Cooking is not my forte, but I try. I intended my latest concoction to be interesting, new, and easy. It was a soup, made with nontraditional ingredients, and it won rave reviews at a neighborhood potluck.

In part one of this two-part article, we looked at the history of management system standards.

(SSPC: Pittsburgh, PA) -- The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) has announced the release of the next level of its game-changing Protective Coatings Inspector (PCI) program, PCI Level 3.

(Renishaw: New Mills, UK) -- Renishaw has added the SFP1, a new probe option, to its REVO five-axis measurement system, which for the first time allows surface-finish inspection to be fully integra

(Craic Technologies: San Dimas, CA) -- The CRAIC Apollo Raman spectrometer—developed and manufactured by Craic Technologies Inc., designer and manufacturer of scientific instruments—is designed for fast, easy m

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) invites you to help demonstrate the impact quality can have on health care.

(SME: Las Vegas) -- An unprecedented manufacturing event this September will examine and offer solutions to the critical shortage of skilled workers threatening the future of manufacturing in the United States.

(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems has introduced the Proline Alignment Kit, a visual laser system for checking and measuring straightness, flatness, squareness, parallelism, leveling, and many other

Every leader tells a white lie every now and then, right? Perhaps—but that doesn’t make it OK. White lies can do serious damage to your reputation and can lead to much bigger issues down the road.

The truism, “Quality, cost, and speed—pick two,” was often quoted throughout my career: meaning a production company could not achieve all three ideals and therefore must choose which two out of three ideals to concentrate on;