The single most important thing manufacturing leaders can do to engage their employees is to share the ‘why’ behind their daily work, says Kathleen Skarvan, CEO at New Prague, MN-based Electromed—Quality’s 2021 Plant of the Year.

For their dedication to quality, Larsen Manufacturing (Mundelein, IL) has earned our 2022 Quality Plant of the Year award.

The official document is titled ISO/IEC 17025: 2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. It is the international reference for laboratories performing calibration and testing activities.

The first part of this three-part series covered the principles that allow machine vision to make high-accuracy measurements. This second part examines challenges that the measurement environment imposes on machine vision and gives approaches to mitigate the effects and retain much of the high-accuracy capability.

The latest generation of scanCONTROL 30xx laser scanners is extremely powerful, precise and individually adaptable.  

While x-ray inspection of electronics has existed for several decades, the continuous shift in electronics design and manufacturing to smaller, more dense products, is driving x-ray technology forward.

To help quality professionals understand how their processes and approaches compare to those of other companies and the future outlook, ENGINE interviewed quality and environmental health and safety (EHS) professionals to develop the present "2021 Quality Management Trends Report," commissioned by Veeva.

Aerospace market, increasing number of oil and gas refineries to fuel growth of eddy current NDT equipment market through 2026.

Connectivity is the key for companies that want to improve quality.

Solar has held AS and ISO quality management systems registration certificates since 2001.

This show hosted the highest number of exhibiting companies ever (2,407). After move in, the building was 76 million pounds heavier.

The importance of plastics was on full display in Orlando this week.

In our 21st Annual Spending Survey, we’ve looked into who will be buying what and when. Despite the economic upset resulting from COVID-19, equipment budgets look to be steady, if not growing, for the next fiscal year.

SHE requirements are standards and practices to ensure the safety and health of employees, clients, and the public, and to protect the environment. They arise from legal regulations, industry standards, and best practices to minimize occupational hazards and environmental impacts.

Comprehensive device integrates advanced communication protocols and edge computing for enhanced productivity and security, ensuring safe data export from machines to factory networks.

Would it shock you to learn that spending on artificial intelligence is on the rise? According to respondents of our Annual Quality Spending Survey, 55% of companies expect to increase their spending on AI for 2024.

Justin Wise is an exceptional individual who has been deployed seven times and is fluent in Navajo and Cahuilla. He is currently an inspector general with the Navy, having worked for several years at the DCMA, where he was recognized as the 2021 Quality Representative of the Year. Justin Wise is worth honoring as our 2024 Rookie of the Year.

Clear Seas Research conducted a study on behalf of Quality in order to look at trends in compensation, work hours, and job constraints; overall job satisfaction; and quality improvements, as well as provide a demographic profile of industry professionals. How does your work compare?

Having conducted well over 700 audits, there are some patterns that have developed that are interesting to note.

A Q&A with Reed Switch Developments Corp. president Debra Dahlin, and Engineering and QA Manager, Jeff Rosenbaum, to talk more about its holistic approach to quality.

As manufacturing and quality control becomes increasingly digital, auditing is increasingly enmeshed with technology and data analytics.

How is the ISO involved with Greenhouse Gasses (GHG)? Over the past 20 years or so, ISO has released a number of standards around GHG.

Reed Switch Developments Corp. (RSD), a woman-owned manufacturer in Racine, WI, specializes in magnetic reed switches and sensors. Recognized as last year’s Quality Plant of the Year, RSD has achieved a 25% increase in sales year-to-date, leveraging in-house technical expertise and automation to manage growth amid rising costs and economic uncertainty.

I have provided updates of the progress and development of ISO 10012 over the past three years. I am happy to say that after three years and numerous meetings the Draft International Standard (DIS) ISO10012 Quality management – Requirements for measurement management system has been released for review, approval, and comments. 

You started with a napkin drawing, revise it. Analyze component geometry and purpose. Eliminate parts where you can.

A cohesive workforce is critical for success.

Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $321.7 million in July 2024.

With great sadness, The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) shared the passing of founding member and first president, John William Locke, at the age of 91.

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report compiled in a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $191.8 million in July 2024.

Nominations Opened October 1, 2024.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that five organizations will receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s only presidential award for performance excellence.

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report compiled in a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $209.3 million in August 2024.

Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $360.8 million in August 2024.

This article is an adaptation of my popular presentation, “Beyond the Sticker & the Cert (Ensuring Better Measurements & Reducing Risk).” Product manufacturers, testing labs, and calibration labs often overlook the importance of thoroughly reviewing calibration certificates, leading to potential measurement inaccuracies and increased risks.

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