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Beyond Inspections: The Secret to Building a Quality-Driven Manufacturing Culture
Quality isn’t a department. It’s a mindset. That mindset can mean the difference between thriving and simply surviving. The modern customer demands flawless products, delivered on time, every time. Yet for many manufacturers, quality still feels like an endless game of catch-up – reacting to problems after they happen, throwing resources at rework and trying to patch cracks in the process while the production line keeps moving.
Rethinking Quality: Why Additive Manufacturing Must Grow Up to Move Forward
For years, additive manufacturing (AM) has been synonymous with prototyping. Fast, flexible, and relatively affordable, it allowed engineers and designers to bring ideas to life quickly. Expectations around the technology set are continuing to grow as AM processes edge further and further into the realm of production.
Beyond the Factory Floor: Why Smarter Tools Mean Smarter Quality Control for U.S. Manufacturers
How new tools—including 3D laser scanning and probing devices—can help the industry innovate and adapt in an increasingly competitive (and tariffed) world.
AMETEK to Acquire FARO Technologies
AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) and FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which AMETEK will acquire all outstanding shares of FARO Technologies common stock for $44 per share in cash, which represents an approximate 40% premium to FARO’s closing price on May 5, 2025. The transaction values FARO at an enterprise value of approximately $920 million. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction.
Cost of Quality Implementation: A Practical Approach
This article introduces the fundamental concepts of Cost of Quality (COQ) and explores two widely used models: the Prevention-Appraisal-Failure (PAF) model and the Process Cost Model (PCM).
AI in Quality Management: Hype vs. Reality
Artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating tech headlines across industries from retail to healthcare to financial services. In manufacturing, the excitement is just as strong.
Review: The DMIS Handbook
Here’s a review of The DMIS Handbook, a guide aimed at helping metrologists and CMM programmers master the DMIS language:
Leveraging F1 manufacturing technology for the mass automotive industry
Formula 1 (F1) is synonymous with speed, precision, and cutting-edge technology. While glamourous locations and thrilling driver skill capture the imagination, it is the sophisticated manufacturing technology behind these extraordinary machines that makes everything happen as safely as possible.
Hexagon unveils Autonomous Metrology Suite for quality control
Hexagon has launched a new Autonomous Metrology Suite to simplify the user experience and accelerate key measurement processes, that it says will cut CMM programming time from days to hours.
Plant Tour Reinforces Commitment to Quality in Automotive Manufacturing
Nissan Motor Co.'s Smyrna, TN, plant recently hosted a group of Assembly South attendees before the third annual show began in Nashville. Sixty participants toured the 42-year-old facility with more than 6-million-square-feet of production space, including a body shop, a paint shop, a final assembly line and a two-mile-long test track.
Smarter Software and Non-Contact Tools Drive Adoption of Laser Measurement
More factories now use laser measurement systems to improve quality control on production lines. These automated systems replace manual inspection methods, measuring parts faster and more accurately.
Why 3D Comparative Gages Fall Short in Quality Inspections Compared to Modern CMMs
In modern manufacturing environments, precision and efficiency are critical—not only during production but also in the inspection process. To maintain high standards of quality and compliance, manufacturers increasingly rely on automated measurement systems.
Does Your Quality Goal Come at a Cost?
How much quality is enough and at what cost? If the cost of corrective action is less than that of current non-compliance costs, why continue with your current procedures? If some proper training could make the difference in your bottom line, is it time to commit to improvements in your personnel’s skill sets?
The Death of Tactile Quality Control
Not long ago, quality assurance in aerospace was a narrow, hands-on process. Inspectors would physically verify installations: feeling the torque on bolts, tracing defects to their origin, and leaving behind ink-smudged paperwork as evidence of accountability. It was tactile, deliberate, and sometimes slower—but it worked.
AI’s Double-Edged Sword: Security and Compliance in Manufacturing
More than half (55%) of organizations plan to adopt Generative AI for security this year, indicating a drastic increase in its use within sensitive business operations. Joining the surge in adoption is manufacturing, which is an industry adopting AI at a rapid pace. While AI undoubtedly creates an opportunity for greater efficiency, cost savings and precision, its rapid integration and orchestration exposes organizations to new security risks and regulatory challenges.
How Quality Engineers Use Data to Address Root Causes in Manufacturing
Quality engineers help manufacturing teams identify and solve the underlying causes of production problems through data analysis.
Precision in motion: CMM technology elevates quality standards
Serbian grinding machine manufacturer Grindex has significantly enhanced its quality control and R&D capabilities with the installation of an LK Metrology CMM — enabling faster, more precise inspection, reduced scrap and improved production efficiency.
Embracing the Future: Key Trends Shaping Metrology
As industries continue to push boundaries in manufacturing and technology, metrology—the science of measurement—has become a cornerstone of innovation. The need for precision and efficiency has never been greater, and metrology is evolving to meet these demands.
Mitutoyo CMM Ticks all the Boxes for AML
Just as manufacturers look to achieve increased production efficiencies and improved quality levels by investing in the best available machine tools, farsighted businesses are increasingly applying the same criteria to their Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) purchases.
Manufacturing quality – the result of a whole of business approach
Manufacturing quality products are not made by accident. Quality processes are needed to make them. These quality processes are not confined to the shop floor.
Being in the business of manufacturing, it’s fair to say the overwhelming focus for improvement in our sector tends to rest on production cycles. Placing the focus on how to design and make the best products makes sense. But how often do you hear industry commentators, peers or colleagues talking about the operational side of business?