{domain:"www.qualitydigest.com",server:"169.47.211.87"} Skip to main content

        
User account menu
Main navigation
  • Topics
    • Customer Care
    • FDA Compliance
    • Healthcare
    • Innovation
    • Lean
    • Management
    • Metrology
    • Operations
    • Risk Management
    • Roadshow
    • Six Sigma
    • Standards
    • Statistics
    • Supply Chain
    • Sustainability
    • Training
  • Videos/Webinars
    • All videos
    • Product Demos
    • Webinars
  • Advertise
    • Advertise
    • Submit B2B Press Release
    • Write for us
  • Metrology Hub
  • Training
  • Subscribe
  • Log in
Mobile Menu
  • Home
  • Topics
    • 3D Metrology-CMSC
    • Customer Care
    • FDA Compliance
    • Healthcare
    • Innovation
    • Lean
    • Management
    • Metrology
    • Operations
    • Risk Management
    • Roadshow
    • Six Sigma
    • Standards
    • Statistics
    • Supply Chain
    • Sustainability
    • Training
  • Login / Subscribe
  • More...
    • All Features
    • All News
    • All Videos
    • Training

iStock

Lean
Innovation and Production Run on Different Clocks
Bennie Caldwell
In manufacturing, failure isn’t an option—it’s a liability. A defective part or a missed delivery triggers a chain reaction that can disrupt schedules, undermine trust, and drain resources. So when someone suggests a strategy with the word fail in it, skepticism is understandable, because precision is the lifeblood of the operation. Anything that sounds like an invitation to make…
FDA Compliance
A Road Map to Asset Performance Management in Life Sciences
David Hall Rode

In 2025, there’s been a marked increase in FDA warning letters. During the second quarter of 2025 alone, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 172 warning letters. A notable enforcement surge occurred in September 2025 when the FDA released 80 warning letters in a single week. Although this surge has been attributed in part to the FDA’s expanded use of artificial intelligence—…

Customer Care
AI Skepticism Won’t Age Out
Troy Harrison

Here’s something nobody saw coming: The generation most skeptical of AI isn’t the one that doesn’t understand it. It’s the one that understands it best.

Every new technology faces resistance. The internet? A fad. Smartphones? Unnecessary. Social media? A waste of time. But tech skepticism has always followed the same pattern. Older workers resisted, younger workers embraced, and…

Metrology
What Is Error Propagation, and How Did It Destroy a $327 Million Spacecraft?
Dirk Dusharme

In Episode 1 of The Quality Digest Roadshow, we talked about metrology standards and how those standards and traceability are the glue that holds industry together. While measurement standards are critical, they’re useless without the equipment, processes, and people that use the tools that measure the stuff we use. In fact, it’s the small tolerances and errors that creep into measurement…

Featured Video

What is Error Propagation?

Videos

What the %@$# Is Metrology?
Features
When Machines Argue
Enver Yücesan
Digital twins have become indispensable tools across industries. Powered by AI, these virtual…
Using Experiments and Stories to Inspire the Next Generation of STEM Professionals
Sierra Miller
Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, I didn’t have scientists for role models. In fact, I’m the first…
Management by Objectives
Leif Nyström
Management by objectives isn’t just a way to set direction for an organization. It’s a prerequisite…
Precise Measurements Can Help Cancer Patients Live Longer, Healthier Lives
Stephen Russek
In the evenings, after patients have left for the day, our research team visits the radiation…
Automating the Indicator Calibration Process
George Schuetz
All gauging equipment must be calibrated periodically to ensure it can perform the job for which it…
Inspecting Industrial Gearboxes With 3D Scanners
Paul Hanaphy
Regular inspection is absolutely vital with industrial transmission systems. Just like the gearbox…
Stop Solving the Wrong Problems
Akhilesh Gulati
I’ve had this conversation countless times—sometimes with a frustrated client, often with a…
More Features
News
Nikon Launches Digital Sight 100 Camera
(Nikon: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology announces the new Digital Sight 100 digital camera for…
Real-Time Intelligence to Power the Factory of the Future
(MachineMetrics: Easthampton, MA) -- MachineMetrics, a leading production intelligence platform,…
Building a Sustainable Metals Infrastructure
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published…
Guozi Helps Hithium Build an Industry 4.0 Intelligent Model Factory
(Zhejiang Guozi Robotics Co.:  Hangzhou, China) -- Recently, Hithium’s manufacturing plant in Texas…
Renishaw AM Systems Now Available on Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Renishaw’s full range of RenAM 500 series of metal additive…
Nikon Enhances X-Ray and CT Systems
(Nikon: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Corp. announces a comprehensive suite of enhancements to its XT V…
Physik Instrumente’s H-815 Hexapod
(Physik Instrumente: Shrewsbury, MA) -- Physik Instrumente (PI), a global leader in precision…
Labor Shortage Looms as Construction Rebounds
(DPR Construction: Redwood City, CA) -- Just as individual market sectors are finding ways to move…
More News

© 2025 Quality Digest. Copyright on content held by Quality Digest or by individual authors. Contact Quality Digest for reprint information.
“Quality Digest" is a trademark owned by Quality Circle Institute Inc.

footer
  • Home
  • Print QD: 1995-2008
  • Print QD: 2008-2009
  • Videos
  • Privacy Policy
  • Write for us
footer second menu
  • Subscribe to Quality Digest
  • About Us