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Home » Authors » Jason Chester

Jason Chester

Jason Chester is the director of product management at Advantive. He is responsible for Advantive’s Quality and SPC family of solutions, which help Advantive customers unlock transformative business value from SPC and specialty manufacturing solutions. With over 25 years of experience working directly within the enterprise IT industry, Jason has gained a deep understanding of how information technology capabilities can deliver significant and sustainable business value to end-user organizations. Prior to joining Advantive, Jason was the Managing Director of Europe’s largest indigenous IT research and advisory company. Jason has spent many years as an IT/business analyst, writer, and consultant focused on business process optimization and digital transformation across a wide range of industry sectors. Currently, his main area of interest is the business impact of next-generation information technologies on industrial and manufacturing sectors, a topic he frequently writes about online and in the press.

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Manufacturers Must Unify Data Now to Meet First Digital Product Passport Deadlines

Meeting these requirements depends not only on connecting data across systems, but also on proving how products were actually made.
Jason Chester
May 4, 2026

Nearly 90% of material resources across the European Union are lost after their first use, highlighting how linear today’s manufacturing economy remains. 


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Management

Trends & Predictions in Quality in 2026

The most significant sub-trend for 2026 is the emergence of hybrid quality strategies.
Jason Chester
December 6, 2025

In 2026, quality manufacturing will focus on statistical process control (SPC) and on integrating AI and machine learning. However, outside of this industry hype, there is a focus on practical and sustainable progress.


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Software

Integrating SPC with QMS Encourages Shop Floor Modernization

Being able to stay ahead of the curve offers a competitive advantage that’s tough to beat.
Jason Chester
October 3, 2025

Manufacturers need holistic operational views to improve processes amid challenges like labor shortages and supply chain issues. Tools like Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Quality Management Systems (QMS) provide insights for stability, quality management, and regulatory compliance.



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