This time last year, we identified what we felt were the three most important developing trends in quality management. We identified that these were the industrial internet of things (IIoT), pilots focused on quality improvements, increased adoption of risk management automation, and substantial growth in cloud-based EQMS adoption.

Fortunately, 2016 was an exciting year to make predictions. On top of several new technologies that have been changing the face of quality management, there were important updates to core quality standards (ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016), all of which stand to shake things up quite a bit over the coming years.

So, how did we do? Read the original predictions and rationale here.

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