Articles Tagged with ''quality''

New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $488.9 million in February 2026.

This is the fourth article of a five-article series on lighting design for machine vision.

Before I get into the focus of this column, I’d venture to guess that many quality professionals reading this column’s title did an about take thinking this guy has lost his mind. To discover the real intent, read on…

Manufacturing has changed meaningfully over the past two decades. Once rare, women in technical, operational, and leadership roles are now increasingly visible across the industry. 

These awards honor the young manufacturing professionals whose achievements are helping build a more innovative, resilient and globally competitive future for America.

The final draft of ISO 2859-1 was approved in December 2025.

The automated MDI templates represent the latest developments through an ongoing Joint Technology Development Agreement (JTDA) between the two companies that began in 2023.

I have had numerous bosses over my 40+ year career. A few were great, most were good, and several were terrible. Coinciding with my career has been the opportunity to serve as a member leader (aka volunteer) for ASQ, something I have done continuously since 1992. 

InnovMetric, a leading provider of 3D metrology solutions for the manufacturing industry, announced it has acquired the intellectual property of French company Digisens.

As professors Hirotaka Takeuchi and John Quelch stated in their famous Harvard Business Review article, “Quality is more than making a good product,” emphasizing that in manufacturing, excellent customer service and support are just as crucial as the product itself.