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NIST
Wrapped snugly in a custom container, seven carefully chosen materials left Earth on Aug. 24, 2025, traveling at 17,500 mph. Nestled at the top of a Falcon 9 rocket, house dust, freeze-dried human liver, and cholesterol joined four other scientific specimens to travel to the International Space…
Quality Digest
(Hitem3D: Singapore) -- In 2026, image-to-3D AI is increasingly assessed through a practical lens—not how convincingly a model looks onscreen, but how reliably it performs in 3D printing workflows. As additive manufacturing moves deeper into customized production and short-run manufacturing, the…
Jasmine Escalera
The traditional promise of work was simple: Support your life, care for your family, and build toward meaningful milestones like purchasing a home or saving for your children’s education. But for many modern professionals, that relationship with work is shifting. Instead of working to live, more…
Quality Digest
(FARO, Lake Mary, FL; Creaform: Lévis, QC) -- Faro Technologies and Creaform, businesses of AMETEK Inc., announce a major new chapter in their evolutions that will reframe how industries approach metrology and reality capture.
The combination of FARO’s 3D measurement business segment with Creaform…
Bruce Hamilton
In 1960, organizational psychologist Douglas McGregor introduced a conceptual framework of two contrasting theories about human motivation that grounded my Toyota Production System (TPS) learning.
His Theory X was based on the assumption that workers are fundamentally lazy and can’t be trusted to…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at NIST announces the launch of the AI Agent Standards Initiative. This ensures that the next generation of AI—AI agents capable of autonomous actions—is widely adopted with confidence, can function securely on behalf…
Adam Grant
Nano Tools for Leaders—a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management—are fast, effective tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly affect your success and the engagement and…
Quality Digest
(Rockwell Automation: Milwaukee) -- Rockwell Automation, one of the largest companies dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, releases new research highlighting how leading machine builders are strengthening performance, resilience, and customer trust amid increasingly…
Megan Wallin-Kerth
Working with a disability can be a frustrating and isolating experience. As someone who spent years blaming vitamin deficiencies, anxiety, and even Covid for worrisome symptoms before finally seeing a neurologist—and then a movement disorder specialist, I can attest that even the lengthy process of…
Quality Digest
(IQVIA: Durham, NC) -- IQVIA, a global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence, announces a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to help realize the potential of AI in healthcare and life sciences.
The healthcare and life sciences industries generate…
Troy Harrison
What does onboarding mean? If you said “onboarding a salesperson” consists of doing the HR paperwork, giving a facility tour, a few days of shadowing existing salespeople, and then expecting the salesperson to hit the ground running, you’re not alone. Entirely too many sales managers feel that way—…
Quality Digest
(SCANGRIP: Svendborg, Denmark) -- SCANGRIP, Europe’s leading manufacturer of LED work lights for professionals, has introduced three new products to the North American market: AREA 10 CONNECT, NOVA 10 CONNECT, and VEGA 4 CONNECT.
The Danish-made AREA 10 CONNECT work light from SCANGRIP has a…
Akhilesh Gulati
A few months ago, during separate visits to an emergency department and an urgent care center, I experienced what many patients and clinicians now consider routine: long waits, crowded spaces, and visible strain on staff. It raised a familiar question that I’ve been asking for years: If the…
Quality Digest
(GEARWRENCH: Sparks, MD) -- GEARWRENCH is expanding its lineup of diagnostic testing tools, launching four new products. New to the market is the GWSMART10, a 10 in. wireless bidirectional diagnostic tablet with charge docking station; GWSMART05, a 5 in. handheld bidirectional diagnostic tool;…
Adam Grabowski
Freedom is generally defined as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. The license to act as one pleases offers a host of benefits but can also produce consequences that limit your freedom. The same can be said of your manufacturing. The choices you…
Quality Digest
(Meriton: Irving, TX) -- Meriton, a national alliance of HVAC manufacturer representatives, announced the launch of its newly defined brand, marking a milestone in the company’s evolution and bringing greater clarity to its long-term role in the industry.
The new brand reflects Meriton’s growth…
Paige Orme, Maria DiBari
Capability maturity model integration (CMMI) is a process improvement framework required by many U.S. government contracts. If you’ve been through a CMMI appraisal in aerospace or federal contracting, you know there’s a typical pattern. Things look great on paper. Then the appraisal date gets…
Quality Digest
(Pulsenics: Toronto) -- Pulsenics, a Toronto-based technology company, has announced AccelaGrade, a new quality control solution for lithium-ion battery remanufacturers. AccelaGrade represents a step-change advance in battery cell diagnostics that will help remanufacturers scale.
What is…
Quality Digest
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Renishaw announces its latest innovation in Raman spectroscopy: the integration of time-resolved Raman spectroscopy (TRRS) into its inVia confocal Raman microscope.
This technique enables researchers and engineers to overcome the long-standing challenge of sample…
Harish Jose
This article is inspired by the ideas of cybernetics, Martin Heidegger, and Nassim Taleb. I’m looking at what I think is the largest danger of large language models (LLMs).
LLMs are extraordinarily proficient in the domain of language, and that proficiency has quietly created a philosophical…
Quality Digest
(GelSight: Waltham, MA) -- GelSight, a pioneer in surface analysis technology, announces the release of GelSight Mobile 4.3, its latest software update designed to address key customer needs with powerful new capabilities and performance enhancements.
The release delivers a redesigned 3D…
William A. Levinson
ISO 9001:2015 Clause 6.1 requires attention to actions to address risks and opportunities. There really is little practical difference between the two, as failure to exploit an opportunity constitutes a risk.
To put this in perspective, recall that poor quality is only the tip of the iceberg when…
Tzaferis Meleti
Let’s be honest. Conformity assessment has become dangerously comfortable. It’s familiar, structured, and predictable. It gives organizations a reassuring feeling of control because it produces clean documentation, tidy checklists, and audit reports that look professional. It also creates an…
Quality Digest
(Hexagon: Stockholm) -- Hexagon’s advanced measurement technologies have played a crucial role in the developing the all-new Red Bull Ford Powertrain, built to meet the demanding new 2026 F1 regulations for smaller, lighter, more nimble cars and increased on-track competitiveness. Advanced…
Stephanie Ojeda
Integrating environmental, health, and safety (EHS) with quality management is no longer optional for manufacturers; it’s essential for achieving operational excellence, ensuring ISO compliance, and driving sustainable growth. Traditionally, EHS management and quality management systems (QMS)…