Table of contents
February 2024 | Volume 63 | Number 2
Special Sections
MEASUREMENT
Embracing Quality 4.0: Precision Gaging Transforms Manufacturing with Data-Driven Precision
Quality engineers are uniquely positioned to leverage this data because they have been analyzing and interpreting manufacturing data for decades.
MEASUREMENT
Unraveling DeflateGate
A comprehensive analysis of measurements, traceability, and uncertainty in the Tom Brady controversy.
TEST & INSPECTION
When Part Gaging is a Bottleneck
Automatic manual gaging improves process control, yield, and capacity.
SOFTWARE
FDA-compliant results documentation with Microscopy Imaging Software
Transferring microscopy applications into production often requires validation activities.
MANAGEMENT
Five Quality Companies to Know
The annual Quality Leadership ranking is back.
MANAGEMENT
Testing how useful AI is for management and quality professionals
How helpful can artificial intelligence (AI) be for management and quality professionals?
Features
A motorized thread gage can accelerate thread gaging by combining both go and no-go testing, while accelerating the speed that the thread master is rotated into the part being tested. Source: New Scale Robotics.
About The Cover
Handheld Gaging
Additive Mfg. Test & Inspection
Reverse Engineering Software
Plant of the Year
CMMs
In the Next Issue
Industry News
The Latest Breaking News
Quality 101
Materials Testing: Getting It Right the First Time
Products
The Latest Products
Case Study
Orbit Irrigation Digitizes and Simplifies Incoming Inspection Tasks
Special Advertising Section
Case Studies
Buyers Guide / Sourcebook Premium Sponsors
Directory Listings
Contact us
Staff Contact Information
Departments
From the editor | Darryl Seland
By Hook or by Crook
Speaking of Quality | Dr. Omer Eltigani
My Quality Journey
Face of quality | Jim L. Smith
Tips to Improve Productivity
Standards | Roderick A. Munro
Training Auditors to Integrated MSS Requirements
Lean with Lazarus | Ian R. Lazarus
Is it Conventional Wisdom, or Conventional Ignorance?
Exit Strategy | Dane Sanders
Mastering the Art of Business Sale
Columns
Quality Advertising Index
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The publisher assumes no liability for errors or omissions.
This index is provided as a reader service.
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NDT Adverting Index
NDT Adverting Index
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Podcast
Consider What Automation Can Do For You
While companies may think automation is too cost-prohibitive or complicated, Martin Buena-Franco, automation products manager at The Raymond Corporation, says that is not the case. Here he dispels these myths and others and explains how automation could benefit your manufacturing process.
Podcast
Quick Wins from The Quality Show
Eric Hayler offers some ideas for low-cost lean ideas to benefit your manufacturing processes.
Podcast
How the Industrial Technology Program at MSU is Educating the Next Generation in Manufacturing
Learn how Mississippi State University strives to be a hands-on bachelor’s degree for students who want to enter any area of industry – and how your company can get involved. Lara Threet, program coordinator and instructor, industrial technology at MSU, explains how the program works, how she got involved in engineering, and the career she almost pursued instead.
Podcast
Calibration Myths Busted
Heather Wade of the ASQ Measurement Division explains calibration myths and misnomers while at The Quality Show this year.
Podcast
Get Up-to-date on ESG
QMS may just be “the invisible force that every organization needs to ensure a robust ESG framework and benchmarkable ESG disclosure,” says Indika Edussuriya, global technical manager, ESG & Sustainability Report Assurance, TÜV Rheinland Group.
Podcast
Auditing Questions Answered at The Quality Show
John Vandenbemden of the ASQ Inspection Division offers his take on audits, inspections, and quality.
Podcast
The Quality Plant of the Year Shares Insights at The Quality Show
Debra Dahlin is the second-generation owner and president of Reed Switch Developments Corp. (RSD). Under her leadership, RSD has grown steadily, despite a series of recessions, a global pandemic, and a major pivot from primarily standard parts into small-to-medium volume custom ones. Quality met with RSD at The Quality Show to learn what's new with the company.
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Podcast
RAM-ing It Home
Quality sat down with Greg Weaver, founder and president at Weaver NDT, to talk about the Resonance Acoustic Method (RAM).
Podcast
The Latest in Magnetic Particle Inspection
It’s fun to talk about but laborious to do, says George Hopman of NDE Solutions Inc. He offers his advice on magnetic particle inspection and explains the latest in the technology.
PODCAST
Don’t Let Quality 4.0 Intimidate You
Dr. Milton Krivokucha shares how he got interested in the subject, and what manufacturers should know before implementing it.
PODCASt
The Guide to Styli Basics
Linda Goodwin-Marino of Paul Marino Gages talks styli basics. She explains what’s new in terms of styli, offers advice for manufacturers on improving measurement, and trends in quality.
PODCAST
What Training Looks Like Now
Kimberlee Humphrey, president and CEO of Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), discusses training success stories, the rise of “new collar” workers, and why manufacturers shouldn’t get hung up on traditional job requirements.
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