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George Schuetz
Thickness is one of the most frequently measured dimensions, and one that’s very easy to understand. So, you might think that someone would come up with a one-style-fits-all measurement approach that’s good for just about every kind of thickness application. But it just isn’t so.
There are many…
Quality Digest
(MasterControl: Salt Lake City) -- MasterControl, a leading provider of quality, manufacturing, and asset management software solutions for regulated industries, announced it has achieved the highest potential score among all vendors evaluated in LNS Research’s 2025 Enterprise Quality Management…
Quality Digest
(Johnson Controls: Milwaukee) -- Johnson Controls, a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announced the launch of its Reference Design Guide Series for 1 Gigawatt AI data centers. Each guide in the series maps the full thermal chain, offering cooling architectures tailored to…
X-Rite
The Pantone Color of the Year 2026, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, is described as an airy, billowy white that opens space for creativity, quiet reflection, and calm. A white that is both warm and cool, its serene presence symbolizes the need for clarity in a noisy world.
As soon as the choice was…
Quality Digest
(Modern Meadow: Nutley, NJ) -- Modern Meadow, a leader in biodesign, and HELLER-LEDER, a premium leather tannery, announced the formation of INNOVERA Europe, a joint venture that will bring large‑scale production of next‑generation sustainable material directly to Europe. The new entity marks a…
Paul Hanaphy
In the medical field, 3D technology is fast becoming indispensable. Whether used for educating patients ahead of surgeries or teaching students how to do these operations, anatomy models, both 3D printed and digital, offer an ideal solution for visualization ahead of time.
One of the main…
Ram Sriram
When you go to a medical appointment, does the doctor look at you while you talk? Or are they busy typing everything you say into a computer? If it’s the latter, you may find that will change soon, thanks to artificial intelligence.
Some doctors’ offices are using AI services to transcribe your…
Quality Digest
(NOVA Chemicals: Calgary, AB) -- NOVA Chemicals announced it earned the PE Customer Value & Loyalty Benchmarking Award, ranking No. 1 for Quality and Overall Performance in the 2025 Polyethylene (PE) Customer Value and Loyalty survey conducted every two years by Mastio & Co. The award…
Quality Digest
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- The Pappalardo Apprentice program pushes the boundaries of the traditional lab experience, inviting a selected group of juniors and seniors to advance their fabrication skills while also providing mentor training and peer-to-peer mentoring opportunities in an environment…
Alex Shipps
Generative artificial intelligence models have left such an indelible imprint on digital content creation that it’s getting harder to recall what the internet was like before it. You can call on these AI tools for clever projects, such as videos and photos, but their flair for the creative hasn’t…
George Anastasopoulos
In recent months, through several of my professional activities, a recurring and increasingly concerning pattern has emerged: The use of AI to generate client responses to accreditation assessment findings (nonconformities) as well as participant essays, exercises, and examination answers from…
Quality Digest
(IDS: Obersulm, Germany) -- IDS Imaging Development Systems, a leading manufacturer of industrial cameras, is the only provider in the industry to offer a voluntary three-year manufacturer’s warranty on all IDS-branded camera series. With this expanded service, IDS sets new standards for quality,…
Quality Digest
(Adcole: Marlborough, MA) -- Adcole, a global leader in precision shaft metrology for more than 50 years, announces the launch of its redesigned website, ready to deliver a more engaging experience for engineers and manufacturers who demand accuracy.
The new Adcole.com is a go-to resource for…
Chip Bell
The customer is not always right. We are all customers, and sometimes we’re dead wrong. Stew Leonard Jr., CEO of Stew Leonard’s grocery stores, enjoys saying, “The goal is to make the customer feel right.”
His sentiment means never dealing with a customer in a judgmental way, because you never…
Quality Digest
(CANEA: Orlando, FL) -- ISO 9001 and ISO 14001—the world’s leading standards for quality and environmental management—are evolving, with major updates confirmed for 2026. These revisions will address critical topics like climate action, leadership-driven quality culture, and securing business value…
Josh Peterson
As AI makes its way into every corner of work, quality management is no exception. That isn’t surprising: Quality teams are buried in documentation, training upkeep, investigations, and reporting, which are exactly the kinds of workflows AI can help streamline.
However, in regulated environments…
Susan Robertson
In some organizations, possibility feels like a luxury. Something you talk about at offsite sessions. Something you reference in mission statements. Something you save for after the real work is done.
But in visionary organizations, possibility is the work.
Visionary leaders understand that…
Quality Digest
(InnovMetric: Quebec City) -- InnovMetric, an independent software development company that gives manufacturers of every size the ability to digitally transform their 3D measurement processes, has signed a global partnership agreement with Luxembourg-based Artec 3D. Under this agreement, Artec 3D…
Harish Jose
I want to revisit the notion of information from a cybernetic viewpoint, drawing primarily from Gregory Bateson’s well-known formulation that information is the difference that makes a difference. This definition doesn’t merely redefine information. It quietly displaces information from where it’s…
Zach Winn
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- More than 200 years ago, the steam boiler helped spark the Industrial Revolution. Since then, steam has been the lifeblood of industrial activity around the world. Today the production of steam—created by burning gas, oil, or coal to boil water—accounts for a significant…
Brian Gutierrez
Measurement, in its most basic form, is about comparing the thing you want to measure with a reference. To measure the length of a table, you compare it to a tape measure. To measure flour for a birthday cake, you compare it to a measuring cup. Better references mean better measurements.
If you’re…
Quality Digest
(EPIGAP OSA: Berlin) -- EPIGAP OSA Photonics, a global manufacturer of custom and standard LEDs and photodetectors, announces a significant breakthrough in surface-mount device (SMD) shortwave infrared (SWIR) LED technology, which delivers more output power and an extended product range (from 700…
Brian Brooks
The manufacturing world is undergoing a major shift. Supply chain shocks, reshoring, a busy merger and acquisition landscape, and other disruptions are prompting many manufacturers to rethink their operations with the hope of mitigating risk, building resilience, and gaining more control.
Although…
Quality Digest
(Disruption Interruption: Tampa Bay, FL) -- Bringing a new drug from discovery to market is a grueling marathon that typically requires 10-15 years of research, testing, and regulatory approval. According to recent data, clinical development times for innovative drugs have remained stagnant during…
Mike King, Anusha Gangadhara
During a June 2025 webinar on pragmatic AI applications in healthcare quality management and regulatory affairs, live polling of quality and regulatory professionals revealed that approximately 80% of respondents were actively implementing AI solutions or seriously considering their use in quality…