Why the Future Belongs to Standards
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Global value chains highlight the importance of standards.
Inside Quality Digest Live for July 21, 2017
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CMSC 2017 at Snowbird Resort in Utah
The July 21, 2017, episode of QDL came to you from the 8,000-ft grandeur of Cliff Lodge in Snowbird, Utah—site of the 2017 Coordinate Metrology Society Conference.
Restaurants Lose Customer Satisfaction to Fast Food
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Customer satisfaction with full-service restaurants is down 3.7 percent to a score of 78 (100-point scale) in a new report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).
Quality 4.0
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With the IIoT ushering in Industry 4.0, Quality 4.0 is a natural progression
Quality Digest Live -- July 21, 2017
Story links for July 21, 2017
A look at the CMSC Measurement and Education Zones with Jerome-Alexandre Lavoie of Creaform and Matthew Ilardo of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
An interview with Gary Confalone, CEO and President of ECM Global Measurement Solutions and incoming chairperson of the Coordinate Metrology Society.
It’s a Case of Mind Over Matter... or Rather Mind Isn’t Matter
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Region of Orion’s Belt and the Flame Nebula. Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
There is no shortage of weirdness in quantum mechanics, and the phenomenon known as entanglement is weird with a capital “W.” When two particles are entangled, they share a connection no matter how far the distance between them.
Six Ways to Reduce Labor Costs in Manufacturing
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Can you reduce your manufacturing labor costs without laying off the workforce?
Labor costs are likely the largest line item on your company balance sheet. Therefore, a successful cost-reduction strategy must adequately balance resourcing and cost controls.