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Jeff Dewar
Our video producer Chris Smith almost watched the Artemis II launch in person. He drove to Kennedy Space Center with all his fancy gear, along the way got stuck in the snow twice—in Texas, of all places—and then NASA scrubbed the launch and rolled the rocket back for repairs. So Chris drove back to…
William A. Levinson
A significant change in ISO 9001:2026 involves separate actions to address risks and opportunities. In her article “Brainstorming: The Ultimate Risk Management Tool,” Jenna M Schoettker writes, “Think of risk as two sides of a coin. On one side we have our negative risk, while the other side would…
Quality Digest
(EMAG: Farmington Hills, MI) -- EMAG, the North American subsidiary of EMAG Group (Salach, Germany), announces the availability of the UG Series universal cylindrical grinding machines for U.S. and Canadian markets.
The series is designed for manufacturers who require flexible, high-precision…
Quality Digest
(Resume Now: Guaynabo, PR) -- Workers may feel confident in their ability to recognize AI-generated content, but that confidence is increasingly at odds with reality. A new national survey of more than 1,000 U.S. workers from AI resume builder Resume Now finds that 74% say they can identify AI…
AMETEK
The background: Managing power in data centers is process-critical and extraordinarily complex. These facilities demand substantial amounts of energy, and the supply must remain stable, clean, and capable of adapting quickly to fluctuations in demand.
Expectations for reliability and security…
Quality Digest
(Dürr: Southfield, MI) -- Dürr is introducing a new generation of robots used to paint car bodies. The EcoRP4 compact painting robot features an asymmetric architecture that improves access to the body for the applicator, enabling it to reliably reach even hard-to-access interior areas. Its reduced…
CANEA
Digital transformation and technologies such as artificial intelligence or the internet of things (IoT) aren’t just changing our society; they’re revolutionizing how we do business.
The speed of innovation can be a challenge. But it also presents an opportunity. As a quality leader, you must…
Quality Digest
(Uviquity: Raleigh, NC) -- Uviquity, a deep-tech company developing integrated photonics for ultraviolet wavelengths, has announced its first product: a chip-scale laser operating at 229 nm.
This laser is the first in the world at this wavelength produced from a single semiconductor chip, and…
Kiran Myalur Dharmaputhra
Corrective and preventive action (CAPA) is the backbone of any quality management system. It’s where problems get solved, risks get reduced, and processes become more robust. Yet in many organizations, CAPA has become little more than a documentation exercise.
Forms get filled. Boxes get checked.…
Andy Addington
Three years ago, I’d never heard the term biomedical equipment technician (BMET). I didn’t know the field of healthcare technology management (HTM) existed. Today, I’m a BMET II responsible for making sure critical medical equipment is available and safe for patient care. It’s incredible to look at…
Quality Digest
(Teledyne e2v: Grenoble, France) -- Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company and global innovator of imaging solutions, has launched the Caiman imaging module, a small, lightweight, low-power solution designed for demanding low-light applications.
Built around the OnyxMax sensor, Caiman…
Quality Digest
(GelSight: Waltham, MA) -- GelSight, a pioneer in surface analysis technology, announces the release of GelSight Mobile 4.4, the latest software update designed to remove friction throughout the entire inspection workflow, from calibration, capture, analysis, to reporting.
GelSight Mobile 4.4…
Chip Bell
Southern politicians often have a homespun way of making a point. A few years ago, a candidate for a small-town sheriff’s election was overheard saying, “Criticize my drawl, you make me laugh. Criticize my views, you make me listen. But criticize my mama and you’re asking for a fight.”
Customer…
Quality Digest
(Hexagon: Stockholm) -- Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s Stationary Metrology division announces the launch of PC-DMIS FUSION. It provides PC-DMIS users with real-time information, visualization, insights, and SPC analysis to enable increased productivity based on data-driven decision making…
Megan King
Torque wrenches—and the people who use them to build and maintain planes—are unsung heroes of the skies.
Torque wrenches measure the force that causes an object to rotate. Aircraft mechanics use torque wrenches to ensure that bolts and fasteners on planes are correctly tightened. Without them, a…
Jennifer Chu
(MIT News: Cambridge, MA ) -- Across the Milky Way galaxy, a planetary odd couple is circling a star some 190 light years from Earth. A normally “lonely” hot Jupiter is sharing space with a mini-Neptune in a rare and unlikely pairing that’s had astronomers puzzled since the system’s discovery in…
Quality Digest
(XD Thermal: Suzhou, China) -- XD Thermal Technology, a thermal management manufacturer, has advanced its side-cooling solutions for cylindrical cell-to-pack battery packs. Large-scale production capacity and automotive-grade process control are positioning the company as a key supplier.
In super-…
SoftExpert
Digital transformation has stopped being a trend and become a condition for competitiveness. In practically every sector, including manufacturing, automotive, food and beverage, healthcare, and logistics, the pace of technological change is redefining what it means to manage quality with excellence…
Zach Winn
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Found Industries has gone through several distinct phases in the four years since it was originally formed as Found Energy. There was the scrappy startup stage, during which the company was primarily housed in the basement of founder Peter Godart. Then there was the…
Cooper Schorr
The era of the unlimited, always-on, general-purpose AI agent is ending. Subscriptions weren’t priced for behavior that never sleeps, and a monthly plan burning thousands of dollars in computation was never going to survive the unit economics.
If you’ve tried to get an AI pilot past Phase One,…
Quality Digest
(Advantive: Tampa, FL) -- Advantive has announced the launch of Advantive ONE, a unified intelligence layer that runs across Advantive’s entire portfolio of industry-specific software. By connecting data throughout systems, Advantive ONE empowers businesses to make faster, smarter decisions,…
Bruce Hamilton
Happy spring! Here’s a story about “Toast Kaizen” that I’ve never told.
In 1998, as general manager at a medium-size manufacturing company, I created the original toast video for my management team. I was trying to get them out of their offices to “go see” not only the factory floor but their own…
Dylan Walsh
Jack Welch, the legendary General Electric CEO, was infamous for firing the bottom 10% of his workforce every year, without exception. The company’s market cap rose substantially during Welch’s tenure, but his “rank and yank” ritual was divisive.
If you knew your job was always on the line, the…
Quality Digest
(QALogger.com: Irvine, CA) -- QALogger.com has announced the launch of its cloud-based digital logbook platform, engineered to help small manufacturing businesses transition from manual, paper-based record-keeping to a streamlined, audit-ready digital environment.
For small manufacturers with 1–…
Lily Fang
Software is eating the world, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Marc Andreessen famously declared in 2011. The ensuing 15 years proved him prescient. In February 2026, a Substack article by Citrini Research grabbed headlines and triggered a market sell-off of SaaS (software-as-a-service) firms,…