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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…
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.…
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…
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
(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…
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(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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
Quality Digest
(Morningstar CAM Solutions : Albemarle, NC) -- Morningstar CAM Solutions, a leading provider of CAD and CAM software and services, announces a partnership with HCL CAMWorks.
The partnership will provide potential customers with turnkey, proven solutions integrating industry-standard SOLIDWORKS 3D…
Stephanie Ojeda
Growth has a way of outpacing the quality systems built to support it: more products, more sites, more users, more regulatory requirements, and the quality team is expected to absorb all of it.
Document reviews stall waiting for approvals. Training assignments require constant follow-up. Approval…
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(IndySoft: Charleston, SC) -- IndySoft, a global leader in calibration and asset management software, has launched IndySoft Scales, a mobile calibration app that’s touch-optimized, voice-enabled, and offline-first.
The platform was designed for technicians who require more ease of use than a…
Gleb Tsipursky
The era of corporate AI theater is ending. A recent Wharton Human-AI Research and GBK Collective study finds that 82% of enterprise leaders use generative AI at least weekly, and 46% use it daily. That is no longer experimentation.
Yet McKinsey’s 2025 state of AI survey shows a stubborn gap…
Quality Digest
(Covalent: Sunnyvale, CA) -- Covalent, a leader in advanced materials characterization and analytical services, announces the launch of Covalent Connect, a new platform designed to give customers seamless access to the world’s most advanced metrology techniques, laboratories, and technical…
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(TRIMEDX: Indianapolis) -- TRIMEDX has released its 2026 industry report on clinical asset management, “From possibility to performance: How health systems can operationalize AI, strengthen resilience, and lead through change,” featuring insights from health system leaders on practical steps to…