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Naprotek announced the appointment of Tim Filteau as its new Chief Executive Officer.

The most popular standard of the 27,000 standards produced by the International Organization for Standardization (often referred to as “ISO”) is ISO 9001 the standard for quality management systems – and it’s going through changes right now.

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Quality engineers on aircraft and defense programs must verify that every part meets design requirements and keep records that can be audited for years. 

In manufacturing, quality has always been defined by consistency — the ability to produce every part to the same standard, every single time. Inspection remains essential, but the industry’s focus has shifted. Rather than catching defects after they occur, the goal today is to eliminate variation at the source.

After Greg Weaver got out of the Navy, he started working in mining in northern Nevada. After a few winters, it was time to do something else. “It was like six degrees, and I’d be working outside.” He found a listing in the paper for an aerospace company that did turbine blade repair. 

Artemis Vision of Denver, CO, a leader in custom machine vision solutions and track-and-trace systems, announced that John Jennings has joined its Board of Advisors.

“Quality built the industrial world. Trust will build the intelligent one.”

Beginning with this issue, Quality welcomes the launch of the ASQ Fellows Forum—a monthly column written by members of the American Society for Quality’s Fellow community.

The traditional image of a quality department is rapidly becoming a relic of the past. Driven by the relentless march of digital transformation, escalating customer expectations, and a growing emphasis on holistic corporate responsibility, the quality department of the future will undergo a profound metamorphosis.