I’ve heard serendipity described as a happy coincidence. For me, it always had a little more meaning to it. It always felt like more than just a coincidence. More like a “meaningful connection.”

ASQ is a professional society composed of members located throughout the world who are bound together through ASQ’s Code of Ethics: its core values. 

Digital gaging, involving the software and hardware used to capture and process digital measurements, has grown dramatically in the past two decades. It has also made quality more efficient and effective.

Settling measurement disputes should be an easy matter since they are all about numbers, but unfortunately it doesn’t work out that way.

Most people have been taught to believe that all failure is negative. Quite often, however, disappointing results can provide the greatest opportunities for success.

Hardness testing is a simple mechanical test developed to provide a quantitative measurement in a quick and efficient manner. Hardness testing is used in place of other techniques such as tensile testing as it can be correlated with tensile strength but requires significantly less time and effort, as well as being comparatively nondestructive.