Quality 4.0 is a new term representing a new featured approach to quality management. The recent development in information and communication technologies resulted in a great leap in Industry, causing the emergence of what is called ‘Industry 4.0’. The term ‘4.0’ has been attached to other fields such as Quality 4.0, Agriculture 4.0, Agribusiness 4.0, Service 4.0, Logistics 4.0, Health 4.0. etc., all representing the impact of Industry 4.0 on these terms. In the meanwhile, Quality 4.0 hasn’t been adequately discussed from a scientific perspective; few journal articles pointed out ‘Quality 4.0’ but without a comprehensive interpretation for the scientific foundations behind it. Therefore, this paper suggested a comprehensive, hybrid and balanced definition for Quality 4.0. The paper suggested that Quality 4.0 is an extended approach to quality management, where recent technologies are being integrated with traditional quality practices (QC, QA, TQM) to expand the quality management scope and to improve quality activities. The paper also identified Quality 4.0 features, technologies, and applications. Moreover, the paper highlighted the challenges and future research topics in the context of Quality 4.0.

质量 4.0 是一个新术语，代表了质量管理的新特色方法。最近信息和通信技术的发展导致了工业的巨大飞跃，导致了所谓的“工业4.0”的出现。“4.0”一词已附加到其他领域，例如质量 4.0、农业 4.0、农业综合企业 4.0、服务 4.0、物流 4.0、健康 4.0。等等，都代表了工业 4.0 对这些条款的影响。与此同时，质量 4.0 还没有从科学的角度得到充分的讨论。很少有期刊文章指出“质量 4.0”，但没有对其背后的科学基础进行全面解释。因此，本文为质量 4.0 提出了一个全面、混合和平衡的定义。该文件建议质量 4。0 是一种扩展的质量管理方法，将最新技术与传统质量实践（QC、QA、TQM）相结合，以扩大质量管理范围并改进质量活动。该论文还确定了质量 4.0 的特性、技术和应用程序。此外，该论文强调了质量 4.0 背景下的挑战和未来的研究主题。