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Best of Quality 2009
Best of Quality 2009!

Top 5 Blog Posts:

  1. More on Quality - Independence
  2. Six Problems I Have With Six Sigma, Part I
  3. Jim's Gems: Efficiency or Effectiveness?
  4. Video Blog: How to Create a North American Value Standard
  5. GD&T: A Contributor to Manufacturing's Decline

Top 5 Web Exclusive Articles:

  1. The Importance of Hypothesis Testing in Quality Management
  2. Pre-Control May be the Solution
  3. Squeezing the Most Life From a Zombie Technology
  4. Preparing for ISO Registration: Six Tips for Success
  5. Off-Topic: Modeling a Prison Riot

Top 5 Q-Cast Podcasts:

  1. Hear from Lockheed Martin - 2009 Plant of the Year (Large Plant Div.)
  2. Case Study: Working with a Certification Company
  3. Learn How the Government Bailout is Affecting Manufacturing
  4. An Overview of SPC and Justifying a Software Expense
  5. Understanding a Management System

Top 5 Q-Tube Videos:

  1. Quality Measurement Conference 2009
  2. Carl Zeiss IMT Corp. - Quality Expo
  3. Hexagon Metrology Inc. - Quality Expo
  4. Mitutoyo America Corp. - Quality Expo
  5. The L.S. Starrett Co. - Quality Expo



Challenges in Color Measurement
Color measurement options exist for a range of applications from the extremely precise to less precise. Learn about new technology with spectrophotometers, and, in cases where precise color measurement is not required, other families of instruments that can be the most cost effective solution for your color control application.

Off-Topic Case Study: Laser Scans Evidence in Homicide
3-D laser scan data is used as demonstrative forensic evidence in homicide trial.

Creating a Quality Management System
Though creating a quality management system is a huge challenge for most organizations, on-going commitment by management is one of the keys to success.

Brain Teasers: Can You Solve the Final Brain Teaser?
Congratulations to Bob Fischnich, manager, corporate compliance and quality development at The Schnipke Engraving Co. Inc. (Ottoville, OH) on solving the final Brain Teaser and winning the Kindle.

Thank you to all those who participated.

Answers to the final Brain Teaser will follow later this week.

by Dr. Sophronia Ward

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Face of Quality: Motive Counts
From the Editor: The Value of Manufacturing
Manufacturing Excellence: The Role of ISO 9001 Standards
Case Studies: GM’s Garage of Dreams Captured in 3-D
Quality 101: Making GD&T Work
Quality Innovations: Force Gage Fits the Bill
Quality Measurement: Analyze Automatic Microscopy-Based Image Analysis
Quality Management: Quality Leadership 100
Quality Measurement: Analyze Automatic Microscopy-Based Image Analysis
Quality Software & Analysis: APQP Revisited
Quality Test & Inspection: Noncontact Inspection: From Shadowgraph to Multisensor

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Industry experts and editors from Quality Magazine share their views on the latest in quality and manufacturing—and we want your feedback!

Jim's Gems: Positive Energy
UPDATED WEEKLY! As you review the previous week’s results and plan for a new week of work, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the challenges that lie ahead. How we prepare to meet those challenges determines the difference between success and failure.
by Jim L. Smith | Comments (1)


VIDEO BLOG: North American Values
In part three of Peter's value standard series, he responds to comments on his North American Value Standard.
by Peter Sanderson | Comments (0)

Quality Remix: Voice of the Process Loop
To improve quality, you need to pay attention to the Voice of the Process. You need to stabilize your processes and then systematically reduce chronic variation.
by Evan Miller | Comments (0)


NDT Round-Up: Money, Money, Money
Money isn’t everything, but it sure pays the rent.

Falling into the Black Hole
Let’s take a look at a company CEO looking at profits and losses to determine what’s going on in his company.

Learning with Lecky: Machine Vision in Transportation?
I am seeing more and more quality control and machine vision applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), where automated inspection of vehicles and their contents is performed for border control, port security and rail inspection applications.

Learning with Lecky: Real-Time Linux
This stuff is not for the tiny embedded systems that many of us work on every day, but for the next level up in performance and capability, Linux is an awfully appealing option.

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