Your Commute Is Killing the Planet
The world has shifted in remarkable ways, and flexible work is an undeniable force reshaping professional life. But do remote and hybrid arrangements help the environment or lead to unintended consequences?
The world has shifted in remarkable ways, and flexible work is an undeniable force reshaping professional life. But do remote and hybrid arrangements help the environment or lead to unintended consequences?
Tom Taormina, esteemed quality consultant and long-time contributor to Quality Digest, has passed away.
For decades, Six Sigma has been the gold standard in process improvement—a proven methodology for reducing defects, improving yield, and driving measurable operational gains. It delivered tremendous value in manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services.
When quality failures go public, it’s not just your product on the line—it’s also your reputation, compliance status, and workforce morale.
For as many words as we use, we’re terrible communicators. Voicemails are jumbled streams of consciousness. Emails are “text bombs” with no rhyme or reason. Presentations are nothing but crippling piles of slides.
Amid uncertainty in manufacturing, AI adoption, labor market fluctuations, and salary disparities across industries and geographic regions, quality professional compensation can be difficult to calculate.
The cornerstone of efficient industrial and facility management, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) cover all activities related to e
For many hundreds of years, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” has summarized the predominant approach to process operation.
I am a longtime admirer of George Spencer-Brown’s “Laws of Form.” In this article, I explore how his notion of reentry helps illuminate the paradoxes and blind spots
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