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Quality January 2021

2021 January

Check out the January 2021 edition of Quality: Analytics and QMS solutions, color management, leak testing for batteries, Quality 2021 Spending Survey, calipers and much more!
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What Should Analytics Add to a QMS Solution?

The Third Wave is on its way.
ETQ
January 6, 2021
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There have been two sea changes since the widespread introduction of QMS solutions in manufacturing environment—and a third change is on its way.


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Quality's 21st Annual Spending Survey

Spending in spite of a pandemic.
Genevieve Diesing
January 6, 2021
8 Comments

In our 21st Annual Spending Survey, we’ve looked into who will be buying what and when. Despite the economic upset resulting from COVID-19, equipment budgets look to be steady, if not growing, for the next fiscal year.


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carbon fiber calipers

Calipers 102: The Basics and Beyond

Michal Grosenbach
January 6, 2021
6 Comments

Calipers are an integral tool for many applications, yet they’re a tool that likely doesn’t garner much reflection. Whether you’ve been using them for years or are investing in them for the first time, here are the ins and outs of caliper design and use that you’ll want to keep in mind.


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Building a Sustainable Future

What executives are saying.
Qm1019 clmn guest column p1 author oden willem sundblad
Willem Sundblad
January 6, 2021
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This past year has been ripe with massive disruptions. In fact, 94% of manufacturers surveyed say demand has significantly changed as a result of COVID-19. 


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Getting Color Right (It's Trickier Than It Sounds)

What you need to know for effective color management.
Earl Balthazar
January 6, 2021
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Color is just one of the many aspects of an effective quality control program that needs to be strategically managed to ensure accurate and consistent end products. However, color can be surprisingly challenging to get right.


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INFICON engineers

Standardized Leak Testing for Lithium-Ion Battery Cells

It is Essential for Automakers.
Thomas Parker Daniel Wetzig, PhD
January 6, 2021
2 Comments

Automakers in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the United States are struggling with performance and safety issues associated with electric and hybrid-electric cars.


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From the Editor, Darryl Seland

The Wave as a Metaphor

January 6, 2021
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One of the most powerful images from nature has also become a powerful metaphor—the wave.


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Face of Quality

Creativity

People, like businesses, need to be creative or stagnate.
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Jim L. Smith
January 6, 2021
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Business leaders have long realized that creativity leads to innovation, which is a key ingredient to achieving success. They recognize that innovation is the most important single skill that an organization can possess if it is to remain competitive. 


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Guest Column

"Paper or Plastic?"

How to make binary decisions out of complex problems.
Qm1019 clmn guest columnb p1 author ian lazarus
Ian R Lazarus
January 6, 2021
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Back in the day when attending live, face-to-face conferences was “a thing,” I always looked forward to the breaks when I could join my peers around that long, huge table put out by the hotel offering a variety of Danishes, fruit, and of course, coffee.


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Other Dimensions

The High Cost of Zero

More than you bargained for.
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Hill Cox
January 6, 2021
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At first glance, you might think I’m losing it with the title of this month’s rant. After all, who would pay anything for ‘zero’ or nothing? It turns out a lot of people try to get ‘nothing’ or ‘zero’ and end up with more than they bargained for at a very high cost to get there.


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Speaking of Quality

ASQ’s Influence

Common and "hidden" membership benefits.
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Jim Spichiger
January 6, 2021
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ASQ has been carefully designing membership benefits to help the growing needs of quality professionals. These benefits include exclusive access to quality knowledge, solutions and resources to solve challenges, and skill development to advance one’s career.


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Engineered Lighting For Machine Vision: Part 1 of 3

Perry C. West
January 12, 2021
One Comment

You have probably heard, and perhaps experienced, that lighting is a big challenge in applying machine vision and a vital key to its successful application. 


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The Hybrid Approach

Combining the best of traditional machine vision and deep learning.
Hanan Gino
January 12, 2021
5 Comments

For the past few decades, consumers have rewarded companies that customize their products and services to individual tastes and needs.


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2D Optical Measurement For 100% Component Inspection

Finding a system to handle 4,000 individual components a day.
Eduardo Bolivar
January 12, 2021
5 Comments

Recently, an automotive parts manufacturer was searching for a system to measure over 4,000 individually machined components a day. 


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Robots Pave Way For Sustainable Mobility

A significant investment in key technologies ensure that high safety and quality requirements are met.
ABB
January 12, 2021
One Comment

Energy storage systems play an important role in the electrification and decarbonization of road and rail transport. 


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