Table of contents
November 2023 | Volume 62 | Number 11
Special Sections
MEASUREMENT
Why More Manufacturers Should Consider Implementing a Vision Measurement System
Technology advancements, emerging industries, and Congressional legislation point to an exciting future for vision measurement systems.
TEST & INSPECTION
What Product Quality Testing is Made of
Quality materials are the route to quality products.
SOFTWARE
Harnessing ChatGPT to Develop Calibration Procedures for Test and Measurement Equipment
While AI cannot entirely replace human expertise in developing calibration procedures, it can certainly enhance and streamline the process.
MANAGEMENT
A machine trainer: Safe and efficient shop floor training management
Learn more about CNC and CMM machine trainer simulators.
ESG
How Manufacturing Organizations Can Meet Their ESG Goals: The Role of Quality Departments
From consistent disclosure to systematic emission reduction, quality management plays a crucial role in the ESG landscape.
Features
GD&T allows engineers to define feature relationships, ensuring proper alignment and interchangeability. Source: CAPTURE 3D, a Zeiss Company
About The Cover
CMMs
Thread Inspection
ERP Software
Quality Standards
Laser Trackers
In the Next Issue
Industry News
The Latest Breaking News
Quality 101
GD&T for EV
Products
The Latest Products
Buyers Guide / Sourcebook Premium Sponsors
Directory Listings
Contact us
Staff Contact Information
Departments
From the editor | Darryl Seland
Where Does It End?
Face of quality | Jim L. Smith
Marketplace Projection is a Minefield
Speaking of Quality | Doug Wood
How I got into Quality
Fellow Traveler | Daniel Zrymiak
Stakeholders: Adroit Navigation for Managing Up and Across
Column | John Vandenbemden
Sampling Strategy
Exit Strategies Series | Dane Sanders
How to Navigate the Path, Part 2
Columns
Quality Advertising Index
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NDT Adverting Index
NDT Adverting Index
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Podcast
It’s Not Magic: Learn More About Machine Vision Lighting
Joe Gugliotti, president, R.J. Wilson, Inc., describes the importance of good images.
Podcast
Larger than Additive Manufacturing
Carl Dekker, president of Met-L-Flo Inc. will explain how to embrace additive as an enabler to obtaining larger parts for preproduction, specialty applications, and limited production needs.
Podcast
When Quality & Sustainability Meet
Tariq Masud sat down with Quality to explain why this topic is so important.
Podcast
Quality 4.0 and the Zero Defects Vision
Dr. Carlos Escobar, a research scientist at the Quality 4.0 Institute, shares his ideas combining machine learning and quality. In this talk, he introduces a new concept, learning quality control (LQC), which is the evolution of statistical quality control (SQC). This new approach allows us to solve a whole new range of engineering intractable problems.
Podcast
Automation, Hardness Testing and You
Automation is a huge topic in quality today. Sean Malloy, General Manager, INNOVATEST USA Company, and ASTM Committee member E28, E04, shares his insights on testing trends today.
Podcast
How to Win Over Skeptical Workers
Our 2023 Quality Professional of the Year, Saso Krstovski, offers advice on how to transform teams and entire organizations.
Saso Krstovski, D.Eng., is a former Ford Lean Manufacturing Manager and Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He teaches at several Michigan universities, including Lawrence Technological University, Central Michigan University, and Oakland University. He also serves on the Executive Committee as Workshop Director for the IEOM Society organization.
Podcast
The Building Blocks of Organizational Culture
Grace Duffy, the president of Management & Performance Systems as well as our 2014 Quality Professional of the Year, shares her wisdom about the future of quality as well as building blocks of culture.
Podcast
Inspection vs. Auditing
John Vendenbemden, the 2022 Quality Professional of the Year, discusses the important distinctions between these two terms and their approaches.
Podcast
Low Cost Technology Applications in Lean
Eric Hayler is the Principal of the Hayler Group and a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He has led Continuous Improvement efforts at BMW Manufacturing and Amazon.
Extra Online Content
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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