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Midtier life sciences companies are spending more than ever on quality and regulatory technology, yet many are paying enterprise prices for capability they never use. The right question isn’t whether to invest in a quality management system (QMS) or regulatory information management (RIM) platform…
Midtier life sciences companies are spending more than ever on quality and regulatory technology, yet many are paying enterprise prices for capability they never use. The right question isn’t whether to invest in a quality management system (QMS) or regulatory information management (RIM) platform…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed advanced tools to detect abnormal power grid conditions that lead to wildfires, equipment damage, and blackouts. The approach incorporates artificial…
Teams building software as a medical device (SaMD) tend to think of ISO 14971 as the hardware team’s problem. Risk management files, FMEA tables, severity scores: all quality and regulatory territory, while the engineers close Jira tickets. That split is where things go wrong.
ISO 14971 applies to…
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Renishaw has extended the capabilities of its XK20 alignment laser by introducing flatness and level measurement functionality to its CARTO XK20 app. This gives users additional tools to measure and adjust geometric errors during machine build and alignment, adding to…
High-mix manufacturing has become the norm. Production lines are expected to produce more part variants in smaller batches and at a faster pace than ever before—all while maintaining very high quality.
To keep up, many manufacturers turn to automated quality control (AQC). Robots and 3D scanning…
(Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s Stationary Metrology Division announced the release of VGSTUDIO MAX 2026.2, bringing a new approach to multipart coordinate measurement (CM) workflows alongside a fully restructured NextGen product…
As we celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary this year, NIST experts have been working to preserve our nation’s history for the next 250-plus years. Among other historic preservation efforts, NIST engineers and scientists created a bespoke time capsule with artifacts from around the country…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- What we think we know about nuclear power is changing. For example, an entrepreneur dropped a micro nuke power plant from off a Ford 250 pickup truck. Another shipped a small modular reactor on a semi flatbed. You get the idea; the times, they are a-changin’. This is the start…
As a significant portion of the experienced manufacturing workforce approaches retirement, companies face the critical threat of losing undocumented tribal knowledge. Veteran operators possess decades of hard-won, job-specific insights that rarely exist in paper manuals or corporate file systems.…
(KoCoS Messtechnik: Korbach, Germany) -- With the PROMET SE+, KoCoS Messtechnik AG introduces a new generation of its measurement system for mobile resistance testing.
The device is designed to support the early detection of critical contact issues and to integrate seamlessly into professional…
(TÜV Rheinland: Chicago) -- TÜV Rheinland North America has announced its collaboration with NVIDIA to support the certification pathway for AI-enabled safety systems in robotics and physical AI based on NVIDIA Halos.
As industries increasingly explore the deployment of autonomous systems that…
Inbound receiving operations (aka goods-in) in the electronics industry are under increasing pressure.
Countless components from a wide range of manufacturers arrive with constantly changing label layouts, multilingual markings, and ever shorter throughput times. What once could be managed…
(DMSC: Rochester, NY) -- The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) has announced that its Model-Based Characteristics v1.0 (MBC 1.0), “Persistent Identification and Related Digital Practices” standard, designated as DMSC MBC v1.0—2026, has been approved by the American National Standards…
When people hear the word innovation, they often think of groundbreaking products, disruptive technologies, or revolutionary ideas. But not every improvement needs to reinvent the wheel. Small changes might seem insignificant at first, but their cumulative effect can be transformative.
Improved…
The office lights are on, but plenty of seats stay empty. Employees have heard the policy, nodded at talking points, and then organized their week around what helps them live well. That quiet opt-out shows up in badge data and calendar behavior, and it’s reshaping how leaders must think about…
(Wall Colmonoy: Pontardawe, Wales) -- Wall Colmonoy has officially launched a 2.5 million pound ($3.3 million) vacuum precision investment casting (VPIC) facility in South Wales, aiming to strengthen the U.K.’s aerospace and defense manufacturing capability.
Unveiled at the company’s European…
In this article I’m looking at Shunryū Suzuki’s beginner’s mind in Zen and Heinz von Foerster’s ethical imperative. Readers of my blog know that I love connecting the dots often in seemingly varying fields.
Suzuki said something useful: “In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities. In the…
(Physik Instrumente: Shrewsbury, MA) -- For high-precision applications that don’t require the ultimate geometric performance of air bearings, the Physik Instrumente (PI) new V-700 series of mechanical-bearing XY stages provides an attractive alternative.
The V-783 high-precision linear motion…
(Detection Technology: Espoo, Finland) -- Detection Technology, a global leader in X-ray detector solutions, strives to meet increasing inspection and quality assurance requirements in the defense industry with its proven and expanded X-Panel XL series of extra-large X-ray flat panel detectors.…
Ask anyone in manufacturing or in a project-driven company who has the most difficult job, and without hesitation they will say: the scheduler/planner.
It’s no wonder. Foolproof scheduling is critical to the smooth operation of most companies. Yet, planning and scheduling the workflow is akin to…
For years, many medical device manufacturers approached U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections through a familiar lens: Prepare documents, review subsystem requirements, rehearse likely questions, and demonstrate compliance against a known framework. That approach was shaped by the…
(Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Omnex has announced its next webinar, Automotive SPICE Updates: Key Changes in the Upcoming PAM 4.1 and ASPICE Guidelines 3rd Edition.
Date and time: July 9, 2026, 11:00 a.m. Eastern
Speaker: Vesna Djordjevic
Stay aligned with the upcoming Automotive SPICE 4.1 and ASPICE…
ISO has set its focus on revising three key management system standards this year. It started with ISO 14001, which covers environmental management and was published on April 15, 2026. ISO 9001 for quality management will follow in the fall. For ISO 45001, the occupational health and safety…
(Platinum Tooling: Prospect Heights, IL) -- Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc., exclusive importer of Heimatec live tools and angle heads, will display in Booth 432201 of the 2026 International Manufacturing Technology Show at Chicago’s McCormick Place, Sept. 14–19.
The products are designed to…