All Features
Quality Digest
(Teledyne FLIR: Richmond, B.C.) -- Teledyne FLIR IIS, a Teledyne Technologies company, has announced that its Dragonfly S USB 5MP modular and compact camera is now in full production.
The Dragonfly S 5MP is the first camera in the new Dragonfly S series to enter full production. Designed as an…
Gleb Tsipursky
As businesses navigate the complexities of remote and hybrid work policies, leaders often face questions regarding the perceived fairness of these arrangements. Employees performing similar tasks may have different levels of flexibility, which can lead to concerns about favoritism and inequity.…
Sabine Terrasi
Up-to-date and accurate maps of the waterways are a prerequisite for safe and efficient shipping in Germany. Authorities such as the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, but also private harbor operators, are obliged to provide these maps in an up-to-date form at all times. Primarily, the…
Quality Digest
(Hardy: San Diego) -- Hardy Process Solutions has announced a new line of accurate, rugged, and reliable drum scales that provide value and flexibility in size and capacity for use in a wide range of drum weighing applications. HIDS drum scales are built to be long-lasting and perform well in heavy…
Quality Digest
(Bolb: Livermore, CA) -- Bolb, a leading UV LED solution provider, will release its SUVOS BioCleanse UVC module—a cost-effective and environment-friendly solution that extends the useful lifetime of metalworking fluids (MWF) and improves worker health and safety—at the IMTS exhibition in Chicago at…
Jennifer King
Many people don’t realize just how long AI has been around in the healthcare industry—and are surprised to find out that it’s something that’s been relied on for 50 years already.
MYCIN, a computer-based model with machine learning capabilities, was developed by a team of researchers at Stanford…
Alexander Shipps
The phrase “practice makes perfect” is usually reserved for humans, but it’s also a great maxim for robots newly deployed in unfamiliar environments.
Picture a robot arriving in a warehouse. It comes packaged with the skills it was trained on, like placing an object, and now it needs to pick items…
Quality Digest
(Configit: Copenhagen, Denmark) -- Configit, the global leader in Configuration Life Cycle Management (CLM), will hold the Configuration Life Cycle Management Summit in Turin, Italy. “Live in Turin,” co-hosted by Coolshop, is set for Sept. 10–11, 2024.
This event will bring together global experts…
Quality Digest
(Knowles: Itasca, IL) -- Knowles Corp., a market leader and global provider of advanced micro-acoustic microphones and speakers, audio solutions, and high-performance capacitors and RF products, announces the QAS Series, a new line of RC-type arc suppressor/snubber components that extend the…
Automated Precision Inc.
(API: Rockville, MD) -- API, a leader in advanced metrology solutions, announces the launch of two new innovative products: the iScanMagic composite 3D scanner and the iScanLite 3D blue laser line scanner. These state-of-the-art scanners, along with API’s iScan3D, represent one of the most complete…
Quality Digest
(Blum-Novotest: Grünkraut, Germany) -- Blum-Novotest, a leading supplier of innovative and high-quality measuring and testing technology, will present several product highlights for automating machining processes at IMTS 2024 in Chicago, Booth 134710, McCormick Place, East Building, Sept. 9–14,…
Donald J. Wheeler
The objective of all improvement projects should be to improve the overall process. Everything else should be secondary to this objective. If you improve the efficiency of a support process, or even a portion of the core process, but at the same time lower the efficiency of the overall process,…
Jones Loflin
As a leadership keynote speaker, I’ve encountered countless professionals struggling with procrastination. We’ve all been there–staring at a mountain of “should-do” tasks while our minds wander to more enticing activities. But what if I told you there’s a way to turn those dreaded tasks into…
Oliver Hagenlocher
MR Components, of Grigno, Italy, has significantly increased its production capacity and simultaneously improved quality by introducing intelligent automation with EMAG CNC machines.
The company, which specializes in the production of parts for differential and planetary gears, now produces around…
Quality Digest
(FABTECH: Orlando, FL) -- FABTECH, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event, has announced its 2024 Emerging Leaders Program. This new initiative is designed to cultivate the next generation of leaders in the manufacturing industry by providing young…
Dawn Bailey
Nearly everyone by now has experienced artificial intelligence (AI) in some capacity. It has become part of our lives, from interactive voice assistants (e.g., Alexa, Siri) to Face ID on smart phones , virtual filters on apps, and algorithms on search engines and screening sites that use our…
Michael Platt, Vera Ludwig
Four years after the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated remote work, its advantages and drawbacks have been well documented. For leaders, the biggest hurdles have remained constant: building employee engagement, trust, and communication.
Nano Tool
Scientists from the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative …
Quality Digest
(Morehouse: York, PA) -- Morehouse Instrument Co., a leading force and torque measurement service provider for more than a century, has launched a free online metrology training email series designed to improve calibration and metrology skills.
The Morehouse Metrology Mastery Series offers a…
Quality Digest
(CloudNC: London) -- CloudNC, a manufacturing technology company, has announced that its CAM Assist solution, which uses AI to generate machining strategies for 3 and 3+2 axis CNC machines, is now available for Mastercam users.
The new upgrade is available as an AI add-on for the Mastercam…
Mike Figliuolo
In case you missed it, the apocalypse happened a few weeks ago. The end of days. The reckoning. It was a time to take a step back and reflect on all you’ve accomplished or failed to accomplish in your life. Even though the world was not torn asunder by explosions, the reflection on what life means…
Automated Precision Inc.
In the highly competitive automotive industry, quality control is paramount to ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of vehicles. Metrology, the science of measurement, plays a crucial role in achieving these high standards at every stage of automotive production and testing. Let’s…
Quality Digest
(Quantic: East Providence, RI) -- Quantic Electronics has announced it will exhibit at the 2024 Defense Innovation Days, hosted by the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA), in Newport, Rhode Island, August 26–28.
Representatives from Quantic and its businesses—Quantic BEI,…
Quality Digest
(Razor Labs: Tel Aviv, Israel) -- Razor Labs, a leader in AI-driven predictive maintenance solutions, has been recognized as a triple category winner at the 2024 Mining Technology Excellence Awards. The company secured accolades in the innovation, safety, and research and development (R&D)…
Gleb Tsipursky
In the brave new world of hybrid work, where the lines between office and home are blurred, employers are navigating uncharted waters. Some have resorted to a draconian approach, implementing surveillance measures to monitor their employees’ productivity. Yet, evidence is mounting that such Big…
Robyn Coward, Brian Brooks
This year, the Medical Device Innovation Consortium held an Excellence in Quality Summit where it was promised that participants would receive a “unique opportunity to learn adoptable cutting-edge practices to maximize the impact of investing in quality across [their] total product life cycle.”…
