There's increasing doubt about the necessity of a four-year degree due to rising college costs, creating more opportunities for trade professionals with advancing technology and higher pay.

Michelle Bangert interviewed Claire Hopkins, a document control specialist and author of a recent "Speaking of Quality" column for Quality magazine. Claire chairs the American Society for Quality's Next Gen Global Committee, comprising individuals under 40 or new to the quality industry.

Sustainable development frameworks encourage businesses to consider their impact and develop tools to demonstrate improvements. Environmental sustainability requires monitoring, learning, and innovating to respond to opportunities and risks.

Our workforce is undergoing major changes, especially in talent management and retention. Understanding and addressing these shifts will be our next mission.

In this article, we'll explore the causes of the skills gap, suitable training programs, finding assistance, getting started, ensuring long-lasting training, and preserving non-digital skills in a digital world.

Minitab Engage is a designed CI tool for initiating, monitoring, managing, and sharing innovation and initiatives from idea generation to execution.

Quality 4.0 aligns quality management with Industry 4.0 to drive efficiencies, performance, and innovation. It's critical now more than ever to merge human skills with technology.

Determining liability and accountability for AI system actions is challenging. Organizations need a comprehensive approach addressing technical, ethical, legal, and organizational aspects of AI.

How well do the people responsible for meeting the quality standards understand the standards? Quality managers have access to effective tools to ensure that both the quality team and the entire organization are well-grounded in the most important standards.

The ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 standard is similar in format to MIL-STD-105E and ASTM E2234-09 but differs in its definition of a rejectable item. It uses definitions and terminology in line with ANSI/ISO/ASQ 3534-2:2006. Two definitions are particularly important in applying the standard.