Stephen Bieszczat, chief marketing officer of DELMIAWorks, has seen both good and bad practices on his manufacturing tours. Here he explains software's role in manufacturing trends, how quality professionals can best use software to improve manufacturing processes, and how to tackle your to-do list.

Deb Iafrate, Executive Vice President of Eagle Group USA Inc., describes how the ISO standards have evolved in her long career, how quality professionals can benefit from the standards, and how to get the most out of the standards. 

Tamela Serensits, founder/CEO of Argolytics, describes potential SPC hurdles, how SPC software can benefit manufacturers of all sizes, and how to embrace new technology.

Roderick Munro, our first Quality Professional of the Year as well as an experienced auditor, offers his take on the State of the Profession results. Listen to what surprised him about the survey, trends in quality, and how the pandemic affected the quality field.

Greg Shrider, vice president, head of key accounts for BYK-Gardner USA, shares his insights from 36 years of experience in the field of color measurement, including how to address color challenges, common misconceptions, and today’s trends, including how the pandemic affected the color world.

Grace Duffy and Dr. Hung Le describe how five minutes can help managers improve their culture, the ways company culture has changed, and offer advice on how quality professionals can benefit from alignment.

The thoughts and introduction of our monthly coverage of the quality industry from our editorial director, Darryl Seland.

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