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For over 33 years, Quality Digest has been a trusted source of information for professionals in the quality field. Currently, Quality Digest shares insightful articles and updates about the quality industry through our e-newsletter, Quality Digest Daily, and our website at www.qualitydigest.com. In 2015, our website attracted more than 1 million page views, featuring a variety of editorial content, live streams, videos, and on-demand webinars led by industry specialists on topics such as international quality standards, leadership, manufacturing, metrology, statistical process control, training, healthcare, and more. Additionally, our website hosts all editorial content from Quality Digest magazine, covering the period from August 1995 to June 2009, prior to our shift to digital media.

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Vehicle Manufacturer Increases Design Quality With 3D Scanners | Quality Digest

Dec 4, 2024 | qualitydigest.com

What started out in 1928 as a blacksmith and carriage smithy is now, 94 years later, a modern, customer-focused vehicle manufacturing company in the heart of Switzerland.
How Early Adopters of Gen AI Are Gaining Efficiencies

Mar 7, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | Shankar Parameshwaran

Generative AI can affect managerial decision-making in “a transformative way” by boosting value generation, according to Prasanna (Sonny) Tambe, Wharton professor of operations, information, and decisions. Tambe is also faculty co-director of AI at Wharton, which fosters AI activities across the University of Pennsylvania.
What You Need to Know About Weibull Distributions

Mar 5, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | Donald Wheeler

Over the past two months we’ve considered the properties of lognormal and gamma probability models. Both of these families contain the normal distribution as a limit. To complete our survey of widely used probability models, this column will look at Weibull distributions, a family that doesn’t contain the normal.
Overcoming Reactive Maintenance Challenges

Feb 29, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | James Chan

Reactive maintenance is a form of physical asset management in which maintenance is only performed on equipment or machinery when it malfunctions or fails entirely. Sometimes referred to as run-to-failure maintenance or breakdown maintenance, reactive maintenance strategies provide the most basic level of asset maintenance and offer a minimum threshold of stability until your organization is prepared to take a preventive approach to maintenance.
Dürr’s Ready2integrate Package Will Include Industrial Painting Technology

Feb 29, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | Megan Wallin-Kerth

(Dürr Systems: Southfield, MI) -- Dürr has developed a connection between the control unit and applicator for the industrial painting industry: the Fluid Board. The fully assembled color-dosing and color-changing system allows for fast assembly. By offering the Fluid Board, Dürr is expanding its ready2integrate package, enabling customers to quickly assemble a high-quality solution comprising a controller, dosing technology, and applicator.
Deciphering Dynamics of Electric Charge

Feb 21, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | Megan Wallin-Kerth

(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Research led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Marti Checa and Liam Collins has pioneered a groundbreaking approach, described in the journal Nature Communications, toward understanding the behavior of an electric charge at the microscopic level. Their findings could be vital for improving efficiency, lifespan, and performance in batteries, solar cells, and other electronic devices.
What Conversations Does Your Value Stream Map Drive?

Feb 20, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | Mark Rosenthal |Megan Wallin-Kerth

Continuing on the theme of value stream mapping (and process mapping in general) from my article “Where is your value stream map?” I outlined the typical scenario: The map is built by the continuous improvement team, and they are the ones primarily engaged in the conversations about how to close the gap between the current state and the future state.
What Is Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)?

Feb 20, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | James Chan

In manufacturing industries, calculating overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) offers deep insights into the performance of production processes and enables data-driven improvements. Determining OEE is a standard method for assessing the productivity of production lines compared to their potential. Organizations in manufacturing sectors, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and utilities, use OEE data to eliminate inefficiencies and drive continuous improvement.
Call for Papers for the Coordinate Metrology Society Conference

Feb 15, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | Megan Wallin-Kerth

(CMS: Weatherford, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) announced its 2024 Call for Papers for the 40th annual Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC), July 22–25, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The eminent membership association for measurement professionals worldwide, the CMSencourages abstract submissions that explore diverse applications of 3D metrology (stationary and portable) to improve processes, productivity, and the user experience.
Rad Source NDT Introduces NDT 1000 X-Ray Inspection System

Feb 15, 2024 | qualitydigest.com | Megan Wallin-Kerth

(Rad Source NDT: Buford, GA) -- Rad Source NDT, a global leader in developing state-of-the-art inspection systems that prioritize quality, safety, and technological advancements along with advanced inspection solutions, announced the arrival of its latest innovation: the NDT 1000 X-ray inspection system. The NDT 1000 can handle materials as thick as 0.5 in. (including steel) with precision, speed, and versatility.