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Statistics
Hazardous Ideas About Charts for Individual Values
Donald J. Wheeler
Walter Shewhart’s average and range chart had been around for more than a decade when, in 1941, W. J. Jennett came up with the chart for individual values and moving ranges (an XmR chart). The XmR is built on the same foundation as the average and range chart, but it involves two unique ideas. First, it works directly with the original data rather than averages; second, it uses…
Improvement Tools
The AI Management Advantage That Will Decide the Next Productivity Race
Gleb Tsipursky

The next advantage in business will come from leaders who can manage machine labor as deliberately as they manage people. Professor Ethan Mollick at Wharton framed this as AI management after watching executive MBA students use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Claude Code, and Google Antigravity to build working startup prototypes in four days.

The lesson for executives is blunt: The…

Customer Care
Does Customer Service Training Really Work in 2026?
John Tschohl

Most organizations are reluctant to spend time and money training their workforce on customer service.

There are a variety of reasons:
1. It will do no good.
2. By the time they’re trained, the employees will leave.
3. It’s common sense. Everyone already understands customer service.
4. It’s too expensive.
5. We have too many locations scattered all over…

Improvement Tools
Why ‘AI Ethics’ Is a Misnomer
Cornelia C. Walther

Every boardroom has heard it. Every procurement checklist includes it. Every investor deck now features it somewhere between the mission statement and the revenue model. “AI ethics” has become the term that signals seriousness without necessarily delivering it. That gap deserves examination—because the weakness of the term is structural, and structural weaknesses tend to surface at expensive…

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False rejects quietly impede manufacturing efficiency, yet most quality teams treat them as an…
It’s Called Brutal Prioritization for a Reason
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During times of excessive work and crisis, something has to give. Sometimes brutal prioritization…
The Growing Importance of Multiaxis Testing for Next-Gen Aerospace Qualification
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Aerospace qualification standards continue to shift as component designs grow more intricate and…
Selecting and Training Internal Auditors
Craig Cochran
With ISO 9001:2026 just around the corner, the topic of internal auditing is likely on the minds of…
Looking Back to Move Forward: Finding AI Potential in Existing Systems
Irina Shimko
Two years ago, the dominant conversation around AI in enterprise software was about pilots. Every…
Applying FMEA to AI-Augmented Medical Devices
Sai Ranjith
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration scrutiny of AI and machine learning in medical devices is…
Manufacturing’s Engagement Gap Is Creating Safety Risks on the Factory Floor
Chris Chuang
Manufacturers have spent millions investing in safer equipment, smarter automation, and…
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Eve Air Mobility Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Report on Urban Transportation
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OGP’s New StarLite S1 Semiautomatic 3-Axis Video Measurement System
(OGP: Rochester, NY) -- Optical Gaging Products (OGP), a leading manufacturer of optical and…
AIMS Metrology to Introduce Multisensor Inspection Solutions at IMTS 2026
(AIMS Metrology: Dayton, OH) -- Metrology continues to transition from its role as a final quality…
Philatron’s New High-Heat Silicone Wire and Cable Production Line
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