Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series on effective, focused data analysis.

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Purdue University’s Formula SAE team is utilizing NVision’s HandHeld laser scanner to pursue its goal of taking home a first-place trophy in the annual Formula SAE Competition.

(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International Inc., which develops and provides products and services on manufacturing intelligence and real-time enterprise quality, has released ProFicient 5, the latest version of its enterprise quality hub.

(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- Siemens PLM Software has significantly expanded its long-standing software license agreement with Bentley Systems Inc., a provider of software solutions for sustaining infrastructure.

When a medical institution aspires toward excellence and patient safety, quality enhancement proves to be a key factor essential to the process.

(3DX-RAY: Loughborough, UK) -- 3DX-RAY has launched its MDXi-200 X-ray inspection system, expanding its industrial inspection product portfolio.

Many companies’ internal quality audit systems suffer from a reputation of being mildly effective to completely ineffective or just nonvalue-added. Often, it’s viewed as a policing department from which one’s dirty laundry must be hidden.

This is a story that, as far as I know, has never appeared in print before. It’s not exactly hot news—the incident happened in 1970—but it exemplifies Henry Petroski’s dictum that engineers often learn more from failure than success.

As you all know, the influence of W. Edwards Deming on my career and thinking has been profound.