Story links for June 30, 2017

Space junk: The cluttered frontier

Medieval Medical Books Could Hold the Recipe for New Antibiotics

The Traveling Ohno Circle

CMSC Corner: An interview with CMSC Executive Committee chairman Keith Bevan

Story links for June 23, 2017

ASME Supports STEM Opportunities Act of 2017

How Your Bonus Affects Your Colleagues' Behavior

Five Costly Mistakes Applying SPC
Plus: An interview with Steve Daum of PQ Systems
Webinar: Five costly mistakes applying SPC and how to avoid them

What Do You Mean My Production Is Wonky?

Story links for June 16, 2017

Hexagon LIVE Recap

Gartner Announces Rankings of the 2017 Supply Chain Top 25

Risk-Based Thinking in Planning (6.0): Using the Business Operating System Approach
Plus and interview with Chad Kymal

The Management and Employee Development Review
Plus: An interview with Kelly Graves

Story links for June 9, 2017

MEPs are Essential to Rebuilding American Manufacturing Competitiveness

Holograms: The Future of Electronic Devices

The Leadership Gap
Plus: An interview with Lolly Daskal

Why Banning Laptops From Airplane Cabins Doesn't Make Sense

Story links for June 2, 2017

Precision Farming Takes Off

2017 Baldrige Award Applications Have Arrived

Executing the Inspection Plan in Closed-Loop Manufacturing
Plus: An interview with Jonathan O'Hare of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence

Tides of Change at Ford Motor Co.

Story links for May 26, 2017

Low-Cost Carriers Lead Legacy Airlines for Passenger Satisfaction

Lego Snaps Together Largest-Ever Lego Brick Wind Turbine

Nothing to Wear in Space?

What to Do When Reality Smacks You in the Face

Story links for May 19, 2017

Move Over, Superman!

Wasting Time Is the Biggest Risk of All
Plus: An interview with Violet Masoud of DNV

How to Lead Like a Top Chef

CMSC Corner

Story links for May 12, 2017

Why AI Is the New Electricity

New ISO 20400 Standard Helps Organizations Integrate Sustainability into Their Procurement Processes

Still Struggling With Quality Metrics?
Plus interview with Sameer Kadam of Sparta Systems

Popper's Circle

Story links for May 5, 2017

Desks on Wheels

Why Japan's Rail Workers Can't Stop Pointing at Things

Rapid Prototyping: Interview with the president and founder of Star Rapid, Gordon Styles

Story links for April 28, 2017

Quality Control in the Home-Brewing Vertical

How Digital Media Will Bring Out Our Best Selves in the Workplace

A3 Releases White Paper Exploring Automation and Job Growth

Get the Scoop on Closed-Loop Manufacturing
Plus: Interview with Jonathan O'Hare, Technology expert for Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence.
Webinar: Sensing Your Way Through Closed-Loop Manufacturing

Story links for April 21, 2017

Which Is the Most Important Step in PDCA?

How Economics 101 Could Have Prevented United's PR Nightmare

Interview with Mike McLean, Convener for ISO TMBG for IUMSS Handbook

Questionnaire for revising the ISO Integrated Use of Management System Standards (IUMSS) Handbook

Story links for April 14, 2017

San Jose Students and Faculty Create Webisodes to Benefit STEM Education

E-Skin Ushers in the Next Era of Smart Technologies by Enabling the Shift from Wearables to Skin-worn Devices

Ten Hard Skills to Learn That Will Last a Lifetime

CMSC Corner: Interview with Daniel Sawyer, mechanical engineer at NIST and CMSC presentations liason

Off script with Mike and Dirk

Story links for April 7, 2017

Silk Sensor Could Speed Development of New Infrastructure, Aerospace and Consumer Materials

America's Infrastructure Stuck with a D+ Grade

Save Costs When Implementing Enterprise Quality Systems
Plus: An interview with Chad Kymal, CTO and founder of Omnex Inc.
Webinar: Enterprise Quality Management: ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13485 or IATF 16949 Implementations Made Easy," Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at 11 a.m. Pacific, 2 p.m. Eastern.

