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Donald J. Wheeler
When presented with a collection of data from operations or production, many will start their analysis by computing descriptive statistics and fitting a probability model to the data. But before you do this, there’s an easy test that you need to perform.
This test will quantify the chances that…
Patrick Gale
Medical equipment is a necessary yet substantial investment for any health system. Making strategic decisions about these assets can be daunting in the face of shifting patient demand, financial uncertainty, and fast-changing cybersecurity risks.
Because clinical assets account for an average of…
Bruce Hamilton
In a humorous moment from Steve Martin’s comedy Father of the Bride, there’s a scene where George Banks (Martin) argues with a store clerk that the number of buns in a package is mismatched with the packaged number of hot dogs: “I wanna buy eight hot dogs and eight hot dog buns to go with them. But…
(LMA Consulting: Claremont, CA) -- Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, and president of LMA Consulting Group, a leader in supply chain optimization and transformation, has recently launched the innovative Supply Chain Profitability Assessment. This tool prompts supply chain professionals, operations…
Adam Zewe
If a robot traveling to a destination has just two possible paths, it only needs to compare the routes’ travel time and probability of success. But if the robot is traversing a complex environment with many possible paths, choosing the best route amid so much uncertainty can quickly become an…
Evi Giourouki
Gone are the days of manual labor and repetitive tasks. Nowadays, robots are taking over these responsibilities, leaving human workers to focus on complex problem-solving and innovation. These robots are equipped with advanced sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning capabilities…
Quality Digest
(SignalFire Telemetry: Marlborough, MA) – SignalFire Wireless Telemetry, a leading manufacturer of industrial wireless telemetry products, will offer its Pressure Scout Intrinsically Safe Wireless Pressure Sensor with the LoRaWAN wireless protocol in June 2024.
By connecting to LoRaWAN networks,…
Quality Digest
(Teledyne e2v: Grenoble, France) -- Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company and global innovator of imaging solutions, announces Topaz5D, a full-HD CMOS image sensor designed to combine 2D vision with the generation of 3D depth maps. A single Topaz5D sensor used in challenging lighting…
Mike Figliuolo
If you have kids, you know the nauseating feeling of one of them going down for the count and having to rush them to the emergency room. I had that grim experience recently. What I learned from that ER visit is businesses can make very strong statements about how little they care about their…
Kate Zabriskie
‘She wanted to return a cake that was almost gone. How bad could it have been? Normally, if something is spoiled or not up to standards, it’s returned almost intact. This thing was a pile of crumbs. But it gets better: She demanded cash, yelled at me, and started causing a scene. I hope she never…
Quality Digest
(Sandvik Coromant: Sandviken, Sweden) -- Sandvik Coromant presents the latest addition to its family of milling tools: CoroMill MS60. The tool is tailored for 90° shoulder milling operations in steel and cast iron, but versatile enough to extend its competence across areas such as face milling and…
Quality Digest
(ComplianceQuest: Tampa, FL) -- ComplianceQuest is now featured in the TechHub Marketplace, a searchable online directory created by the National Safety Council and designed to help companies easily find technology providers best suited to address their unique safety risks.
Companies looking to…
Denise Robitaille
The buzz has begun. ISO 9001 is being revised. There hasn’t been a revision in about 10 years, so it’s due—if not overdue. Still, there are individuals who don’t understand the justification or the purpose of the revision. After all, it’s a perfectly good standard. So, what’s up?
It’s worth…
Jennifer King
The cost of poor quality can be devastating to business: Failed quality control costs manufacturers anywhere between 15–20% of their total profits on average, and as much as 40% for some, the ASQ reveals. Businesses with successful quality programs, on the other hand, can benefit from increased…
Evident Scientific
(Evident: Waltham, MA) -- Evident Corp., a leader in innovative inspection solutions, has announced significant advancements in operability and versatility with its field-proven phased array inspection solutions, MapROVER and SteerROVER scanners. To help resolve onsite challenges, these scanners…
Quality Digest
(Aras: Andover, MA) -- Aras, a leader in product life cycle management (PLM) and digital thread solutions, has announced new enhancements for Aras Innovator, its open and adaptable platform for deploying PLM and digital thread solutions.
Built on a highly scalable product data platform, Aras…
William A. Levinson
What do quality and productivity have to do with World War III, which we all hope will never happen? The answer is everything. A massive loss of American manufacturing capability between 1945 and 2024 has conceded enormous advantages to aggressor nations that might be inclined to break the peace.…
Adam Creuziger
Like many people, as a child I had dreams of flying into space as an astronaut. That interest in aerospace and space exploration has continued throughout my life.
So when my colleague Tim Foecke, who was working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the time, invited me to…
Jones Loflin
When we talk about a lack of work-life balance, stress, or burnout, one of the things we’re actually saying to ourselves is that we feel we have no control over the outcome or our future. It can feel like the line between work and life has blurred into one big, overwhelming blob.
It’s time for a…
(Bucher Hydraulics: Elgin, IL) -- Bucher Hydraulics, a global provider of hydraulic solutions for the mobile and industrial markets, has recently launched an online model builder created by CADENAS PARTsolutions. The tool provides on-demand product configuration and CAD downloads for Bucher’s self-…
(Fluent Metal: Cambridge, MA) -- Fluent Metal is developing production-grade liquid metal printing to remove barriers to metal additive manufacturing while allowing for unmatched scalability and process tunability.
Fluent Metal’s drop-on-demand approach is compatible with most metals, including…
(Premier Equipment: Altamonte Springs, FL) -- Premier Equipment, a leading provider of manufacturing equipment, is proud to announce its first-ever Premier Equipment CNC Scholarship. Started in February 2024, this annual scholarship program underscores Premier Equipment’s commitment to fostering…
Alonso Diaz, Maria DiBari
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emphasizes the importance of being prepared for device recalls.
FDA product recalls are on the rise in the post-pandemic era. There has been a clear upward trend from 2021 through 2023, and medical devices ranked the highest of all product types. (See…
Mike Figliuolo
Organizations that use “stay bonuses” as a retention tool could be making a huge mistake. Instead of letting poor performers go, they pay tons of money to keep them.
It’s been a rough year in the market. Let’s hit rewind and explore some underlying axioms about business. Sure, many of these are…
(3M: St. Paul, MN) -- 3M and HD Hyundai Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (KSOE) have signed a joint research project agreement to develop large liquid hydrogen storage tanks using glass bubbles from 3M– high-strength, low-density hollow glass microspheres. The collaborative research will…
