If you want to get ahead, Quality columnist Jim Smith has thirteen tactics you can use, no matter where you work. We spoke to Jim about advice he received early in his career, tips for others in the field, and how Michael Jordan relates to the quality profession. For more information, read his “13 Steps to Get Ahead” feature in our September issue, his Face of Quality column, or his Jim Gem’s blog.

Bill Arbogast explains his perspective on quality, ISO 9001, and how to manage inevitable business changes.

Read: The 2013 Quality Professional of the Year

Managing Editor Michelle Bangert talks to Top Tool’s Duane Kari to learn more about the challenges in manufacturing today—both at Top Tool and in the industry overall—as well as the role of operators, the next standard for the company, and the drive for quality.

Read: Tight Tolerances at Top Tool

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Learn tips for SPC success from Don Elmore, chief software architect at DataNet Quality Systems. Don is the inventor of a patent-pending methodology that enables quality practitioners, using statistical process control, to identify process improvements that will lower manufacturing costs.

Quality recently spoke to the University of California-Berkeley’s David Dornfeld about how green manufacturing relates to quality. Dornfeld, a manufacturing engineering professor, recently edited a book on green manufacturing fundamentals. Here, he explains why it matters and discusses the increased attention given to manufacturing today.

Michael Molnar became the first chief manufacturing officer in NIST history last August. Here, Molnar, the chief manufacturing officer at NIST and the director of the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, explains some of the issues in industry today and why he’s excited about students in manufacturing. 

Jesse Morse went into his first calibration lab in 1964. Quality met with Morse, president of Morse Metrology and longtime NCSL member, at the NCSL conference in Sacramento this year to discuss metrology trends. He explains the changes he’s seen over the years, and why he’s worried about the future of the industry.