Story links for January 5, 2018
There is no such thing as a lone genius in business
Got a Boss Who Denies Reality?
Five Questions You Must Answer to Measure Your Business Well
Tech Corner: Voodoo Robotics Wireless Pick-to-Light System
Story links for December 15, 2017
AIAG and VDA Release Draft of Harmonized FMEA Manual
Plus and interview with Chad Kymal, CTO of Omnex
Webinar: The New AIAG VDA FMEA
Want to be more productive in 2018? Take more breaks
CMS Corner with Scott Sandwith
Tech Corner: Olympus OLS5000 Laser Confocal Microscope
Story links for December 1, 2017
How Burnout Is Plaguing Doctors and Harming Patients
Webinar: 4 Metrics Quality Teams Use to Improve Manufacturing
An interview with Jaseem Mahmmdla, Senior Product & Solution Manager for Sparta Systems
Story links for November 17, 2017
Developing the Light-Controlled Factory
Creepy Christmas Holiday Creep
Here's My Review. Where's My Paycheck?
Story links for November 10, 2017
What really causes workplace stress?
Aerospace Faces Challenges as Market Rapidly Expands
Plus: An inteviw with Gene Morrison, program manager and lead auditor at Intertek Business Assurance
Webinar: Elevating into the Aviation, Space, and Defense Industry
'Gluten-Free Water' Shows Absurdity of Trend in Labeling What's Absent
Story links for November 6, 2017
Made in Japan' Falls From Grace Amid Scandals, Systematic Flaws in Manufacturing Industry
G7 Leaders Recognize International Standards to Drive Innovation in IT
Six Signs Your Document Control System Is Effective
Plus: An inteviw with Timothy Lozier director of product strategy for Verse Solutions
Webinar: Building Effective Document Control in an ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
Tech Corner: Q-Skills3D
Demo of Q-Skills3D
I Do and I Understand
Story links for October 20, 2017
Energy Harvested from Evaporation Could Power Much of U.S., Says Study
New Handbook Helps Medical Devices Sector Improve its Quality Management System
Why Intelligent Supply Chains Will Rule the World
Why IT Lobbied for Cloud QMS
Plus: An interview with Frank Defesche of Veeva Systems
Webinar: Increase Your Quality Efficiency and Compliance with Cloud QMS
Story links for October 13, 2017
How Health Care Leaders Should Navigate Quality Reporting
New ASQ Conference to Help Attendees Thrive in Climate of Constant Change"
From Percent Rejects to Parts Per Billion: Moving Toward Zero Defects
Plus: An interview with Chad Kymal of Omnex
Webinar: From Percent Rejects to Parts per Billion
New Research May Improve Communications During Natural Disasters
Join Quality Digest Live hosts Dirk Dusharme and Mike Richman for this fast-paced LIVE video event on Manufacturing Day, October 6, 2017, starting at 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific. The inaugural Quality Digest Virtual Test & Measurement Expo will feature:
• Technical demos from our sponsors, the L.S. Starrett Co. and FARO Technologies, including close-up looks at the Starrett L1 Force Measurement System, the QuantumS ScanArm, and the Starrett Kinemetric Flip-HVR100 Video Measurement System
• Q&A with application engineers
• Look-ins from Manufacturing Day and insights from manufacturing experts
• BONUS! Three registrants selected at random will receive EITHER a Starrett tool bag filled with hand tools, a $200 Amazon gift card courtesy of FARO, OR a $200 Amazon gift card courtesy of Quality Digest. Winners will be announced at the end of our show on October 6.
SCHEDULE
- 2:00 P.M.: Starrett L1 demo
- 2:30: Interview with Gordon Styles of Star Rapid, a China-based prototyping company
- 2:45: FARO QuantumS ScanArm demo
- 3:15: Manufacturing Day look-in
- 3:30: Starrett Flip-HVR100 demo
- 4:00: Interview with Carroll Thomas, Director of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
- 4:15: Roundtable conversation on the state of manufacturing and measurement
Story links for September 29, 2017
Domestic Cars Fail to Keep Up With International Competition
The Case for Cyber-security: Interview with Martin Voelk of TUV SUD
Webinar: Developing a Cyber-Security Strategy
Printing With Concrete: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Business Counseling and the Three-Day Rule
Special Event: Quality Digest's Virtual Test & Measurement Expo
Story links for September 22, 2017
Is the Internet of Things Sending Us Back to the Middle Ages?
Artificial Intelligence—Salvation or Skynet?
Tech Corner: X-Rite's Color-Eye
Sign up for Quality Digest's Virtual Test & Measurement Expo
Story links for September 15, 2017
U.S. Business Sectors Gain or Hold Steady in Public Esteem
CMS Corner: Interview with Randy Gruver, Employee Development Specialist at Boeing
Tech Corner: zCAT Portable Direct Computer Control Coordinate Measuring Machine
Story links for September 1, 2017
FGCAR: There is No "Retail Apocalypse"
A Disaster of Biblical Proportions
Tree Structure FMEA: Interview with Chuck Boots from Siemens PLM
Webinar: Advantages of a Tree Structure FMEA: Agility, Scalability and Accelerated Quality Feedback
A Big Hurdle Do-Good Companies Face
Tech Corner: Teledyne Dalsa's BOA Spot Vision Sensor
Story links for August 4, 2017
What Went Wrong With the F-35?.
3 Ways to Realign Higher Education With Today's Workforce.
Putting the Do in Don't: The New ISO 37001 Standard
Plus: An interview with Todd Begerow, Eastern Territory Manager for DNV GL Business Assurance
What You Don't Know About Your Employees That Will Help You Manage Them Better
Plus: An interview with Kelly Graves
Story links for July 28, 2017
Teaching STEAM Skills to Deaf Kids Using Drones and 3D Printing.
Lessons From the Merchants of Venice.
Quality 4.0
Plus: An interview with Dan Jacob, research analyst at LNS Research
Considering a Move to a Pure-Cloud QMS?
Plus: An interview with Sophia Finn, director of Vault QualityOne
Story links for July 21, 2017
A look at the CMSC Measurement and Education Zones with Jerome-Alexandre Lavoie of Creaform and Matthew Ilardo of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
An interview with Gary Confalone, CEO and President of ECM Global Measurement Solutions and incoming chairperson of the Coordinate Metrology Society.
Tech Corner: ATOS Capsule by Capture 3D
Story links for July 14, 2017
Reinvention in the Age of Disruption
Upgrade After-Sales Service Technology, Watch Customer Satisfaction Soar
Understanding Risk Management and ISO Standards
Plus: An interview with Pam Bethune of Dekra
Webinar: Fundamentals of Risk Management
Story links for July 7, 2017
Demand-Driven Education To Close Skills Gap
Four More Marketing Action Items for Manufacturers
The Antikythera Mechanism and Abstract Thought
Applying Risk-Based Thinking to Operations
Plus: An interview with Tim Lozier of EtQ
Webinar: Applying Risk-Based Thinking in your Operations – Tools and tips for incorporating Risk into Quality Management
Story links for June 30, 2017
Space junk: The cluttered frontier
Medieval Medical Books Could Hold the Recipe for New Antibiotics
CMSC Corner: An interview with CMSC Executive Committee chairman Keith Bevan