Facilities Shaping the Future of Manufacturing
The future of advanced manufacturing in the United States is being built at innovative facilities that enable experimentation in process and product development.
Researchers Find a Better Way to Design Metal Alloys
Advanced metal alloys are essential in key parts of modern life, from cars to satellites, from construction materials to electronics.
How Covid-19 Vaccines Will Get From the Factory to Your Local Pharmacy
The two major U.S. developers of the early Covid-19 vaccines are Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.
‘Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste’
The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted different responses from company CEOs seeking to ensure their businesses survive.
Design for Recycling
If you were to contact a group of recycling professionals, as one recent survey did, and ask them to list all the ways that consume
The Butterfly Defect
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If you are a quality engineer or maybe even the quality manager of a manufacturing company, investing in quality improvements may be a no-brainer. Defects are inherently undesirable, right?
Where Manufacturing Is Growing (and Where It Is Not)
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During the past few years, I have written more than a few blogs and papers looking at manufacturing pro
Conducting Remote Assessments: Lessons Learned
Recently there have been a number of articles whose authors discuss conducting assessments remotely because of the pandemic.
Transforming a Supply Chain Into a Social Enterprise
For conventional, profit-seeking companies, moving into social impact carries huge contradictions.
Zero Trust Cybersecurity: ‘Never Trust, Always Verify’
Huh? What? At least that was my response the first time I heard the words "zero trust" when I started working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in the fall of 2018.