Articles by Darryl Seland

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The Advantages of Automated SPC Software, by Industry

The advantages to SPC can be applied differently, depending on the field you’re in.
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Darryl Seland
June 14, 2021
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Automated SPC software can help organizations take their quality approaches from reactive to proactive, boosting efficiency and getting everyone on the same page. Read on to learn how companies in transportation and defense, consumer goods and construction materials, food and beverage, and medical devices and pharmaceuticals companies can meet quality requirements, industry regulations and more.
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From the Editor, Darryl Seland
From the Editor | Darryl Seland

Unintended Consequences

It's the Law
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Darryl Seland
June 14, 2021
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So how do we take the law into our own hands? The best, and only, approach is to surround ourselves with the tools and knowledge to reap our vigilante justice. To facilitate that knowledge, check out “The Changing Face of Additive Manufacturing Inspection,” “A Corporate Commitment to Quality Requires a Digital-First Approach,” and everything else we have to offer in this month’s Quality.
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Why Yesterday’s Data Collection Systems Don’t Support Overall Equipment Effectiveness

Increasing the pace, capacity, and precision of measurement and inspection data collection is the first step in OEE.
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Darryl Seland
June 11, 2021
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is the new standard in manufacturing today, deeply affecting the way manufacturers operate. Improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is crucial to IoT. Optimizing OEE requires accurate, up-to-date data across an entire organization, including measurement and test information from both quality labs and the shop floor.


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Organizations should adopt risk-based thinking to make better decisions and address risks to help companies long term.

Why Adopt Risk-Based Thinking?

Automated risk management tools can help manufacturers incorporate risk-based thinking into their processes.
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Darryl Seland
June 3, 2021
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Automated risk management tools can help manufacturers incorporate risk-based thinking into their processes. Organizations should adopt risk-based thinking to make better decisions, particularly when they must contend with challenging, fast-paced or otherwise uncertain environments.
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Scaling data collection systems to growing operations

Today’s automated data collection systems can help companies boost efficiency, even as their requirements change.
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Darryl Seland
May 6, 2021
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Manufacturers must ask a lot of their quality data collection systems. Ideally, these systems should not only capture quality data while a product or service is manufactured, assembled and installed, but they should also aid in pre-production preparation. 


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The ins and outs of document control

Learn the difference between document control, management, systems and software.
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Darryl Seland
May 6, 2021
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Document control helps manufacturers keep their documents in check. Organizations use document control software to manage structured documents used in the design, development and manufacturing of products, throughout their entire lifecycles.


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