News source: Economic Daily News
The 61st Annual Meeting of the Republic of China Quality Society and the 2025 International Symposium on Quality Management (ISQM 2025), co-hosted with National Formosa University, was grandly held on November 15 at NFU in Yunlin.
This year’s theme, “Using AI to Promote Quality Management in the ESG Era: Future Challenges and Innovations,” attracted over 250 representatives from industry, government, academia, and international quality organizations across nine regions, including Taiwan, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Hong Kong, demonstrating Taiwan’s global connections and practical expertise in quality management.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Quality Society Chairman Cheng Chun-Sheng, with a speech and awards presentation by Deputy Director Lai Chun-Chieh of the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Other distinguished guests included representatives from the National Association of Industry, China Productivity Center, National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Taiwan High-Speed Rail, Kymco, Chung Hung Steel, Taiwan Sugar Corporation Huwei Sugar Factory, ARIS International Certification, and the Kaohsiung Branch of the Quality Society.
A highlight of the annual meeting was the presentation of the “Excellence in Business Quality Award,” recognizing enterprises and organizations that have long promoted quality innovation. This year’s recipients included Nanhua University (Benchmark Award), Penghu County Health Bureau (Three-Star Award), and Chimei Foods Company (Two-Star Award), reflecting the application and deepening of quality thinking in education, public service, and manufacturing.
Other awards presented included the “Quality Leadership Contribution Award,” “Individual Quality Award,” and “ANQ Excellence in Quality Practice Award.” Taiwan’s representative for the Asian Quality Network ARE-QP Excellence in Quality Practice Award, Tai-I Pump Industrial Company, was recognized alongside China Nuclear Power Operation Company, State Grid Xiaoshan Power Supply Company, and Moscow Power Engineering Institute in Russia, highlighting Taiwan’s industrial quality capability and international influence.
Professor Lin Yi-Gui of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University delivered a lecture titled “Using Reliability to Explain Quality Decision-Making and Application,” presenting a multi-state stochastic flow network model to quantify “quality reliability” in various complex systems, including manufacturing systems, power grid transmission, disaster evacuation, and emergency response. Lin emphasized that future quality management should not only control errors but also predict risks, design resilience, and enable real-time system adaptability.
In the afternoon, the 2025 International Symposium on Quality Management and three thematic forums were held, covering quality certification, AI applications in quality, and business practices, promoting the alignment of Taiwan’s quality expertise with international standards and paving the way for AI × Sustainable future quality governance.
In his closing remarks, Chairman Cheng Chun-Sheng stated that quality management is no longer just about “correcting errors” but is becoming a core driver of corporate transformation and social improvement. He emphasized that AI and ESG are not opposites of quality but extensions and enhancements of it, and quality professionals should embrace the mission of making the world better.
Photos provided by: Department of Industrial Management
