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On Sept. 16, 2026, ISO published the sixth edition of ISO 9001. Within days, the summaries arrived: what changed in Clause 5, what the new Annex A says, how the 2024 climate amendment carries forward. They’re useful, but they answer the questions certified organizations ask least often. The…
(Dürr: Southfield, MI) -- Dürr is expanding its dispensing technology portfolio with the EcoMeter XS, a compact microdispensing unit that automatically applies very small quantities of adhesives, sealants, and other high-viscosity materials. The system primarily serves manufacturers of battery and…
Adding a control element to any system may seem like an easy path, even a necessary one. Redundancy reassures the stakeholders and the auditors, and it might become a sales pitch for the customers. Removing such elements is, on the other hand, more challenging; it’s an effort that requires…
(Enviropass Expertise Inc.: Mount Royal, QC) -- Enviropass Expertise, a Canadian environmental product-compliance consultancy and testing laboratory, has published findings from its January–August 2026 project portfolio, examining practical compliance challenges involving RoHS, REACH, PFAS,…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has adopted the Paris Statement, reaffirming the role of international standards in supporting global efforts to build greater resilience, adapt to climate change, and protect nature.
The ISO Annual Meeting 2026 was hosted…
Most shops accept a gauge the same way. They run a gauge repeatability and reproducibility (gauge R&R) study with 10 parts, three appraisers, and three trials. Get a %GRR under 30. File the report and move on. The AIAG criteria are familiar: Under 10% is generally acceptable, 10%–30% may be…
(AI4RVI Inc.: Chester, NJ) -- AI4RVI has announced the launch of Edgevision, a next-generation remote visual inspection (RVI) system built to deliver true high-definition imaging of boiler, heat exchanger, and other tube interior conditions. The system was rolled out at the American Society for…
M ore than 80% of restructuring efforts in firms fail. Most explanations focus on poor execution or bad strategy. Our research points to something more uncomfortable: Embarking on organizational transformation isn’t always a rational response to a business challenge but can be a defensive reaction…
M ore than 80% of restructuring efforts in firms fail. Most explanations focus on poor execution or bad strategy. Our research points to something more uncomfortable: Embarking on organizational transformation isn’t always a rational response to a business challenge but can be a defensive reaction…
M ore than 80% of restructuring efforts in firms fail. Most explanations focus on poor execution or bad strategy. Our research points to something more uncomfortable: Embarking on organizational transformation isn’t always a rational response to a business challenge but can be a defensive reaction…
On a Tuesday morning, a support agent in Dublin closes a tricky ticket while an engineer in Bengaluru ships a fix, and a sales manager in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio, joins a customer call spanning four time zones. None of them set foot in the same building, yet the work clicks.
New findings in…
(PI: Shrewsbury, MA) -- Physik Instrumente (PI) is expanding its bi-phase inertia drive (BIX) technology with new motor architectures for compact, high-precision nanopositioning. Building on the B-421 BIX nanopositioning stages, PI engineers have demonstrated new BIX-based designs for higher-force…
(DEWALT: Towson, MD) -- DEWALT, a Stanley Black & Decker brand renowned for innovation on the job site, has announced that the world’s first fleet-capable, downward-drilling robot, DALE, has been named a winner in Fast Company’s 2026 Next Big Things in Tech awards. The awards recognize…
William Overman began his Ph.D. program at Stanford Graduate School of Business at an auspicious moment—just two months before ChatGPT publicly launched in November 2022, exploding widely held understandings of what machines can do.
Even as Overman began enlisting AI for his research, he grew wary…
Most early-stage medical device companies never decide to skip a quality management system (QMS). They just never decide to buy one. The founding team opens a shared drive, builds a spreadsheet for design inputs and outputs, starts a document register in another tab, and agrees to sort out the real…
(Digital Metrology: Columbus, OH) -- Digital Metrology Solutions, a provider of measurement software, consulting, and training, has announced a major new release of its OmniSurf surface profile analysis software. This highly visual software provides an easy-to-use toolkit for exploring surface data…
Painter Bob Ross taught us that “happy accidents” can make beautiful art. Happy accidents also happen in science when experiments take research in unexpected directions. One dramatic example is Sir Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin.
Not all unexpected scientific developments…
(Avalue Technology: Marlboro, NJ) -- As artificial intelligence expands across industrial automation, smart healthcare, machine vision, retail, and public services, enterprises are moving from centralized AI processing toward distributed computing architectures. AI training, real-time inference,…
A problem shows up, and the fix usually arrives five minutes later.
“We need more training.”
“We need a better system.”
“We need another person.”
“We need a new checklist.”
Sometimes one of those answers is exactly right. Too often it’s not. The organization has named a solution before even…
(Fluor: Irving, TX) -- Fluor Corp. has announced that its joint venture with JGC Corp. has been selected to deliver engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning for Phase 2 of LNG Canada’s liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia.
The joint…
People pitch ideas all the time. Most of those pitches never get heard. Why? Because they don’t consider the audience.
I get ideas pitched to me all the time. My inbox is flooded by emails from PR professionals asking me to carry guest blog posts, do book reviews, share their infographics, and…
(GARDCO: Columbia, MD) -- Paul N. Gardner Co. (GARDCO), worldwide distributors, producers, and designers of quality physical and inspection instruments for paint, coatings, and related industries, announces its new Articulating Video Borescope inspection camera.
The new camera includes a two-way…
(Key Technology: Walla Walla, WA) -- Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces new enhancements for its COMPASS belt-fed optical sorter. Delivering precise, repeatable removal of foreign material and product defects, COMPASS helps processors ensure product…
It’s one of the most dangerous sentences you can hear on a factory floor: “The drawing is updated, and we’re good to go.”
It sounds like the finish line. We fixed it! Nothing else to do here.
I’ve watched this play out countless times in different hardware teams. A part caused a headache on the…
Four years ago, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Cyrus Daugherty developed an algorithm to virtually unroll the tightly wrapped layers of a cylindrical lithium-ion battery. Daugherty’s software transformed X-ray images of the battery, taken at different angles, into…