What’s Risk Got to Do With It?ISO’s high-wire act of developing the 9001:2015 standard
Thu, 10/24/2013 - 12:25
Some of the [ISO 9001: 2015] requirements are relatively clear; others are more “euphemisms,” and you don’t know how to react…
—James Lamprecht, author of ISO 9000: Preparing for Certification (CRC Press, 1992) and former member of ISO/…
Profound Knowledge in Complex Systems: A Business CaseAndrew McKeon on Deming’s teaching within the framework of sustainability
Tue, 10/22/2013 - 17:26
There is no substitute for knowledge...—W. Edwards Deming The W. Edwards Deming Institute (deming.org) and Purdue University held their 2013 Annual Fall Conference in West Lafayette, Indiana, last week, focusing on Deming’s ideas and their…
World Metrology Week Begins Next MondayMay 20–24, 2013
Mon, 05/13/2013 - 12:59
Quality Digest and the Coordinate Metrology Society are joining forces to celebrate World Metrology Week 2013 starting on Monday, May 20. The week will feature special editorial content, photos, games, contests, and prize drawings, all of…
George E. P. Box RememberedStatisticians recall the statisticians’ statistician
Mon, 04/15/2013 - 14:42
On March 28, 2013, the world lost a person whom many consider to be a major contributor to the world of industrial statistics: George E. P. Box. Relatively unknown outside the world of statistics, Box was certainly very well known by those who… A New Way to CommunicateGoodbye keyboard, hello body language
Fri, 03/29/2013 - 11:59
The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for much more efficient human computer interaction. Why then do we continue to use outdated technology? Enter…
Joseph A. De Feo Inducted Into Connecticut Business Hall of Fame<em>Quality Digest</em> columnist recognized for contributions to the Connecticut business community
Tue, 05/29/2012 - 13:25
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Juran Institute has announced that CEO Joseph A. De Feo has been inducted into the 2012 Connecticut Business Hall of Fame. For nearly 25 years, De Feo, who is also a Quality Digest Daily columnist, has helped business… The Measure of a LymericA whimsical tribute to World Metrology Week
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:55
There once was a man loved to measure,
Meters and pounds he did treasure,
But his passion in life
Alas ended in strife,
When the poor lad tried meas'ring his wife.
Polynesian Navigation Device; Portable Yes, Bells and Whistles, Not So MuchImage of the day for May 18, 2012
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:31
Polynesian navigation device showing directions of winds, waves, and islands. Traditionally understood and used by only a chosen few, these charts were made known to the western world circa 1890s by German naval officer, Captain Winkler. A Not-So-Portable TheodoliteImage of the day for May 17, 2012
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 16:13
Wild Heerbrugg (now Leica Geosystems) produced the Theodolite T4, which was developed by Dipl. Ing. Berchtold in the 1940's. The T4 was mainly used, up until the 1970s, to establish astronomical latitude and longitude of geodetic…
T-Rex: I'm Not Mean, I'm Just Scanned That WayImage of the day for May 16, 2012
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 14:39
MAGLEV Inc. used 3-D scanning technology to capture the Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) fossil skeleton depicted in this poster. Working in the Dinosaur Hall at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, a team of metrology experts scanned…