A longtime raw-material supplier exits the market, and a manufacturer needs a replacement quickly. The new supplier completes a questionnaire, receives approval, and begins shipping. Months later, delivery slips and defects increase. A broad audit produces a passing score, but the problems continue.

This scenario illustrates why supplier quality requires more than an approval decision…

If you engage in a game of word association, chances are when you hear the term Formula 1, responses will be terms associated with speed: race car, acceleration, fast, momentum, velocity...

But as much as Formula 1 is about speed, it’s also about controlling and channeling that speed with technology—specifically, braking, the ability to slow a vehicle at critical moments to…

Manufacturing Day fell on Oct. 2 this year. Manufacturers opened their doors and showed the public what modern manufacturing looks like, and, hopefully, built some interest in manufacturing careers.

Visitors saw robots, sensors, software, and connected production systems. What they may not have seen is the management system that determines whether those technologies, processes,…