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Erin Vogen
For many maintenance teams, the story is all too familiar: Limited resources make it difficult to anticipate equipment failures, which leads to frequent, costly breakdowns. During these moments of crisis, miscommunication and disorganization only amplify the problem. This perpetuates the perception…
Quality Digest
(Dot Compliance: Phoenix) -- Dot Compliance, a provider of AI-powered compliance and electronic quality management system (eQMS) solutions, has upgraded its flagship offering. Striving to address the needs of any size company and make quality and compliance accessible to all, Dot Compliance…
Quality Digest
(Nikon: Tokyo) -- Nikon Corp. has launched the NEXIV VMF-K Series, a video measuring system designed to meet increasing semiconductor and electronic component inspection demands.
Building on the success of the VMZ-K Series, the NEXIV VMF-K Series offers significant benefits to a wide range of…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Manufacturers sometimes face technical challenges beyond the scope of in-house expertise or experience. It’s important for them to focus on finding the right partners and advisors to help them navigate these obstacles and remain competitive.
The Mississippi Polymer…
Quality Digest
(Malema: Downers Grove, IL) -- Malema, part of PSG and Dover and a leading provider of flow meter technologies for use in industrial and semiconductor applications, has launched the Malema CIFM-88 Series DuraMassFlow PFA Coriolis Industrial Flow Meter. The new flow meter is suitable for chemical…
Akhilesh Gulati
It was another busy morning at the monthly operations meeting. Lindsay, the operations manager at TechElectronics, a growing manufacturer of consumer electronics, called the meeting to order. As usual, they started with the routine updates—inventory levels, production schedules, and customer…
Etienne Nichols
Compliance with industry regulations and standards is a fundamental part of medtech. Without proper medical device compliance, companies risk patient harm, litigation, and reputational damage.
Fortunately, compliance with medical device regulations and standards is not an impossible task. A…
Mike Figliuolo
Everyone has goals these days. The one that causes more disconnects than any other is a sales goal. It’s a number to hit (either units or dollars or both—the better ones are actually measured in profit dollars rather than revenue dollars). They’re problematic because by their very nature they get a…
Quality Digest
(AW-Lake: Oak Creek, WI) -- AW-Lake, flow instrumentation manufacturer, has launched the TN Turbine flow meter. This meter offers a cost-effective solution for measuring light viscosity fluids, including glycol, water, and solvents. It can be used for liquid flow measurement both on or off the…
Jennifer King
A study by Upwork has revealed that about 22% of the American workforce will be working from home by 2025. Remote work is here to stay, bringing many benefits along with it—including significant cost savings for businesses and the promise of a better work-life balance for employees. However, the…
Marian Merritt
Cybersecurity is a fast-growing field with a constant need for skilled professionals. But unlike other professions—like medicine or aviation—there’s no clear-cut pathway to qualifying for cybersecurity positions. For employers and job seekers alike, this can make the journey to building a team (or…
Quality Digest
(Muon Space: Mountain View, CA) -- Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates mission-tailored low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by SpaceWERX through Space Systems…
Quality Digest
(Vibronyx: Nashville, TN ) -- Vibronyx, a minority- and veteran-owned analytics services company, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Achievement Award for its work on developing the Joint Food Management System (JFMS). The award recognizes Vibronyx’s…
Rachel Byfleet
In an eco-friendly plot twist that would make Captain Planet proud, the European Union has rolled out the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), a blueprint that’s got big companies talking about more than just profits. Imagine a world where every major company’s reports don’t just…
Victoria Alestra
In regulated industries like pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food manufacturing, compliance is crucial for operational excellence. A validated quality management system (QMS) is key to maintaining this compliance. Let’s explore how QMS software streamlines validation and ensures regulatory…
Quality Digest
(Michigan Metrology: Livonia, MI) -- Registration is open for Michigan Metrology’s annual short course on surface roughness, texture, and tribology in Livonia, Michigan, May 7–8, 2025. The two-day class offers a unique opportunity to learn the fundamentals of surface roughness and tribology and how…
Quality Digest
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) – Renishaw, a global engineering technologies company, has partnered with Canada Makes, Canada’s premier additive manufacturing (AM) network, to promote the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) technology across Canada. Renishaw’s AM engineers, designers, and…
Patrick Willemson
As sustainability and transparency become increasingly vital to global business practices, the European Union has introduced the Digital Product Passport (DPP)—an initiative that will reshape the manufacturing landscape worldwide.
For manufacturers in the U.S. and other regions, understanding the…
Etienne Nichols
A quality management system (QMS) is at the heart of every successful medtech company. A QMS comprises all the policies, processes, and procedures that ensure the production of safe and effective medical devices—which means that problems with your QMS can quickly become problems with your products…
Quality Digest
(Vuzix Corp.: Rochester, NY) -- Vuzix Corp., a leading supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology and products, announced that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has expanded its deployment of Vuzix M400 smart glasses after…
Quality Digest
(RTX BBN Technologies: Cambridge, MA) -- RTX BBN Technologies is developing compact, low-power, deployable photonic sensors that will provide users with better awareness of environmental elements critical to their missions with greater than 10 times the precision of current sensors. This new…
Quality Digest
(Teledyne DALSA: Waterloo, ON) -- Teledyne DALSA has introduced Z-Trak 3D Apps Studio, a suite of software tools developed for in-line 3D machine vision applications. Designed to work with Teledyne DALSA’s Z-Trak family of laser profilers, it simplifies 3D measurement and inspection tasks on…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- As COP29, the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, drew to a close on Nov. 22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Standards Pavilion, led by ISO, IEC, and ULSE, alongside eight other standards organizations, hailed significant progress in recognizing the crucial role of…
Gleb Tsipursky
As organizations increasingly integrate generative AI (gen AI) to boost productivity, innovation, and competitive advantage, they encounter a host of challenges. Many face resistance to change, fears of job displacement, and concerns about data privacy.
Understanding and overcoming these…
Yushiro Kato, Quality Digest
The state of American manufacturing is in dire need of improvement. For decades, the U.S. economy has been transforming into a service-based model while the manufacturing power we associate with the American postwar capacity of the 1950s and ’60s has dispersed offshore.
This slow degradation of U.…
