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Cornelia C. Walther
Sarah, a marketing director at a Fortune 500 company, recently celebrated her team’s 40% productivity increase after implementing AI-powered content generation tools. Her seasoned copywriters now produce campaigns in hours rather than days, while AI handles routine social media posts and email…
Quality Digest
(Telexistence: Tokyo) -- Telexistence is launching a groundbreaking service that will generate large-scale, stable, and cost-efficient robotic motion datasets tailored to customer requirements. The service will officially begin in January 2026, with preorders opening in September 2025.
At the core…
Mike Regan
In July 2024, CrowdStrike rolled out a software update that crashed more than 8 million Windows systems worldwide. The faulty release disrupted hospitals, grounded flights, halted banking operations, and affected government services. Comparable to a major cyberattack, the incident caused more than…
Quality Digest
(Nova: Rehovot, Israel) -- Nova has released its latest optical metrology solution, the Nova WMC. This modular platform has been specifically designed to address the complex requirements of the most advanced packaging applications in semiconductor manufacturing.
The Nova WMC represents a…
Kate Zabriskie
Most of us have been there. A deadline whooshes by, a teammate consistently shows up late to meetings, or someone just isn’t pulling their weight. And what do we often do? We avoid the conversation, hoping the problem will magically resolve itself. Spoiler: It never does.
Dodging these…
Bruce Hamilton
In my Labor Day article, “Celebrating Our Frontline Scapegoats,” I observed that of the seven wastes, the one most people recognize is defects. This is understandable: Workers are often blamed for defect-causing situations over which they have little or no control. This article continues that Labor…
Quality Digest
(X-Rite: Grand Rapids, MI) -- X-Rite, a global leader in color science and technology, will showcase its latest innovations in color management at industry events across North America this fall, including Coatings Trends & Technologies, Western Coatings, Advanced Design & Manufacturing, and…
Quality Digest
(Bluestreak: Delafield, WI) -- Bluestreak, a leading provider of integrated QMS and MES software, announces the release of its new laboratory information management system (LIMS). Bluestreak’s LIMS is designed to streamline lab operations with centralized test data, workflows, and traceability,…
Kateryna Sergieieva
Organizations today face a problem that’s both simple and enormous: They operate in a world that moves faster than the systems used to track it. Shipping bottlenecks appear overnight, suppliers run into trouble without warning, and crops or energy grids can shift dramatically in just a few days. In…
William A. Levinson
A vital concept from the chemical process industry, management of change (MOC) relates primarily to safety. It means that whenever we change a factor in a cause-and-effect diagram (e.g., machine, material, manpower, method, measurement, environment, or any other factor), we create risks of…
Quality Digest
(Quartz Imaging Corp.: Vancouver, BC) -- Quartz Imaging Corp., a global leader in microscopy and metrology software, has released PCI-AM Version 9, the latest and most advanced edition of its powerful automated measurement solution. This product introduces a game-changing capability: AI-driven…
Akhilesh Gulati
Organizations often face a familiar dilemma: It’s not a shortage of good ideas, but a struggle to decide which one to pursue first. During project prioritization meetings, leaders are likely to present a wide range of perspectives. The finance team pushes for hard savings, while operations advocate…
Quality Digest
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- Meeting the increasing demand for real-time data and automation in oil and gas operations, NewTek Sensor Solutions has engineered a line of linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs) specifically for reliable position feedback in downhole environments. These…
Cindy Mielke
Over the years, there have been many developments in systems and technologies that have helped industries redefine how businesses are structured. These changes, especially in sectors like manufacturing and distribution, have led to new roles and responsibilities for employees.
However, often with…
MIT Sloan School of Management
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Quantum computing is evolving into a tangible technology that holds significant business and commercial promise, although the exact timing of when it will affect those areas remains unclear, according to a new report led by researchers at the MIT Initiative on the Digital…
Quality Digest
(Physik Instrumente: Auburn, MA) -- Physik Instrumente (PI), a global leader in precision motion and positioning solutions, offers standard and custom air bearing linear slides. Based on PI’s USA engineering and manufacturing teams’ expertise, these air bearings are designed for applications…
Carl Lewis
Manufacturers are making more types of products than ever before. According to Deloitte’s Consumer Products Industry Outlook, 95% of consumer product executives report that launching new products is a top priority this year, and 67% are allocating more resources to developing truly novel offerings…
Quality Digest
(NextGen Contracting: Lexington, KY) -- NexGen Contracting, Gray’s self-perform arm, is leading the charge toward more sustainable construction practices through its concrete division.
NexGen’s concrete division is rethinking how concrete is produced, specified, and delivered to meet the demands…
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Most metals found in nature are actually in their oxide forms. To extract those metals to use in critical applications—ranging from infrastructure such as bridges and buildings to advanced technologies like airplanes, semiconductors, or even quantum materials—those oxides must be reduced with gases…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Face morphing software, which can blend photos of different people’s faces into a single synthesized image, can make it easier for bad actors to bypass identity verification systems in buildings, at borders, in airports, and in other settings. Morphed photos can deceive…
Donald J. Wheeler
Everybody wants to have good measurements. To this end, many recommend a regular schedule of recalibration. While this sounds reasonable, it can actually degrade the quality of the measurements.
The key to getting the most out of a measurement process is to know when to recalibrate and when to…
Jake Walton
Imagine you’re a student trying to pass a challenging class, one where the entire grade rests on the big test at the end of the semester. Fortunately, the professor handed out a syllabus that outlines exactly what will be on that final exam. Better still, you can also find a posted list of common…
Karyn Hede
(PermitAI: Richland, Washington) -- For the first time in the more than 50-year history of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), federal regulators now have vital information at their fingertips in a single database, thanks to an ambitious project called PermitAI, developed by the U.S.…
Quality Digest
(Hexagon: Stockholm) -- Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced a strategic partnership with Prosper Machine Tool to deliver advanced precision measurement solutions across manufacturers in north and central Texas, Arizona, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and north Louisiana.…
Global Shop Solutions
Cutting costs is nothing new in manufacturing. What’s new is having to do it while juggling labor shortages, supplier delays, and tighter customer demands. Lean principles such as reducing waste and optimizing workflows still matter, but they’re no longer enough on their own. Staying competitive…