- Guanghui Liu¹, Wei Sun²
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22078277
- GAS Journal of Economics and Business Management (GASJEBM)
As
Industry 4.0 technologies spread, Quality 4.0 has emerged as a new paradigm
that integrates digital technologies into quality management. This study
constructs a maturity evaluation index system for manufacturing digital transformation
under Quality 4.0 and proposes differentiated transformation paths. Based on
the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, a three-level index
system is developed that covers technology capability, organizational
readiness, and environmental support. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and
the entropy weight method determine index weights, and fuzzy comprehensive
evaluation assesses maturity levels. Empirical analysis draws on survey data
from Chinese manufacturing enterprises. The results identify four maturity
stages (initial, growth, standardization, and optimization) and reveal the main
barriers at each stage. Differentiated transformation paths and policy
recommendations are then proposed for enterprises at different maturity levels.
The study offers manufacturing enterprises a practical self-diagnosis tool and
provides references for government industrial policy.
Keywords: Quality 4.0, digital transformation, maturity evaluation, TOE framework, manufacturing enterprises, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation.
