In less than two months we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the invention of the control chart, a tool most often associated with statistical process control (SPC). Considering SPC from our modern perspective made us ask, “Is SPC still relevant?”

This year I have committed to being a more curious gardener: to be willing to grow some things I haven’t grown before and see what happens. I decided to try growing one of my favorite fruits—papaya!

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(Dürr Systems Inc.: Southfield, MI) --The new EcoSupply P Core is a modular paint supply system based on pigging technology.

Everyone knows customer service is increasingly automated and impersonal—that’s a “dog bites man” story. It’s not news because it happens all the time. When a man bites a dog, that’s news.

Companies today implementing automated compliance management systems are motivated by a wide variety of factors.

(Liberty Robotics: Dexter, MI) -- Liberty Robotics, a leading supplier of 3D volumetric vision guidance systems for robot applications, has  launched its flagship suite of robotic palletizing and depalletizing s

(AMT: Orion, MI) – Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), a North American leader in automation engineering that specializes in advanced material handling, system integration, and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for wareh

(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- HEIDENHAIN, a market leader in motion-control technology, has acquired a new Silicon Valley headquarters in Fremont, California.

(Teledyne: Waterloo, ON) -- Teledyne DALSA has announced its