(Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announces the launch of MyQuality, a new contract inspection and programming services portal for quality, manufacturing, and design engineers.

Hexagon’s worldwide internal expertise in all things quality can now be leveraged to help customers maintain productivity as their business ebbs and flows. The online quoting system guides users throughout the process of procuring expert CMM/PCMM programming services for short-term initiatives or long-term projects. The MyQuality portal also provides a streamlined quoting process for contracting part inspection services from Hexagon’s fully staffed precision centers located in 11 locations across the United States and Canada. Customers can check on each phase of the job with enhanced visibility throughout the project. More information on the MyQuality contract inspection and programming services portal can be found here.

(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs and Bruderer Machinery North America have established a partnership that enables Bruderer presses to be sold with an integrated Marposs Brankamp process-monitoring solution. It features an automated ram height adjustment. Developed cooperatively, this feature uses control algorithms to carry out a step-by-step adjustment of the ram height.

The system automatically compensates for variation in sheet thickness, material hardness, tool and machine temperature, and speed during the manufacturing process. Monitoring systems are an effective method to gain insight into the forming process and its stability, to detect production faults and quality deviations, and if necessary, intervene in the machine to control it (ram height adjustment).

We’re experiencing rapid change, political and economic uncertainty, employee shifts and a war for talent, and the still-evolving “future of work.” A lot seems out of our control. However, even in the midst of all that is swirling around us, there is so much that every leader, team, and organization has right in front of them that is fully within their control.

Most teams and companies just need to step back and acknowledge it. In fact, one of the greatest mental exercises for all of us these days is to recognize and name all the things that are within our control. When we can’t control the weather, the economy, or the latest media scandal, we still have a decision about what we will choose to give our energy to. There’s always a response or action that is within our control. Every time we shift our thinking—from reactionary finger-pointing, excuse making, or feeling sorry for ourselves—and direct our focus and energy to solutions, gratitude, and ownership of our next actions, positive ripples are felt by all around us. It models a different spirit for the path forward.

The best leaders and teams on the planet understand their role is to help positively influence the mindsets of their people in ways that give energy, hope, and clarity to the path forward.

(LMA Consulting Group: Claremont, CA) -- Manufacturing and supply chain expert, Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., predicts that supply chain disruption will continue well beyond 2024. LMA Consulting Group works with manufacturers and distributors on strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation to maximize the customer experience and enable profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth.

“The supply chain disruption is real and will last for quite some time,” says Anderson. Every supply chain is a complex set of connections that spans from the supplier’s suppliers to product or service accessibility for the end user.

“Let’s look at the ‘why’ of the disruption,” she continues. “If you remove industry nuances, there are three main causes of the disruption. The first cause is labor. The pandemic exacerbated the ongoing drain of skilled ‘boomer’ workers, many of whom took early retirement. The pandemic also caused workers to reassess their priorities. That resulted in people deciding that they didn’t like their industry or job or their boss. This has manifested into what many are calling the Great Resignation.”