Tech Corner: Fowler Mobile Tech Center with John Filippides

Story links for March 17, 2017

Book Review: Kaleidoscope
Plus: An inteview with author Chip Bell

Why Employee Freebies Are Bad for Quality

Automotive Quality Standard Sees Major Update
Plus: An interview with Ismael Belmarez, accreditation manager for DNV GL Business Assurance North America
Webinar: IATF 16949:2016 Transition Experiences

Off Script with Mike and Dirk

Story links for March 10, 2017

Report Identifies New Consumer Group: Connected Spenders

A Short History of Lean

The Small Will Survive and Thrive
Plus: An interview with Randell Bell, Ph.D., CEO of Landmark Research Group LLC
Book: Me We Do Be: The Four Cornerstones of Success

The Most Important Question to Ask About Your Audit Program
Plus: An interview with Tom Middleton, solutions architect for Sparta Systems Inc.
Webinar: "Why You Should Automate Third-Party Audits"

Off Script with Mike and Dirk

Story links for March 3, 2017

Why U.S. Trade With Mexico and China Could Not Be More Different

The Three Gates

CMSC Corner: With guest Keith Bevan, Chairperson of the Coordinate Metrology Society

Off Script with Mike and Dirk

Leadership

Story links for February 24, 2017

African-American History Month: From Shortstop to Spreadsheets

Large field of view multisensor measurement: An interview with Tom Groff of OGP

Why Going Green Can Bring in the Green $$$
Plus: An interview with Tom Groff, from OGP
Webinar: Fusion Metrology System: Mulitsensor Metrology From OGP

The Birth of In-Process Testing
Plus: An interview with Richard Brine, Sciemetric

Story links for February 17, 2017

Deregulation Under Trump Won't Create a Windfall for Manufacturers

AI and the Little Guy

Critical Upgrade for ISO 9001-Certified Organizations
Plus: An interview with Manuel Marco, from DNV GL Business Assurance
Webinar: ISO 9001:2015 Transition Experiences

Off Script with Mike and Dirk

Story links for February 10, 2017

How Speeding Up Payments to Small Businesses Creates Jobs

Muda at the Market

EPA accuses Fiat Chrysler of violating Clean Air Act

Speed Leadership Workshop With Professor Bob Emiliani

Off Script with Mike and Dirk

Story links for January 27, 2017

Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2017

NIST Announces 2017 Research Funding Opportunity for Small Businesses

Question the Consensus of Experts

Productivity Hacking in Quality Management
Plus: An interview with Tim Lozier, director of product strategy at Traqpath

Off Script

Story links for January 20, 2017

Amazon Patents Flying Warehouse

Combination Products Review Program

Thriving With the Revised 14001:2015 Standard
Plus: An interview with Burt Holm, Director of Eastern Territory Sales for DNV GL

Off Script

Story links for January 13, 2017

The FDA Mutual Reliance Initiative

How to Quickly Evaluate Coaching Needs by Being BOSS

Training Students for New Opportunities and New Lives

Tech Corner: Olympus Vanta handheld XRF and XRD analyzers

Story links for January 6, 2017

Drop in LED Prices Drives Manufacturers Away

One-Point Lesson Plans

Managing Motivation

Ford Announces U.S. Plant Expansion to Make EVs and Autonomous Cars

Story links for December 16, 2016

Is Anything We Thought About Leadership True?

New Standard Helps Optical Trackers Follow Moving Objects Precisely

CMSC Corner: An interview with Michelle Edwards, applications entineering manager for Faro Technologies and CMS executive committee member

Understanding the Four Types of Artificial Intelligence...

The End of Globalization?

Story links for December 9, 2016

Helping Robots Be Less Robotic

Actually, Men and Women Don't Communicate Differently, at Least In Writing

Cpk: Indispensable Index or Misleading Measure?
Plus: An interview with Steve Daum, director of development for PQ Systems
Webinar: CPK: Indispensable Index or Misleading Measure?
Dec. 15, 2016, at 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific.

Innovation: Management Vs. Enablement