Articles Tagged with ''COVID-19''

Management

Spending is Back: The 21st Annual Quality Spending Survey

The 21st Annual Quality Spending Survey shows that quality professionals are looking to invest again.

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January 1, 2022

It’s time to invest. According to our 21st Annual Quality Spending Survey, respondents are interested in purchasing new equipment, software and services now.

Management

What Your 3rd Party Auditor Wishes You Knew About Supplier Management

It's time to take the mystique out of supplier management, especially for small and medium sized organizations.

Daniella Picciotti

November 8, 2021

12 Comments

It has been said so often, and it holds so true – the events of the last year and a half have been unprecedented. The global effects of COVID-19 have rippled through the supply chain impacting every industry including, but not limited to, delays in shipping, rising prices, and material availability.

Management

Just Starting the Automation Game? Three Steps to Make the Jump Easier and More Cost-Effective

If you're still considering taking the first—or possibly next—step in your automation journey, start with the following steps to facilitate the process and feel more comfortable doing it.

Jeff Burnstein

August 15, 2021

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More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, two things have become steadily clear: First, the overall trend associated with purchasing and deploying robots for applications such as process improvement and quality assurance continues, with stats from The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) showing a 20 percent increase in robot orders in Q1 2021 over the same period last year.

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Test & Inspection

How the Pandemic and Quality 4.0 are Changing Testing and Inspection

To discuss trends in testing and inspection, we must first discuss the impact of Covid-19.

Genevieve Diesing

August 8, 2021

244 Comments

Before we address today’s testing trends, let’s look at the impact of the pandemic. The pandemic also created conditions that stressed manufacturers and caused major shifts in the way consumers purchase products, experts say.

From the Editor | Darryl Seland

Pent-Up Demand

Catching Up on Ketchup

Darryl Seland

July 15, 2021

28 Comments

The laws of supply and demand are familiar, whether consciously or unconsciously, to anyone that has ever attempted to buy or sell something. So, basically, everyone that has ever lived.

Management

The Quality Profession Since the Pandemic

While Some Concerns Remain the Same, Manufacturers Faced New Challenges Over the Past Year

Michelle Bangert

July 8, 2021

27 Comments

A lot has changed since March 2020. That’s when the last Quality State of the Profession survey was conducted. The survey was fielded March 9-10, 2020. The next day, WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and it was declared a national emergency in the U.S. a few days after that.

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Vision & Sensors | Trends

The Role of Quality in a Post-Pandemic World

It's Especially Clear That Relying on On-Site Vision Experts is no Longer a Viable Strategy.

Monique Apter

July 6, 2021

2 Comments

There is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted business practices across industry segments worldwide. Manufacturing was no exception and 2021 will be the year of reinvention through an emphasis on transforming business models.

2021 Quality Plant of the Year: Electromed, Inc.

This medical device company and essential business faced extraordinary pressure to keep up with demand while managing its own safety in a pandemic.

Genevieve Diesing

March 5, 2021

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The single most important thing manufacturing leaders can do to engage their employees is to share the ‘why’ behind their daily work, says Kathleen Skarvan, CEO at New Prague, MN-based Electromed—Quality’s 2021 Plant of the Year.

The Opportunities of Risk in the Supply Chain

Recognizing risks with your vendors can lead to opportunity in the wake of COVID-19.

Darryl Seland

January 19, 2021

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Vaccines are being rolled out across the globe. The process is occurring faster in some areas than others, sure, but the fact that a vaccine is being distributed at all means that the worst is behind us and that everything will go back to normal. Right?

The Wave as a Metaphor

January 6, 2021

One Comment

One of the most powerful images from nature has also become a powerful metaphor—the wave.

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Articles Tagged with ''COVID-19''

Spending is Back: The 21st Annual Quality Spending Survey

What Your 3rd Party Auditor Wishes You Knew About Supplier Management

Just Starting the Automation Game? Three Steps to Make the Jump Easier and More Cost-Effective

How the Pandemic and Quality 4.0 are Changing Testing and Inspection

Pent-Up Demand

The Quality Profession Since the Pandemic

The Role of Quality in a Post-Pandemic World

2021 Quality Plant of the Year: Electromed, Inc.

The Opportunities of Risk in the Supply Chain

The Wave as a Metaphor

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