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Manufacturing
The Steam Controller and an Industrial Robot: An Unexpected Intersection
Ilnar Galiullin
Valve’s new Steam gaming controller is here—10 years after the original model. It sold out quickly, reviews are everywhere, and Valve is already managing demand through a reservation queue. At first glance, a consumer gaming controller might seem to have little to do with industrial robots and cobots. In practice, it has a lot to do with how people control machines. How ENCY Hyper got here ENCY…
Improvement Tools
AI and Jobs: Are Companies Prepared for the Workforce Revolution?
Andy J. Yap, Phanish Puranam, Victoria Sevcenko

Away from the dire headlines of Big Tech layoffs, the real picture of how organizations are dealing with the AI tidal wave remains anyone’s guess. What’s clear is that organizations face hard questions that, if addressed poorly, could destabilize the very foundation of their existence: their workforce.

In the second installment of our AI & Jobs special, INSEAD professors…

Improvement Tools
The Problem Isn’t the Problem
Akhilesh Gulati

The hardest problems are often not the ones we fail to understand. They’re the ones that resist every reasonable attempt to solve them.

We improve quality, but slow production. We add control, but lose flexibility. We simplify one part of a process, only to create instability somewhere else.

Eventually, someone says, “That’s just the nature of the system.”

But what…

People Management
Managing Up Is About Expectation Management
Mike Figliuolo

Managing up can be challenging. Failure to meet your boss’s informational needs can lead to bad decisions and frustrating interactions. Learn how to manage up more effectively.

Sometimes it’s harder to manage your boss than it is to manage your team. All senior stakeholders can prove challenging to control. Fail to do so, and they run off with harebrained ideas or half-baked…

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Features
Your AI Pilot Succeeded. Now What?
Peter Daigle
The first generation of industrial AI pilots is behind us. Concepts have been proven. Early…
EASE Releases Its Layered Process Audit Benchmark Report
Quality Digest, Josh Santo
Josh Santo, senior director of industry strategy and solutions at EASE, spoke more about the…
AI’s Productivity Is Finally Hitting the Real Economy
Gleb Tsipursky
A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows that output in U.S. businesses is…
Digitizing Japan’s Historic Odawara Castle
Paul Hanaphy
Recently we were tasked with scanning Odawara Castle, a massive heritage site in Japan, including…
A Physical Checkup for Gauges
George Schuetz
Just like the people who use them, gauges should have periodic physical examinations. Sometimes,…
AI in Internal Auditing
Santosh Vasudevan
For more than 30 years I’ve audited management systems in manufacturing, automotive, laboratory,…
How Not to Waste Years Writing a Business Book
Henry DeVries
In the world of expertise-driven businesses, credibility is currency. For leaders who sell insight…
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News
SCANOLOGY Launches AccuArm Portable CMM
(SCANOLOGY: Hangzhou, China) -- As manufacturing becomes more complex, quality teams require…
Teledyne Expands AxCIS Contact Image Sensor Family
(Teledyne: Waterloo, ON) -- Teledyne DALSA announces the expansion of its AxCIS family of high-…
Upcoming Omnex Webinars on ISO 9001:2026 and IA9100
(Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Omnex has announced its latest webinars on ISO 9001:2026 and the new…
Hexagon Becomes NASCAR’s Newest Competition Partner
(Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: North Kingstown, RI, USA) -- Hexagon Manufacturing…
Digi International Launches Digi Connect EZ TS Serial Device Servers
(Digi International: Minneapolis) -- Digi International, a leading global provider of IoT…
SignalFire Launches AirQ Scout-LCD
(SignalFire: Marlborough, MA) -- SignalFire has released its new AirQ Scout-LCD 900 MHz wireless…
New Auto-Match System From BYK-Gardner USA
(BYK-Gardner: Columbia, MD) -- BYK-Gardner USA, a worldwide partner of automotive, paint, and…
Nikon NEXIV VMF-K6561 Achieves Full 600 mm Panel Coverage
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology has launched the NEXIV VMF-K6561, the latest…
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