In the world of mining, structural collapse is a worst-case scenario. Whenever ground gives way, it puts miners at risk—and it often leads to site closure.

I tried to achieve some balance in my life by taking a few days off to go fishing on Lake Erie with my son. We chartered a boat for three days—just the two of us.

(KPM Analytics: Westborough, MA) -- Food processors are striving for zero defects by measuring as many quality parameters as possible in various stages of production.

(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Calibration laboratories are under growing pressure to do more with fewer resources while managing disconnected systems, manual workflows, and increasing compliance demands.

In my last post, I reflected on a couple of different whys to interrogate a process—either to solve a problem or to create a process improvement.

(APM Steam: Woburn, MA) -- American Plant Maintenance (APM Steam), a leading provider of steam system maintenance services, highlights

Ask a premarket team where corrective and preventive action (CAPA) sits on the priority list, and it usually lands below design controls, risk management, and the submission itself. The reasoning is easy to follow.

(QT9 Software: Aurora, IL) -- QT9 Software, a global technology leader in quality management software and ERP solutions, will exhibit its integrated QMS and ERP platforms at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS

A sound that’s slightly off before a bearing fails. A smell that shows up before a chemical reaction runs hot. A texture that feels wrong before any instrument confirms it.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Nanoscience, which studies small objects, has a big problem.