Check out the September 2021 edition of Quality, featuring a Vision & Sensors special section, our main feature, an introduction to Lean manufacturing that can help companies gain a competitive advantage and much more!
Lean manufacturing (or thinking) can help companies gain a competitive advantage. The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste (and not compromising productivity).
Lean approaches are helpful for the development and maintenance of documentation compliant with ISO Management System Standards (MSS). These standards include ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and many others.
The past year has taken a toll on companies that have had to shift gears and innovate in order to remain afloat, serve customers and quickly pivot to meet a changing situation. I
The long haul trucking or “Over the Road” (OTR) vehicle industry is no stranger to implementing modular tooling for their fixturing needs, especially in America.
Implementing these new technologies will make today's gages easier to use, offer more capabilities in an easier-to-read fashion and survive point of manufacture gaging.
John C. Maxwell, the noted author and lecturer, in his book "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" asked, “Who is your legacy?” Essentially Maxwell was asking with whom are we working to prepare to take over when we are no longer leading?
Imaging using short wave infrared (SWIR) radiation has long offered interesting properties for industrial machine vision but has been slow to be adopted.