Software is said to be ubiquitous. Like coffee being available on just about every street corner, software is “in” just about everything we do. Business and manufacturing is no different, particularly for quality. It is the software that helps control all of the hardware and activity, from the shop floor to the boardroom. CAM/CAD and reverse engineering software aid designers and engineers in understanding existing—as well as creating new—technologies and machines. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and quality management software help us manage and execute a company-wide strategy and its quality operation. Inspection and statistical process control software helps us collect data to improve and manage the actual inspection and metrology happening on the manufacturing floor. And these are just a few of the software options available to a manufacturing operation today….and in the future (AI, machine learning, robotics…).

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