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Quality Digest
In the first two episodes of The Quality Digest Roadshow, we looked at the evolution and use of dimensional measurement and measurement standards.
Distance is what most of us think about in regards to measurement. However, every day we use products that rely on another type of measurement—force:…
DataPhysics
Vibration-related failures in aerospace involve satellites, launch vehicles, and aircraft components that are expensive to replace. While traditional vibration testing can overcompensate and damage parts, modal analysis performs tests on the product before physically examining its endurance. Using…
Quality Digest
(Hexagon: Huntsville, AL) -- Hexagon, a global leader in enterprise software that helps customers design, build, operate, and protect critical industrial and infrastructure assets, announces the availability of EcoSys 9.4, the latest evolution of its industry-leading enterprise project performance…
CAISI @ NIST
Building gold-standard AI systems requires gold-standard AI measurement science—the scientific study of methods used to assess AI systems’ properties and effects. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) works to improve measurements of AI performance, reliability, and security…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory use specialized tools to study materials at the atomic scale and analyze defects at the materials’ surface. Results of their research help to better understand these materials used for advanced electronics, enabling innovative…
Creaform
Ultralarge hydraulic excavators for international open-pit mining are the core specialty of Komatsu Germany GmbH—Mining Division. A subsidiary of Japan’s Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Germany develops and manufactures six models of ultralarge hydraulic excavators in Düsseldorf in the 300–900 tonne class.…
Mike Figliuolo
It’s a terrible feeling to put a ton of effort into crafting a recommendation only to have it shot down in front of all your co-workers. If you want your idea approved, you should try doing things backward instead.
Think about how you craft a recommendation. Typically, it goes something like this…
Quality Digest
(Natuvion: Walldorf, Germany) -- A fundamental paradigm shift is emerging in IT transformation for the coming year. What was previously understood as a finite migration project is increasingly turning into an ongoing process. This new reality, the growing use of artificial intelligence, and the…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Paul Boisvert
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- America’s national security relies in part on the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines, which can operate more than 800 ft below the ocean’s surface. At such dark, unforgiving depths, the crew’s survival depends on the ability of the sub’s steel…
Eleazer Carmelli-Kim, Kevin Atkins
As the holiday season is left behind, many manufacturing leaders find a moment to step back from year-end deadlines to reflect on the bigger picture and look ahead. One question often surfaces during that quieter reset: Where will the next generation of engineers, designers, and problem-solvers…
Quality Digest
(MOVA Group: Vienna) -- AtomForm, part of the MOVA Group of companies, has unveiled the Palette 300, a major leap forward in consumer and professional 3D printing. Built on a sophisticated architecture featuring 12 intelligent nozzles, advanced multimaterial capability, and lightning-quick swaps…
George Schuetz
As production tolerances become ever tighter, and the error margin for measurement results constantly shrinks, temperature fluctuation is an issue that users may need to consider in their inspection process.
The background to this is a natural physical phenomenon: Most materials expand when heated…
Donald J. Wheeler
Performance indexes use the global standard deviation statistic to describe the past. Capability indexes use a within-subgroup measure of dispersion to characterize the process potential. However, some within-subgroup measures are better than others. This article will explain why you should not use…
Adam Zewe
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Artificial intelligence has captured headlines recently for its rapidly growing energy demands, particularly the surging electricity use of data centers that enable the training and deployment of the latest generative AI models. But it’s not all bad news. Some AI tools have…
Quality Digest
(Sikich: Chicago) --Sikich, a professional services company specializing in consulting, technology, and compliance, has announced its latest findings from the “Sikich Manufacturing Industry Pulse” survey, which captures real-time insights from U.S. manufacturing and distribution executives across…
Adam Zewe
Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But CAD software requires extensive expertise to master, and many tools incorporate such a high level of detail that they don’t lend themselves to brainstorming or rapid…
Quality Digest
(Gateworks: San Luis Obispo, CA) -- Gateworks Corp. has announced its newest Wi-Fi HaLow M.2 module built with the Morse Micro MM8108 chip set. The U.S.-made GW16167 delivers unmatched long-range connectivity, high throughput, and wall penetration. These features significantly reduce infrastructure…
Joe Curcillo
Most leaders you meet are losing almost a full workday every week to meetings that go nowhere. Same people. Same topics. Same problems. No real movement.
You’ve seen it in boardrooms and job trailers: different settings, but the same pattern. The problem isn’t meetings; it’s that your meetings are…
Matt McFarlane
The medical device industry is counting down to an important deadline: On Feb. 2, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) formally replaces the Quality System Regulation (QSR).
Although the full text of the QMSR has been available for some time…
Quality Digest
(Panaya: Hackensack, NJ) -- Panaya, a leading enterprise testing and impact analysis platform, has announced the launch of Seemore, its AI agentic layer designed to guide, analyze, fix, and test through every stage of ERP and CRM change.
Seemore helps busy teams work smarter with a natural-…
Quality Digest
(Micronora: Besançon, France) -- Micronora, a leading international microtechnology and high precision trade fair, will be back in Besançon, France, Sept. 29–Oct. 2, 2026.
A hive of innovation, this trade fair showcases the world’s submillimetric technology ecosystem—R&D, engineering,…
Zach Winn
There are some jobs human bodies just weren’t meant to do. Unloading trucks and shipping containers is a repetitive, grueling task—and a big reason warehouse injury rates are more than twice the national average.
Pickle Robot Co. wants its machines to do the heavy lifting. The company’s one-armed…
Quality Digest
(Caterpillar: Irving, TX) -- Caterpillar unveiled a set of AI-powered and autonomous innovations that mark a major step forward for heavy industry, transforming machines into intelligent, connected systems that help customers build and power critical infrastructure worldwide.
Caterpillar CEO Joe…
Quality Digest
(MITRE: McLean, VA; Bedford, MA) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced two new national initiatives, expanding its long-standing collaboration with MITRE in the AI Economic Security Center for U.S. Manufacturing Productivity and the AI Economic Security Center…
Kate Zabriskie
Something goes sideways at work—missed deadlines, bad customer feedback, you name it—and the first suggestion is, “We need training!” Sound familiar? It’s like reaching for a Band-Aid when what you really need is a lifestyle change. Training can be powerful, but it shouldn’t be your knee-jerk…