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Gleb Tsipursky
Have you wondered how to foster remote and hybrid diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace? Many companies have consulted with me about developing and implementing their strategies for returning to the office and establishing permanent work arrangements. During my interviews with…
Stephanie Ojeda
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Workplace safety incidents are a key driver of risk in manufacturing organizations. There are the obvious risks to workers, whose ability to make a living directly depends on their employer’s approach to safety.
There are also huge risks to companies themselves, which face…
Vanessa Bates Ramirez
If you’ve seen the Terminator movies, you may remember the shape-shifting humanoid robot T-1000. Made of liquid metal, it could instantly self-heal bullet wounds and other injuries, its metal simply oozing back together and making any damage disappear. Decades after the concept of self-healing…
(Nikon Industrial Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- The Industrial Metrology business unit of Nikon Corp. has released the automatic wafer measurement system NEXIV VMZ-NWL 200 to solve the challenges of wafer metrology in the semiconductor back-end process, where more work is traditionally carried out…
(DeltaTrak: Modesto, CA) -- DeltaTrak is introducing the FlashTrak Chain of Custody (CoC) real-time traceability solution. With FlashTrak CoC, you can manage, integrate, and share product traceability data across the whole supply chain process. From the grower to the consumer, the CoC brings…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- A new nanoscience study led by a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory takes a big-picture look at how scientists study materials at the smallest scales.
The paper, published in Science Advances, reviews leading work in subsurface…
Mark Graban
I can’t count how many times during the past 20 years I’ve heard executives complain that their people aren’t enthusiastically participating in their lean program. Leaders lament that while the company has spent a small fortune to put everybody through continuous improvement training, hardly…
Michael Platt, Elizabeth Z. Johnson
Most leaders would attest that true collaboration—the pooling of knowledge, perspectives, and brainpower of talented people—is a desired yet often elusive outcome. To change that, and boost the likelihood of generating breakthrough results, draw on parallels with improvisational jazz during your…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- A pioneering X-ray computed laminography (CL) technique has been introduced by the Industrial Metrology business unit of Nikon for nondestructively inspecting challenging components using the computed tomography (CT) systems it manufactures. The newly available…
(TetraScience: Boston) -- TetraScience, the scientific data cloud company, announced a partnership with DataHow, a provider of a digital bioprocess development platform, to help customers transform bioprocess design and optimization using Tetra Data—the life science industry’s only AI-ready…
Mike Figliuolo
Do you find yourself muttering, “I hate my job” every day when you wake up? Have you been saying that for more than a month straight? Are people starting to avoid you because you’re a downer to be around?
Then it’s probably time to shut your mouth and quit your job.
Yep. Time for another…
Kobi Leins, ISO
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In everyday life, the most common conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) goes along the lines of, “I used ChatGPT, and it did x.” Corporate leaders, governments, and international organizations, however, are having a very different conversation. Theirs is about how the…
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(Duravant Group: Downers Grove, IL) -- Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of companies, introduces the COMPASS family of food optical sorters. Powered by next-generation inspection technology as well as a new sort engine and ergonomic user interface, COMPASS is the…
(Signalysis: Cincinnati) -- Signalysis Inc., a leading provider of end-of-production quality test systems, has announced a partnership with hardware supplier MECALC. The collaboration opens the door for the integration of Signalysis SigQC quality inspection software with MECALC’s QuantusSeries…
Chris Bush
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The U.N. recognizes privacy as a fundamental human right, and nowhere is this more important than in medical data. That’s why both the U.S. and the EU have regulations in place that govern the collection, storage, and use of patient data in healthcare.
In the U.S., there is the…
Harald Remmert
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, once said that what he could measure he could control. Other variations of this saying are, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it,” or, “To measure is to know.” In a highly intricate and delicate industry like utilities, it’s challenging to have reliable…
(DeltaTrak: Modesto, CA) -- Sweden can now rely on the patented FlashTrak Global Chain of Custody (CoC) information management system from DeltaTrak to help keep its growing export-oriented economy strong.
FlashTrak CoC provides detailed supply chain traceability that Swedish exporters and…
(Equatic: Los Angeles) -- Carbon removal company Equatic has developed a revolutionary process reliant on seawater electrolysis to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) while simultaneously producing clean hydrogen. A new white paper, written after consultation with EcoEngineers (Eco)—a clean…
Rob McAveney
For most discrete manufacturing companies, digital transformation initiatives are underway in some capacity. They’re largely seen as table stakes in today’s economy. Unfortunately, outdated systems and procedures often bring problems that hinder these initiatives.
A lack of consistency among…
Andrey Koptelov
In this age of rapid technological innovation, the introduction of sophisticated technologies in various industries has raised complex ethical dilemmas. As businesses strive to achieve financial goals and keep stakeholders happy, they also have to mitigate the adverse effects of technology…
Jones Loflin
During my 29 years of working with leaders and managers, I’ve rarely heard any of them say, “I’m so excited about doing the performance reviews for my team.” They see it as another “elephant” in their schedule.
But performance reviews are important. Some of the benefits include:
I also believe…
(SHELLBACK Semiconductor Technology: Coopersburg, PA) -- SHELLBACK Semiconductor Technology, at the forefront of supplying capital equipment solutions to emerging semiconductor markets worldwide, has sold its popular EAGLEi 300 FOUP inspection system to a major 300 mm chip manufacturer in the U.S…
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(Mecmesin: Horsham, West Sussex, UK) -- Mecmesin, a global leader in designing and manufacturing equipment to test force, materials, and torque for quality control, has expanded its OmniTest universal testing machine (UTM) range. The latest additions to the OmniTest lineup…
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(Mettler Toledo: Columbus, OH) -- Mettler Toledo Product Inspection Group will present a variety of inspection systems in Booth C-1814 at Pack Expo Las Vegas, being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 11–13, 2023. Two new X-ray inspection systems—the X2 and the CX32—…
Donald J. Wheeler
As we learned last month, the precision to tolerance ratio is a trigonometric function multiplied by a scalar constant. This means that it should never be interpreted as a proportion or percentage. Yet the simple P/T ratio is being used, and misunderstood, all over the world. So how can we properly…
