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.

One of the highlights on our calendar each year is the first Friday in October, which is Manufacturing Day here in the United States.

Data science and machine learning have surged in prominence during the past few years, and digital transformation seems to be on everyone’s agenda. Have you ever wondered why?

How do we get it done? What’s our next move? Now that we know what we want and why we’re here, where do we begin?

During the past five to 10 years, the United States has seen more industry and academic institutions embrace apprenticeship programs.

Omnex began working in the automotive industry by assisting Ford powertrain suppliers in 1986. The U.S. automotive industry’s Big Three used GM’s Targets for Excellence, Ford’s Q 101, and Chrysler’s SQA standards to qualify its supply bases.

LNS Research published its research, “Driving Operational Performance With Digital Innovation: Connecting Risk, Qu

I am a quality manager by profession. Thus, I think about quality a lot. How would one define “quality?” A simple view of quality is “conformance to requirements.” This simplistic view of quality lacks the complexity that it should have.

In this all-manufacturing episode, we look at the STEM pipeline into manufacturing, supplier development, how to make sense of manufacturing data and, no, manufacturing is not dead.