Making it to the top requires dedication, persistence, and continuous improvement.

Today’s manufactured components are more complex than ever, with more parts diversity, more model year changes and tighter tolerances than ever before.

The quality lab is a critical component to manufacturing companies, especially when preparing parts for production, routine inspection and also product development.

Developed nations, though equipped with industrial and educational infrastructures, face a current and increasing shortage of qualified, skilled and motivated workers.

Sensors that report a factory’s performance by measuring machine functioning, downtime, and production goals are in high demand.

How can a QMS help your organization to achieve a strategic culture of quality? What can you learn from the unique challenges other organizations face in different industries? 

Are you a manufacturer researching ways to improve and increase productivity, as your cast parts become more complex?

A host of tools are available to metrologists in today’s manufacturing environment. Many are simple, mechanical, and accessible to anyone who wants to measure something.

Sometimes adopting lean manufacturing means adding more people to a process. Eric Ethington, a lean product and process development coach, previously worked in the auto supply business. In a pump assembly product line, the typical cell had six operators.

The aerospace industry is known for manufacturing parts with critical dimensions and tight tolerances. Despite the high-demanding inspections they are required to perform, important players in the industry have managed to reduce bottlenecks and detect problems early in the manufacturing process.