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In some manufacturing environments, quality technicians must work with tolerances as small as 0.005 millimeters when verifying part dimensions.

The president and CEO of the Juran Institute gazes into his crystal ball and predicts the future of quality.

"Quality is a way of life in a business, not an advertising term."-- Robert W. Galvin, President, Motorola Inc., October 1962, Quality Assurance magazine.

SwePart Transmission AB (Liatorp, Sweden), which manufactures more than 100 different types of gear parts for heavy trucks, was looking for a way to improve its manufacturing process by reducing the need for manual parts measurement.

When there is a production problem, root cause analysis can find a solution. Assuming that the question, "Why?" is asked often enough.

Whether requirements call for short-hole or deep-hole drilling, a number of factors can impact the quest for the perfect hole.

Are there too many tools or not enough? Parker Hannifin, Aerospace Group (Irvine, CA) realized it didn't know the answer and needed to find a tool crib management system that would control tooling inventory, tooling costs and machine downtime.

The correct software is key to a quality product. Here's how some manufacturers have integrated materials test software into their processes.

Manufacturers have much to weigh before making tensile testing a part of the production line process.

An increase in orders is encouraging news for the manufacturing industry.