Don’t Just Stand There, Improve Something!
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The objective of all improvement projects should be to improve the overall process. Everything else should be secondary to this objective.
Create Authentic Connections With Virtual Team Members
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Four years after the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated remote work, its advantages and drawbacks have been well documented.
Avoid the ‘Blockbuster Effect’ in Life Sciences With Preventive Quality
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“Make it a Blockbuster night!” Credit: Sean Davis
This year, the Medical Device Innovation Consortium held an Excellence in Quality Summit where it was promised that participants would receive a “uniq
Are Your Employees Empowered?
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Empowered employees provide better customer service. Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash
Are your employees empowered to make decisions on the spot in favor of the customer? Your single goal should be to have overly happy customers. Too many things go wrong each day. You want your employees to understand they are in customer service, and their No.
Why the World Needs Responsible AI
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We stand on the brink of a new world powered by AI technologies.
For the last 30 years, the JPEG image format has been a staple for the internet’s billions of users. While the technologies used to display images have evolved tremendously during the past few decades, the JPEG format is still used everywhere.
Twelve Ways to Assess Manufacturing Control and Analytics Software
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Photo by ThisisEngineering on Unsplash
Whether you’re an executive with limited energy or an hourly employee trying to minimize work, the bottleneck in your productivity isn’t time or money but mental effort.
I Never Want to Be [Sic]k
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Always check spelling, but don’t rely on autocorrect—read it before you send it. Photo by Lance Grandahl on Unsplash
Reading the news (or even your email) can be distressing to the point of despondency. It can also be fun.
What FDA QSR and ISO 13485 Harmonization Means for Medical Device Companies
A Very Round Object Helps Build a Better Mass Measurement
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Right now, the U.S. and Germany have different approaches to defining, or “realizing” as the researchers call it, the kilogram. Here, NIST researcher Darine Haddad looks on as German researcher Beatrice Rodiek places a sphere on NIST’s highly accurate weighing machine, known as the Kibble balance. The goal of the research is to get closer to the same definition using the different methods. Credit: B. Hayes/NIST
In 2018, the world agreed to redefine the kilogram.
Twelve Strategies for Successful CAPA Management
There’s no question about it: Should an auditor or inspector visit your facility, one thing that will certainly be under the microscope is your corrective and preventive action (CAPA) system.