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Erik Nieves is the co-founder and CEO of Plus One Robotics. He's been in the industry for more than 30 years, and he also serves on the board of directors of A3 and is a frequent speaker and contributor to public policy and robotics.

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.

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

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. 

Palletizing is difficult, dangerous work that sometimes takes workers many feet up into the air to stack products off the production line or service and maintain palletizing equipment. 

Michael Byrnes is the executive director of certification operations at ASQ and talks with Quality about certifications, and in particular, how certifications enhance people's careers, benefit the collective community, and really add value to society as a whole.

The connector application from aku.automation and AT Sensors, which inspects over 1.7 million pins every day with unprecedented precision, is setting a new benchmark in the electronics industry.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved far beyond a passing buzzword, powering diverse industries with applications ranging from predictive analytics to robotic automation.

Syed Ahmed, a senior member of ASQ, shares his thoughts on the future of quality.