This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine.

The Covid pandemic has highlighted the role that manufacturing plays in our society.

‘It’s not going away, and we have to face that reality.” That’s what the CEO and founder of a quality-centered high-tech manufacturing startup with 180 employees told the leadership team in early July 2020 to convince them of the need to do a strategic pivot to addre

Data can transform manufacturing. It’s also a term that continues to prompt discussions within the industry.

Last night I sat down to watch something that would help me barbecue meat better: a two hour-long movie called Barbecue

He stood on a platform in the early afternoon of a cold November day only a few feet from the edge of Soldier’s National Cemetery. He was dizzy and feverish, suffering with the beginning of smallpox.

More than 80 percent of U.S. food manufacturing plants operating today were built more than 20 years ago and may lack safety features.

The idea of digital transformation can be scary. The growth of technology is outpacing a comfortable pace of adoption for many manufacturers. But remaining content with the status quo often means being left behind.

The importance of data analysis in manufacturing operations can’t be overstated.

Before we get into a case study about how enterprisewide SPC software would work on both the shop floor and the C-suite, let’s talk about a long-held bias about “blue-collar” workers: That because they’ve traditionally been associated with manual labor, they should u