How to Stop Seeing Struggle as Something Negative
Every company I speak at, every leader I coach, I see a constant pattern: Virtually everyone sees struggle as something negative.
Inside Quality Digest Live for Oct. 12, 2018
In this episode we look at data, data, more data, and then... engineering the perfect human?
Making Sense of Manufacturing Data

This is the second half of our two-part interview with Doug Fair, who is the chief operating officer of InfinityQS.
How Circumstances Affect Delegation
In an earlier article, I shared some reasons that so many leaders do not delegate more often and presented arguments why they should.
Making Factories Better Places for Humans to Work
(Intel: Santa Clara, CA) -- Irene Petrick is the director of industrial innovation in the Industrial Solutions Division of Intel, and a member of Intel’s Internet of Things Group.
The Elephant on the Factory Floor
Have you heard this? “Just because this department is a bit dingy—and it’s sometimes harder than heck to get the scoop on things—doesn’t mean it’s a bad place. Good work happens here.
Applying the Procedures of MIL-STD-105 to Imaginary Limits
In my first article, the merits and cautions of AS9138 c=0 sampling plans were discussed and a simple formula was provided to determine the required sample size to d
Applying Smart Manufacturing Technology to Conduct Smart Inspections
In 2012, CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions, a leader in the design and manufacture of sheet metal enclosures, mechanical assemblies, and machined systems, burst onto the Industry 4.0 scene with its avant-garde use of the visual work instruction software VKS.