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Articles Tagged with ''data collection''

With great power comes great responsibility.

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Darryl Seland
April 16, 2018

“With great power comes great responsibility.” I’m guessing 4 out of 5 people would attribute this quote to Ben Parker, uncle of Peter Parker, from the Spider-Man movies and comic books.


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The Volume of Data Is Increasing

The Volume of Data Is Increasing

One of the primary drivers for the amount of data available today stems from integrated systems.
Craig Glick Miller
November 6, 2017

Every day I talk to customers who want to get off paper. They spend an inordinate amount of operators’ time manually capturing data on paper, and then often double-down when they have someone transfer those paper check sheets into a digital spreadsheet. 


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Connecting Through the Cloud

Connecting Through the Cloud

Data aggregation allows manufacturers to see previously invisible problems across the enterprise.
Edward McMenamin
August 1, 2017

Modern manufacturers collect mountains of data every day. But how much of that data is ever studied, beyond the small percentage that raises red flags?


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Minitab

Do Executives See the Impact of Quality Improvement Projects?

July 28, 2017

A recent study indicates that more than half of executives get updates about quality only once a quarter, or less.


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Voice of the Customer: A Tool for Continual Improvement

Gather and use information that improves an organization.
Chigbo Ezumba
March 1, 2017

According to the ASQ Quality Glossary, voice of the customer (VOC) is defined as, “The expressed requirements and expectations of customers relative to products or services, as documented and disseminated to the providing organization’s members.” 


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Zontec Synergy 3000 Version 5.0 SPC Software

January 3, 2017

Zontec, Inc. announced an update to its Synergy 3000. Upgrades to the Synergy 3000 application include enhancements that add speed and accessibility to real-time data collection, charting, monitoring, analysis, communication, and reporting.


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3D measurement

3D Measurement: A Next Generation Tool for Manufacturing

Steve Kersen
January 3, 2017

It’s easy to take many of today’s technological marvels for granted, 3D measurement among them. The idea of simply pointing a “ray gun” of sorts at an object and obtaining all of its geometrical measurements would once have been solely the domain of Star Trek-ian science fiction.


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Face of Quality

Focus on Process or People

Where Should Organizations Focus their Greatest Efforts?
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Jim L. Smith
June 16, 2016

The question of where to focus to maximize effectiveness is a conundrum.


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From the Editor

Perception

Recognition and Interpretation
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Darryl Seland
May 1, 2016

In psychological terms, perception is defined as our recognition and interpretation of sensory information, as well as how we respond to the information.
To understand perception, information technology and literacy instructor Yolanda Williams asks us to think of it “as a process where we take in sensory information from our environment and use that information in order to interact with our environment. Perception allows us to take the sensory information in and make it into something meaningful.”


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Software and analysis data collection in quality management
Software & Analysis

What’s Going On?

A look at data collection in quality management in 2016.
Gordon McKeown
May 1, 2016

Forget Hamlet. What’s going on? That is the question.

Data collection is about addressing this most important question in strategy. Maybe “What’s going on?” is the greatest question ever asked. Right up there with “Where are we?” and “Who are you?”


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