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(meviy: Schaumburg, IL) -- A cutting-edge parts procurement platform, meviy, developed by MISUMI Group, announces the latest addition to its sheet-metal service: anodized aluminum (prefinished) sheets. Customers can now access these high-quality, prefinished sheets with lead times as short as five…
Gleb Tsipursky
The 2024 U.S. presidential election is shaping up to be one of the closest in recent history, with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in a dead heat in many polls. This razor-thin margin amplifies the effect of even small demographic changes, such as those driven by the recent surge in remote…
James Chan
Facility and equipment maintenance is most effective when performed proactively and regularly. This kind of routine maintenance can take many forms, ranging from the most basic approaches to complicated strategies using sensors and data to trigger maintenance. Time-based maintenance (TBM) is a…
Quality Digest
(GFT: New York) -- Manufacturers are in the midst of one of the most significant transformations of their time, defined in large part by new AI-powered efficiencies. But for many companies, decades of siloed data stand between them and this new reality.
GFT has been working with Google Cloud since…
Quality Digest
(Sandvik Coromant: Sandviken, Sweden) -- Cutting tools specialist Sandvik Coromant has upgraded the damping mechanism of its Silent Tools turning adaptors for even more consistent performance and improved surface finish during internal turning operations at long overhangs. The new adaptors…
Gleb Tsipursky
The recent $22.1 million verdict in the case of Billesdon vs. Wells Fargo Securities has cast a spotlight on the increasing legal risks companies face when they ignore work-from-home (WFH) requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This landmark case underscores the critical need for…
Bruce Hamilton
For an organization to develop a sustainable, continuous improvement culture, it must, as we say at Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership, involve everybody, every day—i.e., process improvement must become an everyday part of everyone’s job. That’s the ideal.
The reality, however, according to…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new laser-based technique that could dramatically improve our ability to analyze a variety of materials and gases, including greenhouse gases. This new method, called “free-form dual…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $15 million for a center of excellence to support U.S. engagement in international standardization for critical and emerging technologies (CETs) essential to U.S.…
Mark Graban
It’s a story I’ve heard too many times: An organization spends years, even decades, entrenched in a top-down, command-and-control culture. In this environment, employees are micromanaged, decision-making is reserved for those at the top, and when things go wrong, the finger-pointing begins. “Blame…
Mohammad Mahdi Zare
Remote work is now an essential part of the modern workplace, offering flexibility and convenience to millions of employees worldwide. However, with this shift to home offices and flexible workspaces comes a new set of security challenges. Remote workers face a unique set of risks, and businesses…
Quality Digest
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Renishaw, a global leader in metrology systems, showcased its innovative 5-axis measurement technology for CMMs at IMTS 2024 in McCormick Place, Chicago.
The REVO 5-axis multisensor system was displayed with an extensive range of probes. The 5-axis CMM measurement…
Quality Digest
(KYZEN: Nashville, TN) -- KYZEN, a global leader in innovative environmentally responsible cleaning chemistries, will exhibit at the ATRA Powertrain Expo, Nov. 5–7, 2024, at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. The KYZEN team will highlight a full line of products to improve cleaning performance for…
Quality Digest
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of a new white paper, “SSI Shipbuilding PLM: PLM Tailored to Unlock Shipbuilding Transformation.” The paper describes the evolving capabilities of SSI’s Shipbuilding PLM as…
Joshua Zable
Everyone has their own favorite graph type or visual tool. I’m not ready to declare this my favorite yet, but this oldie but goodie has got to get more time and attention. That’s right: I’m talking about control charts with stages, also sometimes called before/after control charts.
If you’re not…
Dawn Bailey
A nonprofit serving manufacturers that has generously supported the Baldrige Enterprise is AME (Association for Manufacturing Excellence), which comprises 4,000 manufacturing members ranging from executives to senior and middle managers. I recently interviewed AME president and CEO Kim Humphrey,…
Mike Figliuolo
We’ve already talked about what a strategic plan is (and isn’t) in our discussion: “Strategic Planning Isn’t ‘Budget +10%.’” Hopefully, you’ve now got a direction mapped out and a list of initiatives to pursue, and you’re ready for a little tactical strategic advice. (Yes, that phrase is supposed…
Quality Digest
(ETQ: Burlington, MA) -- ETQ, part of Hexagon, has launched its Reliance Predictive Quality Analytics solution, which brings a new level of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven analytics to its ETQ quality management system (QMS).
The solution enables automated, early detection and proactive…
Quality Digest
(ZEISS: Oberkochen, Germany) -- The ZEISS Women Award was given a special premiere this year: Outstanding female students and graduates from the Digital and IT sectors were recognized for the 14th time—and for the first time in the categories of Digital Research, Digital Entrepreneurship, and…
Mei Lee Ngan
I once transformed my face to look like Ron Swanson—for science.
I never thought disguising myself with wigs and makeup would be part of my job, but as a NIST facial recognition researcher I sometimes do just that. To make myself look like the gruff character from the show Parks and Recreation, I…
Zach Winn
Most doctors go into medicine because they want to help patients. But today’s healthcare system requires that they spend hours each day on other work—searching through electronic health records (EHRs), documenting, coding and billing, gaining prior authorization, and evaluating services—that often…
Quality Digest
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- To help broaden additive manufacturing (AM) adoption across various industrial applications, global engineering technologies company Renishaw has expanded the number of processable materials for its RenAM 500 series of metal AM systems. The new materials include…
Quality Digest
(TRUMPF: Ditzingen/Biblis, Germany) -- A joint project led by Focused Energy is developing the world’s first laser-driven neutron source for industrial use. The so-called LDRS process (laser-driven radiation sources) can not only nondestructively see through thick steel or concrete walls, but also…
Quality Digest
(Quality Digest: Mountlake Terrace, WA) -- Quality Digest is looking for a part-time copy editor/writer (not video or audio editor) for a remote position. Roughly 20 hours/week, schedule to be determined, but will need to at least partially overlap California working hours. Our ideal candidate:
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Akhilesh Gulati
A few days after returning from a speaking engagement at the Innovate for Excellence Summit in Chicago last September, I spoke to Susan, an old classmate. We chatted for a while, and naturally the conversation drifted toward innovation—something we’re both passionate about. She asked me about my…
