the primary aim of the industry should remain in mass productivity at affordable prices. We think that while achieving this objective the manufacturing industries would adopt more complex manufacturing systems. With the increasing manufacturing complexities, quality assurance becomes a new and ever-changing challenge to the companies. We can accumulate new categories of data that could help in the improvement of the manufacturing process and product quality. This paper introduces the essence of Industry, as well as the new challenges for the quality assurance of manufacturing processes. Possible research directions for overcoming challenges are also presented.