Poor quality rarely announces itself as a single, contained problem. In manufacturing environments, it may first appear as a rejected batch, a scrapped component, an unexpected line stoppage, or a customer complaint that requires investigation. These visible failures matter, and most manufacturers have some method for tracking them. But in regulated industries, the true cost of poor quality…

The European Commission’s latest Joint Actions on Compliance of Products (JACOP) project offers a useful starting point for understanding why products can still fail environmental compliance checks even when manufacturers have established compliance programs.

Published in June 2026, the JACOP project brought together market-surveillance authorities from 13 European countries to…

Recent cyberattacks highlight the growing threat to operational technology (OT) used in critical infrastructure. Whether you work for an infrastructure owner/operator or are a consumer of an infrastructure service, recent events have made it clear that cybersecurity is an important factor in ensuring the safe and reliable delivery of critical goods and services. For OT owners and operators, it…