QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRY 4.0 THROUGH THE MOVEMENT OF LABOR RESOURCES TOWARDS THE “CORE” OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

The purpose of the article is to develop a scientific and practical approach to quality management in industry 4.0 through the movement of labor resources towards the “core” of the digital economy. For the most complete coverage of the digital era, the study was conducted in 2017-2022 based on the experience of 72 countries covered by digital competitiveness statistics that is, representing the global “core” of the digital economy. The article defines the impact of the movement of labor resources towards the “core” of the digital economy on quality in industry 4.0 using the regression analysis method. The authors present forecasts for the “Decade of Action” that reveal the prospects for improving quality in industry 4.0 through optimizing the movement of labor resources towards the “core” of the digital economy. As a result, the article proposes a promising mechanism for quality management in industry 4.0 through the movement of labor resources towards the “core” of the digital economy. This mechanism contains framework recommendations for improving quality management through the regulation of migration flow and HRM in Industry 4.0. The originality of the article lies in the fact that it forms a new vision of the process of labor movement to the global “core”, taking into account the specifics of industry 4.0, which for the first time makes it possible to study it from the point of view of its impact on quality (and not quantity – as it was during the first three industrial revolutions) in industrial production, which defines the uniqueness of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The theoretical significance is that the article has clarified the specifics of the movement of labor resources towards the global “core” in the digital economy from the standpoint of quality in industry 4.0. Migration policy implication is related to the fact that the author's recommendations will ensure an increase in the effectiveness of this policy by optimizing the flow of labor resources towards the global “core.