Articles by Darryl Seland

From the Editor | Darryl Seland

Unintended Consequences

It's the Law
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Darryl Seland
June 14, 2021
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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Starrett InfoCenter Early Data Collection

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
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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Renishaw Process Control

How Does Process Control Work, Exactly?

Get to know the equipment that drives manufacturing inspection.
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Darryl Seland
June 10, 2021
Process control is frequently used for mass production. It automates precise industrial processes and is easy enough to for even small staff to manage complex processes from a central control room.
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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
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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From the Editor | Darryl Seland

Rules: Good or Bad?

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Darryl Seland
May 7, 2021

English actor and author Alan Bennett once said, “We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn’t obey the rules.”


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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

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

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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From the Editor | Darryl Seland

Truth or Fallacy

Depends on how you look at it.
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Darryl Seland
April 8, 2021

Sunk costs are defined as costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Proponents of the sunk cost fallacy argue that since it is a cost paid in the past and unrecoverable, it should be removed from any future decision making. 


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