Articles Tagged with ''quality''

You’ve been here before. A defect surfaces and brings a critical project to a halt. 

For more than seventy years, David B. Kirk’s illustrated lecture, Introduction to Principles of Pneumatic Gaging, existed in an unusual place in the history of manufacturing—quietly influential, widely practiced, yet almost entirely absent from the modern technical record.

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) has witnessed a transformative year for the Certified Construction Quality Manager (CCQM) program.

Reliable measurements are the linchpin to any Six Sigma process. 

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $259.3 million in March 2026.

When artificial intelligence enters the conversation in quality and continuous improvement (CI) circles, reactions tend to fall at two extremes. 

As quality professionals, we are sometimes undervalued by our organizations.

Quality control programs in injection molding are often focused on monitoring production – measuring dimensions, tracking variation, and verifying consistency across runs. 

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3), a leading global advocate for robotics and automation technologies, has named Jim Devaprasad of Lake Superior State University (LSSU) the recipient of the 2026 A3 Educator of the Year Award, sponsored by Siemens.

Tin-based heat stabilizers have long been the gold standard in North America for processing rigid and semi-rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) applications such as profiles, siding, and pipes.