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Peter Beaucage
Every time you squeeze toothpaste onto your toothbrush, spray perfume on your skin, or swallow a pill, you’re using the result of a carefully crafted recipe made in a lab. These are called formulations.
Formulations aren’t just simple mixtures—they’re complex arrangements of ingredients designed…
Quality Digest
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata Inc., a leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free webinar, “Physics-Based Simulation Software: Consolidation Implications for Industry.” The one-hour webinar, hosted by members of CIMdata’s Simulation-Driven…
Quality Digest
(Guidehouse: McLean, VA) -- Guidehouse, a global consultancy providing advisory, digital, and managed services to the commercial and public sectors, has teamed up with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a trusted global authority on healthcare innovation, to advance…
Quality Digest
(CMSC: Weatherford, TX) -- The 41st annual Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC) will take place July 21–25, 2025, at the Atlantis Reno in Reno, Nevada.
If you’ve recently contributed to a unique or interesting project that pushes the boundaries of scientific and industrial applications…
Donald J. Wheeler
In last month’s article, “ANOVA and the Process Behavior Chart,” we saw how both techniques use the same basic comparison to answer completely different questions. Here, we’ll look at a case history where both techniques were used.
A physical property of a mass-produced item was important to its…
Michael Sharp
Understanding the inner workings of your industrial artificial intelligence (IAI) system is crucial if you want it to add measurable value to your manufacturing operations. Here, we’ll dig into one important aspect of every AI: the inputs, aka your data. Including the right type and the right…
Quality Digest
(Association for Accessible Medicines: Washington, DC) -- The Association for Accessible Medicines has commented on the proposed 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10% tariff on China.
“The global supply chain for generic and biosimilar medicines is critically important for…
John Tschohl
What are the elements of a successful team? In a nutshell—whether it’s an athletic team, a dance team, or a business team—the critical elements are people who are knowledgeable, dedicated, productive, work well with others, and constantly seek to improve their skills.
But hiring and firing are…
Adam Grant, Michael Platt, Jonah Berger, Jerry Wind
Nano Tools for Leaders—a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management—are fast, effective tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success and the engagement and…
Quality Digest
(IDS: Obersulm, Germany) -- Would you open the machine every time to check the interaction of components or wear? There’s no point in that. It is much easier to keep an eye on the situation by using a camera.
Models from the consumer sector are quite common, but they also come with downsides: They…
Quality Digest
(Nuvvon: Parsippany, NJ) -- Nuvvon Inc., an innovator in advanced solid-state battery technologies, has opened a new laboratory in Parsippany, New Jersey. This U.S. facility significantly enhances the company’s capabilities to research, develop, and build solid-state pouch cells, utilizing novel…
Quality Digest
(L.S. Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) -- L.S. Starrett Co., a global manufacturer of precision metrology systems, measuring tools, and gauges, will be featuring the automated inspection capabilities of its metrology and force measurement systems at The Quality Show, April 16–17, 2025, in booth No. 347 at…
Matt Tweedy
In global manufacturing, two key goals—intertwined yet distinct—heavily dominate the industry’s agenda: addressing the growing demand for environmentally sustainable practices, and optimizing operational efficiency. With these priorities in mind, companies are seeking multifaceted solutions that…
Seb Murray
New research co-authored by University of Pennsylvania academics challenges a core assumption in economics: That the most successful companies achieve their dominance purely through superior productivity. Instead, this study highlights the important role of scalability—how well firms can grow as…
Quality Digest
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, published a new e-book focused on Aras’ configure-to-order (CTO) solution. Configure-to-Order: Efficiently Meeting Diverse Customer Requirements describes CTO, a product and sales strategy that…
Quality Digest
(The Hydraulic Institute: Parsippany, NJ) -- The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has proudly announced the recipients of its prestigious awards, presented during the HI 2025 Annual Conference Awards Dinner, Jan. 23, 2025, in Rancho Mirage, CA. These awards recognize industry professionals whose leadership…
Alfredo Romero
Many marketing professionals are drawn to their field because they consider themselves more right-brained (creative) than left-brained (analytical). It’s true that success in marketing often requires imagination, creativity, and an emotional appeal to the target audience. In fact, many college…
Harish Jose
Today I’m looking at the free energy principle (FEP) by the British neuroscientist Karl Friston. The FEP basically states that to resist the natural tendency to disorder, adaptive agents must minimize surprise. This has implications for the gemba, as you’ll see.
A good example to explain this is…
NIST
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new thermometer using atoms boosted to such high energy levels that they are 1,000 times larger than normal. By monitoring how these giant “Rydberg” atoms interact with heat in their environment, researchers can…
Quality Digest
(LMA Consulting Group: Claremont, CA) -- Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., and a recognized leader in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, warns that the recent devastating fires in Los Angeles County will have far-reaching effects on supply chains well…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- A team of scientists led by a professor from Duke University discovered a way to help make batteries safer, charge faster, and last longer. They relied on neutrons at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to understand, at the atomic scale, how…
Steven Garner
In the ever-changing landscape of business management, the concept of quality has undergone significant transformations. What began as a focus on maintaining standards such as ISO 9001 and AS9100 is evolving into a more holistic approach encompassing organizational excellence. Tom Taormina’s book…
Theodore Kinni
There’s an old saw—cribbed from Plato and popularized by Douglas Adams—that those most interested in leading others are least suited to the task. That’s not entirely accurate, yet new research has found a grain of truth in this idea: Many leaders have plenty of ambition to lead, but that’s no…
Quality Digest
(Lucas Systems: Wexford, PA) -- Distribution center technology provider Lucas Systems has announced new software enhancements to help warehouses make quicker and more effective decisions relating to order batching and prioritization, warehouse worker travel, and slotting.
With the addition of…
Quality Digest
(X-Rite: Grand Rapids, MI) -- X-Rite Inc., a global leader in color science and technology, announced the official spectral color value for Pantone Color of the Year 2025: Pantone 17-1230 Mocha Mousse. This elegant and grounding brown tone is now available in PantoneLIVE, a cloud-based digital…
