Table of contents
June 2025 | Volume 64 | Number 6
Special Sections
MEASUREMENT
Smarter Software and Non-Contact Tools Drive Adoption of Laser Measurement
Advances in software and hardware make it easier to automate and trust measurement systems.
MEASUREMENT
Specifying a Force Measurement and Material Testing System to Suit Your Application
When a force measurement and material test system is optimally designed for the application at hand, the solution will provide the desired results
TEST & INSPECTION
Goodnight, Materials Testing
The highly acclaimed bedtime story offers a look into the intricate world of materials testing.
SOFTWARE
Digital Twins
Digital twins allow manufacturers to predict outcomes and detect errors with far greater precision than trial-and-error methods.
MANAGEMENT
Four Technologies to Consider When Navigating Economic Pressures
Facing cost pressures and supply chain challenges doesn’t have to be a burden manufacturers shoulder on their own.
MANAGEMENT
AI in Quality Management: How to Move Beyond the Hype and Add Real Value
The value AI can bring is considerable even if most organizations have yet to discover it.
AUTOMOTIVE
EV Batteries: Materials Quality Testing to Avoid Bumps in the Road
Each component must withstand mechanical, thermal, and environmental stresses throughout its lifecycle.
Features
Digital twins, once a concept reserved for speculative fiction, now stand at the forefront of modern manufacturing and quality control. Source: iStock / Getty Images Plus
About The Cover
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Automation
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From the editor
How Can We Afford To?
Speaking of Quality
Are You Blazing a New Path to ISO/IEC 42001 AI Standard?
Face of quality
Link Quality and Lean, Part 1
Metrology Corner
The Emergence of the Metric System
Column
Shifting Corporate Training
Standards 101
Internal Audit Results: How to Improve Integrated Audits
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Podcast
She Came, She Saw, She Started a Career
Meet our 2025 Quality Rookie of the Year, Attrayee Chakraborty. She is a quality professional in the medical field with a background in biotechnology and expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Podcast
Train and Maintain With the Right Software
Our 2025 Plant of the Year CEO Explains How to Train, Maintain High Quality, and Find the Right SoftwareWith a commitment to people, new technologies, and the highest quality standards, Spectrum Custom Packaging aims for zero defects in every product they make. “We keep scrap and defect rates low, we always aim for zero,” says CEO Shawn Pereira. “It’s nearly impossible but we try.”
Podcast
How to be an Exceptional Quality Professional
Our 2025 Quality Professional of the Year has nineteen competencies listed on his CV as well as 50 skills listed on LinkedIn—if you’re looking for a certified quality engineer (CQE) or an AS9100 lead auditor, you’re in luck—but also stresses the importance of emotional intelligence. Here, Ben Tomic shares his insights from a long career in quality.
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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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