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Stephanie Ojeda
How can a quality manager secure stakeholder engagement and hold individuals accountable for the quality of their work throughout the corrective and preventive action (CAPA) cycle?
With the burden of quality and compliance on their shoulders, it can be tempting for a quality manager to gather…
Quality Digest
(L.S. Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) -- At IMTS 2024 in Chicago, L.S. Starrett Co., a global manufacturer of precision measuring tools and gages, metrology systems, and more, announced its W4900 wireless digital electronic indicator, a precision measurement gage featuring touchscreen technology, multiple…
Quality Digest
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Renishaw, a global metrology specialist, now offers longer sealed encoder scale lengths to support the development of large machine tools. Customers can choose FORTiS enclosed encoder linear scales as long as 4.24 m for their largest and most innovative machine…
Saurabh Joshi Shripad
Before the ICH Harmonized Tripartite Guideline Q9—“Quality risk management”—was introduced in 2005, the pharmaceutical industry was evolving but lacked a structured, scientific, and systematic approach. Various stakeholders, including the industry, regulators, and patient rights groups, recognized…
MIT News
Imagine how a phone call works. Your voice is converted into electronic signals, shifted up to higher frequencies, transmitted over long distances, and then shifted back down so it can be heard clearly on the other end. The process enabling this shifting of signal frequencies is called frequency…
Quality Digest
(OGP: Rochester, NY) -- Optical Gaging Products (OGP), a leading manufacturer of optical and precision multisensor metrology systems for industrial quality control, announces its next evolution of SmartScope 3D multisensor metrology systems, the SmartScope M-Series.
Offered in two benchtop and two…
Quality Digest
(Apex Tool Group: Sparks, MD) -- GEARWRENCH is launching three new diagnostic tools for auto mechanics that are breaking all the rules.
As cars evolve, diagnostic tools are essential to technicians for even the most basic of repairs. However, competitor models are expensive and require annual and…
Laura Velásquez Herrera
With its roots in compassion and humanity, the healthcare sector might seem an unlikely place for artificial intelligence (AI) to play a big role. Yet as we look deeper into the complex processes that build our medical systems, we uncover a multitude of ways that AI could revolutionize patient care…
Lawrence Bernard
A unique manufacturing program for large metal parts holds promise to help revitalize American manufacturing and return clean-energy manufacturing technologies to the United States. The approach could greatly reduce waiting times for critical components and enable economic growth in the…
Quality Digest
(Briggs & Stratton: Wauwatosa, WI) -- Briggs & Stratton, a leading manufacturer of commercial power solutions, announces the production launch of the Vanguard 300 single-cylinder horizontal-shaft engine. Offering 307 cc and 10.0 gross HP*, this innovative engine is designed to outperform…
Quality Digest
(Sunnen: St. Louis) -- In 1924, Joseph Sunnen, a young auto mechanic, saw the need for a tool to help repair cylinder heads without injuring his fingers. His spirit of innovation drove him to develop a valve-compressing tool that made the job quick and safe.
Soon after, he started a mobile…
Quality Digest
(Simco-Ion: Hatfield, PA) -- Simco-Ion, a leader in industrial static control solutions, announces the release of the Eltex TERRALIGHT Ground Monitoring System. This state-of-the-art grounding solution is designed to deliver exceptional safety and efficiency, setting a new standard for grounding…
Quality Digest
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory added a neutron-scattering instrument to its powerhouse of discovery at the Spallation Neutron Source, charting new territory for neutron imaging through artificial intelligence. Last July, the DOE’s Office of…
Mike Figliuolo
For many of us, screwing up is in our DNA. It happens. Blame Murphy if you like, but it happens. However, when this happens to someone on your team and you’re in a leadership role, the implications of a mistake can be far-reaching.
The most important aspect of these kinds of events, however, isn’t…
Sabine Terrasi
Wire bonding is a key process in semiconductor production. Extremely fine wires with diameters of 15 to 75 µm are used to create tiny electrical connections between a semiconductor chip and other components. The distances between the bond wires are often less than 100 µm. Any deviation, however…
Marlon Walker, David Boulay
The subject matter was incredibly complex, but the “ask” itself was simple. David Boulay, the director of the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC), part of the MEP National Network, wanted to learn more about quantum technology.
His two-part request of the National Institute of…
Quality Digest
(Yaskawa: Miamisburg, OH) -- Yaskawa America, Motoman Robotics Division (Yaskawa Motoman), a leading North American robotics manufacturer, has completed an expansion of its headquarters in Miamisburg, Ohio. The 185,000 sq ft state-of-the-art addition will nearly double the size of the company’s…
Bruce Hamilton
I once attended a presentation that Eli Goldratt gave for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. We were seated in an auditorium, listening as Goldratt paced back and forth on the stage, puffing on his cigar, gesturing for effect, and occasionally cursing for emphasis. The author of The Goal (…
Ram Charan
In the near future, significant and unpredictable external factors may combine to challenge the global business landscape in unprecedented ways. Responding effectively to those challenges will require adaptability. Although many leaders acknowledge its importance, even successful companies can…
Quality Digest
(Robert Half: Menlo Park, CA) -- New research from talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half reveals a complex picture when it comes to worker productivity. While most managers report that their teams have become more productive, employees are logging more hours than they did a year…
Quality Digest
(Optical Gaging Products: Rochester, NY) -- Optical Gaging Products (OGP), a leading manufacturer of optical and precision metrology systems for industrial quality control, announces its all-new SG SmartCapture software, delivering a variety of enhancements to its ShapeGrabber family of automated…
Paul Sagar
In 1988, a small company began developing and supplying electronic instruments that automatically compensate for temperature-induced errors in industrial gages that are used to make precision dimensional measurements. Its products are now in use worldwide, improving factories and workshops that…
NIST
The world keeps time with the ticks of atomic clocks, but a new type of clock under development—a nuclear clock—could revolutionize how we measure time and probe fundamental physics.
An international research team led by scientists at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), a…
Quality Digest
(SCANTECH: Hangzhou, China) -- The TrackScan Sharp series is a cutting-edge optical 3D scanning system powered by SCANTECH, engineered with 25-megapixel industrial cameras and advanced onboard processors for edge computing. This system is specifically designed to measure large-scale parts over long…
Quality Digest
(API: Rockville, MD) -- API ProGAGE scanning and inspection arms are designed with advanced materials, ensuring a lightweight and portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) that is both reliable and efficient. These versatile arms are essential for quality control, part inspection, reverse…
