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INDUSTRY HEADLINE

Ideagen Named as Smart Innovator in Verdantix’ Operational Risk Management Report

June 4, 2018

The report assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each vendor and charts the future course of the ORM market.

Defining Quality Leadership

Jim L. Smith

June 1, 2018

What are the characteristics of a quality leader? For many, leadership comes down to each of us identifying and searching for the characteristics that are most appealing to us. For instance, I spent a career with a company that was mostly Juran-centered but also had a significant Deming slant.

The State of the Quality Profession 2018

The profession remains strong, according to our 2018 State of the Profession Survey.

Michelle Bangert

June 1, 2018

Quality and job satisfaction seem to go hand in hand. Only 7% of respondents were not at all satisfied with their job, according to our 18th Annual State of the Profession Survey.

Quality is a discipline affected by GIGO

Garbage in, garbage out.

Darryl Seland

May 14, 2018

Garbage in, garbage out. It’s a term born in the early days of the computer and computer programming. The phrase, and its popular acronym, GIGO, are said to have been taken from the business strategies of LIFO and FIFO—last in, first out and first in, first out—as it pertains to inventory management.

Continuous Improvement occurs when the processes allow for change.

May 14, 2018

"Quality improvement will result from people improving their processes and from management improving the system," says Thomas Pyzdek, ASQ Fellow.

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ATEQ Names Davy Leboucher as North American CEO

May 9, 2018

Leboucher is based in the Livonia, MI office and is responsible for overseeing sales, marketing and operations for all three ATEQ divisions: leak testing, TPMS, and aviation. He will work with managers from all ATEQ North America locations (U.S., Canada and Mexico).

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ASSE Forming Accreditation Institute to Recognize Quality Safety Programs

May 7, 2018

The fee-based program will certify an applying organization’s occupational safety and health products and services based on recognized voluntary national and international consensus standards.

systems approach to drive sustainability

Two Companies Share Their Secrets to Energy Efficiency, Sustainability

It's a green new world.

Leah Pickett

May 7, 2018

Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) introduced the Better Practice and Better Project awards to honor exceptional energy-efficiency solutions.

IATL operator Nabahe Tewawina. Source: IATL

Risk Mitigation for Counterfeit Electronic Parts

IEC Electronics Analysis and Testing Laboratory once again received ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation.

April 30, 2018

The scope of the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation includes several SAE AS6171 test methods for suspect/counterfeit electrical, electronic and electromechanical (EEE) parts.

Dan Bukaty Jr. at the Starrett AV300 measuring a part.

Vision System Assures Glass Act at California Shop

With the vision system in place, PG&O has substantially ramped up its inspection productivity.

L.S. Starrett Company Metrology Systems Division

April 30, 2018

Machining metal has its challenges, but machining glass is another matter—one that Dan Bukaty Jr., president of Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O) is well schooled in.