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Manufacturing
Why Products Still Fail RoHS, REACH, and POPs Compliance
Neeta Verma
The European Commission’s latest Joint Actions on Compliance of Products (JACOP) project offers a useful starting point for understanding why products can still fail environmental compliance checks even when manufacturers have established compliance programs. Published in June 2026, the JACOP project brought together market-surveillance authorities from 13 European countries to assess 173…
Improvement Tools
Building Automation and Control System Cybersecurity
Keith Stouffer, Michael Galler

Recent cyberattacks highlight the growing threat to operational technology (OT) used in critical infrastructure. Whether you work for an infrastructure owner/operator or are a consumer of an infrastructure service, recent events have made it clear that cybersecurity is an important factor in ensuring the safe and reliable delivery of critical goods and services. For OT owners and operators, it…

Improvement Tools
The 6 Best Quality Management Software Features That Simplify Your QMS
Josh Peterson

Quality management system software helps life sciences organizations manage documents, training, quality events, change controls, audits, and other regulated processes in one controlled environment.

Most electronic quality management systems (eQMS) offer some version of these core capabilities. The differences often appear in the details: how quickly users can find information,…

Manufacturing
Expanding Inspection Flexibility With 3-in-1 Architecture
FARO CREAFORM

Quality control processes are never about single-inspection scenarios—and yet most inspection systems are. Inspection requirements constantly shift between part dimensions, hard-to-reach areas, quick validations, and precise feature measurements, creating daily challenges for QC professionals.

As inspections become more demanding, setup inefficiencies and fragmented workflows…

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Rapid Response to a Collapsed Mine With Artec Jet LiDAR Mapping
Paul Hanaphy
In the world of mining, structural collapse is a worst-case scenario. Whenever ground gives way, it…
The Importance of Remembering How to Be a Team Member
Mike Figliuolo
I tried to achieve some balance in my life by taking a few days off to go fishing on Lake Erie with…
All Whys Are Not The Same
Bruce Hamilton
In my last post, I reflected on a couple of different whys to interrogate a process—either to solve…
Flying Blind: What Your Quality Data Miss Every Shift
Kevin Turpin
A sound that’s slightly off before a bearing fails. A smell that shows up before a chemical…
5 Keys to Successfully Allocate Work
Mike Figliuolo
As the leader of a high-performing team, how you distribute and balance work for members of that…
Dark Output Is Distorting AI Economics
Gleb Tsipursky
The easiest AI costs to count could become the least important part of the story. SemiAnalysis…
The 20% Tax: Why You Can’t Inspect Your Way to Quality
James Glover
At a typical manufacturer, the cost of poor quality runs to 15–20% of sales. Shellye Archambeau, a…
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News
Momentum Technologies Achieves Record Purity Milestones for Rare Earths
(Momentum Technologies: Carrollton, TX) -- Momentum Technologies, a critical minerals refining and…
ABM Equipment Publishes Guide for X-Ray Product Inspection
(ABM Equipment: Vancouver, WA) -- System integration firm ABM Equipment has published a new…
Ring-Type PZT Actuators With High Load Capacity for Nanopositioning and Optics
(Physik Instrumente: Shrewsbury, MA) -- Physik Instrumente (PI), a global leader in precision…
Conexiom Ends AI’s Black Box Era for Automating Orders and Invoices
(Conexiom: Vancouver, BC) -- Conexiom has announced Conexiom Relay, an AI-native product that’s a…
ZEISS Helps Manufacturers Find Certainty at IMTS 2026
(ZEISS: Maple Grove, MN) -- In Booth 134302 at IMTS 2026 (Sept. 14–19, 2026, at McCormick Place,…
Rockwell Automation Integrates Plex QMS With FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI
(Rockwell Automation: Milwaukee) -- Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to…
KPM Analytics Announces In-Line NIR Sensors Designed for Food Processing
(KPM Analytics: Westborough, MA) -- Food processors are striving for zero defects by measuring as…
Fluke Empowers Calibration Labs With CalStudio Conduit
(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Calibration laboratories are under growing pressure to do more with fewer…
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