Mike Richman

Publisher

Mike Richman is the principal at Richman Business Media Consulting.

Fri, 05/18/2018 - 15:21
Happy 40th, QD!A standard, a framework, and a guess at the future of quality
Thu, 01/13/2022 - 12:02
It’s hard to fathom that Quality Digest, a little Northern California media company respected by all and beloved by many, turned 40 in November 2021. For a human being, 40 may be the new 30, but it’s still just creeping up on middle age. For a small…
The Larger Meaning of World Metrology DayHuman connection through standardization
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 12:14
One hundred and forty-five years ago today, on May 20, 1875, delegates from 17 nations to the Metre Convention in Paris signed the Treaty of the Metre, which established the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM). This organization…
Keeping Industry InformedMatt Ilardo and Ed Morse represent CMS to quality professionals
Thu, 11/07/2019 - 20:22
Current Coordinate Metrology Society Chair Matt Ilardo of Brookhaven National Laboratory and CMS PrecisionPath Consortium Co-Chair, Professor Ed Morse of the University of North Carolina–Charlotte, are expert metrologists who always seek to share…
Field Report: CMSC 2019Knowledge exchange par excellence
Thu, 08/29/2019 - 21:22
For any of you who missed it, CMSC 2019 was, as always, a first-class conference with loads of great content, exciting new product and service offerings, and numerous unique opportunities for knowledge transfer with the leading metrologists in…
A World Without MeasurementWhat if the Metre Convention had never happened?
Thu, 05/23/2019 - 21:22
On May 20, 1875, representatives from 17 of the leading industrial nations of the world met in Paris to set precise international standards for the meter and kilogram. Coming out of the meetings, the signatories to the Treaty of the Metre agreed to…
Happy Birthday, CMSC!They’re 35 years old, to be precise
Tue, 04/23/2019 - 21:06
A 35-year commitment is an impressive achievement, whether it be to a job, a marriage, or even a sports franchise. (New York Mets, why do you so consistently forsake my love?) When it comes to an all-volunteer organization working within an…
Reaping the Work WhirlwindA problem deeper than basic income, wider than training, and broader than automation itself
Tue, 04/02/2019 - 12:03
During the last several centuries, the economy of the modern world emerged from a contract—unwritten, unspoken, almost unrecognized—between risk-takers who started businesses and the hirelings who did the work to ensure those businesses’ survival…
Power Moves: Turning Compliance Into True QualityA primer for life science manufacturers
Tue, 02/19/2019 - 12:03
Great quality is pretty much the same everywhere, but the cost of poor quality is not equivalent from industry to industry. For example, it’s conceivable (but I hope not probable) that this article may turn out to be a real bomb, or worse, a…
Inside Quality Digest Live for Jan. 4, 2019Starting the year off on a philosophical foot
Tue, 01/08/2019 - 12:00
Happy New Year one and all! For our first QDL of 2019, we were pleased to present some thought-provoking content on the benefits of compromise, the dangers of rhetorical trickery, and the meaning of Chekhov’s gun. Let’s take a closer look: Ripped…
Inside Quality Digest Live for December 14, 2018Several views on developing the workforce
Tue, 12/18/2018 - 08:21
An industry, and even more so any individual company, is only as strong as its pipeline of incoming talent. This week on QDL we looked at this topic from a few different angles. Here’s what we covered at greater length: “Ripped From the Headlines:…