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Customers should look for a trusted additive supplier with a rigorous #quality control process, a robust #supplychain to weather potential market changes and raw #materials constraints, and deep technical and regulatory expertise. Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9960…

Considerations for Transitioning to Mixed-Metal PVC Stabilizers

Tin-based heat stabilizers have long been the gold standard in North America for processing rigid and semi-rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) applications such as profiles, siding, and pipes. 

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Successful tooling management depends on collaboration across several functions within a #manufacturing organization. #quality Hoffer Plastics Corporation Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9960…

Tooling Quality Drives Injection Molding Performance

Quality control programs in injection molding are often focused on monitoring production – measuring dimensions, tracking variation, and verifying consistency across runs. 

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We must make sure we are the ones managing our career, not HR, not the plant manager, not anyone else, but us. #quality Schaeffler Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9960…

Don’t Let Others Manage Your Career

As quality professionals, we are sometimes undervalued by our organizations.

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New word available. #AWordOnQuality Play Now! qualitymag.com/a-word-on-qua…
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International Manufacturing Technology Show will present nine total conferences, including The IMTS 2026 Conference, featuring 69 sessions that cover #automation, #artificialintelligence, #systems integration, #metrology, #software, and more. Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9966…
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Used appropriately, #AI supports better questions and faster insight. Used poorly, it scales uncertainty. And therein lay the risks. Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9960…

AI as an Enabler of Continuous Improvement: Applying Quality Thinking to AI Prompt Engineering

When artificial intelligence enters the conversation in quality and continuous improvement (CI) circles, reactions tend to fall at two extremes. 

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New Product Alert! Coinciding with the official release of the #GigE Vision 3.0 specification, this launch marks a significant milestone for the industry. #machinevision #standards Allied Vision Technologies Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9965…
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This was a 12.5% decline from a surprisingly strong March 2026, but a 33.2% increase from April 2025. #metalworking #quality AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9965…
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Edge #AI provides real-time analysis to identify true conveyor jams. #quality Zebra Technologies Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9962…

Machine Vision Ends Needless Operational Stops

In highly automated facilities today, a familiar scene plays out with frustrating regularity. 

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Q-Cast! Dilip Shah is the president of E=mc3 Solutions and he sat down with Michelle Bangert at the MAX Show in Nashville to talk about his presentation there and more. #quality #metrology #calibration ASQ Watch or Listen Now! qualitymag.com/articles/9960…
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Barger joins Epicor Software with more than 20 years of experience leading high-performing go-to-market organizations across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. #quality #software #ERP Join us in congratulating Rachel! qualitymag.com/articles/9965…
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From chess to real life. #quality Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9961…

Principle of Two Weaknesses

It’s called the principle of two weaknesses. It is a strategy in chess. It was developed by Grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch and detailed in the book, “My System,” back in 1925 and still considered a...

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New Product Alert! Onto Innovation’s Tucson-based subsidiary 4D Technology, an Onto Innovation Subsidiary announced the launch of the 4Di InSpec™ SR #surfaceroughness #measurement system - a novel, portable, vibration-immune optical system. Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9964…
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The Manufacturing Institute's FAME, founded by TOYOTA and led by the MI since 2019, offers earn-and-learn apprenticeship programs to #train the #nextgenerationworkforce of #manufacturing talent. Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9964…
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The #quality journey must be embraced across the enterprise. Caterpillar Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9961…

Still Seeking Better Quality

Quality giants like Joseph M. Juran, W. Edwards Deming and Armand V. Feigenbaum ushered in the era of total quality management (TQM) movement about seven decades ago.

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New Product Alert! Built for applications where failure is not an option, the General Inspection, LLC Gi-307 delivers comprehensive 360-degree #inspection using sequenced front and back lighting with seven high-speed inspection #cameras. Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9964…
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Happening tomorrow, join this #webinar with Hexagon experts to learn how multi-sensor optical CMM solutions can reduce inspection delays, improve precision, and help maintain production throughput. brnw.ch/21x3bje
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The addition of Eddyfi Technologies' best-in-class non-destructive testing #NDT instrumentation compliments ESAB North America’s expansive fabrication technology portfolio. #quality Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9964…
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You’ve built rigorous systems for tracing defects to their source. But one upstream cause rarely makes the diagram and it’s been generating #quality escapes across the industry for years. Operation Lead Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9961…

The Root Cause of Defects We Rarely Name or Address

You’ve been here before. A defect surfaces and brings a critical project to a halt. 

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A homage to the work of David B. Kirk. His 1952 paper on pneumatic #gaging is a foundational reference for dimensional #inspection and #measurement #quality. Western Gage Corporation Learn More! qualitymag.com/articles/9961…

When Air Became An Instrument

For more than seventy years, David B. Kirk’s illustrated lecture, Introduction to Principles of Pneumatic Gaging, existed in an unusual place in the history of manufacturing—quietly influential,...

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