Monitoring the operational status of your equipment is the low-hanging fruit for increasing productivity. Low-cost tools are available to make this possible even on legacy equipment. We talk to Lauren Dunford, CEO of Guidewheel. 

As the economy opens up, companies are scrambling to fill positions, and job seekers are looking for new opportunities. What does the search for new work look like? Has the landscape changed? We talk to Patrick O'Rahilly, founder of FactoryFix.

Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in warehouses and distribution centers have come a long way. What does this mean for the human labor force that used to do those jobs? We talk with John Hayes, director of sales for Balyo USA.

According to the USDA, about 31 percent of available food supply at the retail and consumer levels went uneaten. In this interview with David Cahn, product marketing manager at Blue Ridge Global, we discuss the logistics, transport, and retail side of food waste.

Research shows that professionals at all levels suffer from the tendency to deny uncomfortable facts. We would rather convince ourselves that everything is going to be all right, rather than consider and safeguard ourselves against adverse events. Why do we do that? And what can we do about it? We interview Gleb Tsipurski CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts.

Don't miss the webinar: "Why Do Quality Professionals Ignore Serious Risks in the Post-COVID Recovery (and What to Do About It)" 

According to a recent Thomas report, reshoring interest has increased more than 50 percent since 2020. We talk to Tony Uphoff, President and CEO of Thomas, about why.

Project-based manufacturing and processes come with a unique set of headaches not usually experienced by make-to-stock manufacturers. We discuss those issues and some solutions with Matt Mong, VP of Market Innovation at Adeaca.

There's no need to choose between reducing costs and delighting customers. Best-in-class manufacturers are integrating QMS features into their MES solutions. We talk to Jason Spera, CEO and co-founder of Aegis Software. 

How can a BOM be more than the sum of a product's parts? How this came to pass, the problems it causes, and what to do about it. Scott Heide of Engineering Intent explains.

Rob Bellinger of Olympus Corp. walks us through their demo lab in San Jose, California. We look at the LEXT OLS5100 3D Laser Scanning Microscope, MX63 Semiconductor Inspection Microscope, and the DSX1000 Digital Microscope available to see onsite!