When my co-founders and I graduated from college, the Great Recession was in full swing. Jobs were scarce. Local opportunities for entrepreneurship required money we didn’t have. So, we did what any ...

No medical device is without risk. And, in the manufacture of medical devices, risk management cannot be taken seriously enough. Failures can have far reaching impacts on the health and safety of ...

In general, automating manufacturing leads to more efficiency, lower costs, higher throughput, less waste, higher labour productivity, and predictable lead times. Yet some process steps are a ...

Joseph Juran was a pioneer in the study of quality control for industries like math and science. Learn how to apply his ...

Japanese manufacturers adopted quality-control theories developed by American experts to rebuild the Japanese industrial base after the Second World War. Japanese experts such as Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa ...

Companies of all types are embracing AI in distinct ways. Perhaps no other industry is moving as fast as manufacturing. Coming from the experiences of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma process changes, ...

There is a steady increase in FDA 483s related to microbiology. Though most are for sterile products, non-sterile and terminally sterilized products are also scrutinized by the regulators. These ...

Supply chain management directly impacts product quality and the overall profitability of a company. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced massive international supply chain disruptions that sent ...

Across the full range of semiconductor device types and design nodes, there is a drive to produce chips with significantly higher quality. Automotive, IoT and other industrial applications require ...

CHILLICOTHE - Malachi Robinson paced the length of a 10-person assembly line Thursday, watching its workers sort the components of a solar car to be placed at their workstations. Serving as quality ...

The three core skills—human+, agentic AI orchestration and interoperability catalysis—represent the foundation. Manufacturers ...