Tech Tools for Safety and Inspections
After spending years working alongside frontline manufacturing teams, I’ve come to see one thing clearly: Preventing incidents isn’t just a legal requirement. It’s the heartbeat of a healthy operation.
After spending years working alongside frontline manufacturing teams, I’ve come to see one thing clearly: Preventing incidents isn’t just a legal requirement. It’s the heartbeat of a healthy operation.
Established pharmaceutical facilities play a pivotal role in public health by ensuring the safety and efficacy of the medications they produce.
The Artec Leo 3D scanner being used to digitize beams underneath a bridge.
The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024 was the consequence of a long-standing problem: the fragility of aging infrastructure.
Flying an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS, or drone) in indoor environments can be challenging due to lack of GPS coverage and the need to maneuver through tight spaces. Credit: R. Wilson/NIST
When first responders need to rescue people from an earthquake-ravaged home, they need real-time information. If law enforcement officers are looking for a shooter in a crowded building, they must learn everything they can about the scene.
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Quality management has evolved far beyond traditional checklists and periodic inspections. For complex supply chains, quality is no longer a static endpoint.
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In a growing business milieu, ISO quality management system compliance ensures that organizations meet global standards for quality, safety, and efficiency.
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What are the elements of a successful team?
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Today I’m looking at the free energy principle (FEP) by the British neuroscientist Karl Friston. The FEP basically states that to resist the natural tendency to disorder, adaptive agents must minimize surprise.
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Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli is routinely asked to predict the future of work.
In April 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic system, a software program used to detect diabetes-related vision loss.
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