Excellence is increasingly mentioned as a key to Swedish competitiveness, but what does it mean? Is excellence just a new way of saying quality, or are the two concepts prerequisites for each other? And above all, how does Sweden compare internationally today - is our quality stamp intact or do we need new insights and efforts?
Welcome to a free seminar where we discuss what excellence means, and whether quality is and can continue to be a Swedish paradigm. Together with a renowned panel, we will address challenges related to skills supply, organizational culture, business management, AI integration and how quality work needs to change in step with digitization and electrification.
Everyone is welcome to sign up.
Date: Tuesday, August 19
Time: 18.00 - 20.00
Location: SIQ, C/o A Working Lab, Sven Hultins Plats 5, Gothenburg. The seminar will also be broadcast digitally.
During the 1990s, SIQ - the Swedish Institute for Quality Development - was established and Swedish companies built respected quality cultures with TQM, Lean and various ISO standards to work systematically with quality improvements in Swedish industry, partly based on American and Japanese models. The work produced results, and Sweden has been associated with quality in many areas.
Today, we are again facing major challenges, some of which are similar to those of the 1990s, but with even greater complexity. Super-fast technological developments, geopolitical unrest, climate threats and sustainability issues are now placing new demands on businesses and organizations to develop whole system solutions that combine digital and physical components under strict security requirements.
Discussion points
- How do we measure quality - and what data do we have on Swedish quality in international comparison?
- Is quality and/or excellence still important?
- Can a company have a high rate of innovation without a quality philosophy?
- How does quality work change when products, services and systems are connected?
- Is smart AI support the solution?
Participants:
Anders Bell, Chief Engineering & Technology Officer Volvo Cars
Anders Fundin, Head of Research SIQ - Institute for Quality Development
Helena Lundberg Nilsson, Director of Regional Development, Region Västra Götaland
Lars Stenqvist, Executive VP Group Trucks Technology & Volvo Group CTO, IVA member
Marianne Dicander Alexandersson, moderator, IVA member
You are welcome to participate!