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Articles by Patrick Beauchemin

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Evolving ERPs – Key Trends to Drive Business

When it comes to ERP solutions, knowing and understanding these trends allows businesses to take stock of what is important and how to prioritize goals and needs.
Patrick Beauchemin
January 2, 2025

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is evolving rapidly with advancements in AI and shifting workforce priorities. Businesses must embrace these changes to enhance decision-making, operational efficiency, and sustainability for a competitive edge.


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Digital Advancements for Shop Floor Inspection of Medical Devices

Digital Advancements for Shop Floor Inspection of Medical Devices

A wide range of inspections and verifications are needed for these parts.
Patrick Beauchemin
August 1, 2017

Inspecting medical parts such as orthopedic implants and medical instruments pose a number of arduous challenges to manufacturers. 


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Automatic Inspection of Industrial Gas Turbine Parts

How do you inspect such large, heavy and complex parts—with the required accuracy?
Patrick Beauchemin
November 1, 2016

Many of the most critical parts that make up industrial gas turbines (IGTs) have complex 5-axis geometries and very tight tolerances. 


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Optical Measurement: When & Why?

Optical measurement can solve certain challenges where other approaches cannot practically be applied.
Patrick Beauchemin
April 1, 2015

Quality engineers have a number of different technologies and approaches available today, each having their own strengths, to perform the measurement and inspection required to meet tight part tolerances and increasingly more stringent QC requirements.


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The Digital Optical Comparator Advances

The capabilities of the digital optical comparator have expanded to provide even more unique benefits over the traditional optical comparator.
Patrick Beauchemin
October 1, 2013

The introduction of the digital optical comparator has provided manufacturers across a wide range of industries with a number of benefits over traditional optical comparators for the inspection and measurement of manufactured parts directly on the shop floor.


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50 Years of Quality: Optical Comparators Go Digital

Patrick Beauchemin
May 1, 2011
Introduced in the 1940s, optical comparators are still being actively used to verify that manufactured parts are within tolerance, including those with complex geometries.
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