Quality Podcast

Quality spoke with Praveen Gupta about how to expect excellence, strive for defect free manufacturing, and link the CAPA process, FMEA model and eventually innovation. Gupta has been in the field of quality for about 40 years, a Fellow of ASQ since 1996, an early practitioner of Six Sigma and ISO 9001 systems since 1987, a past member of US Tag/TC-176 (for ISO 9001), and current member of US Tag/T...

How our 2024 Plant of the Year focuses on customer service, friendly engineers, and a strong work culture to make it the top choice for customers around the globe. Rob Glassburn, VP of operations at 3D Engineering Solutions, explains the company’s environment and goals. To hear more from our Plant of the Year, visit The Quality Show South this May. Rob will be speaking Wednesday, May 1 at 1 p.m. V...

Dale Norwood of Norwood NDT Consulting describes how he blew the whistle on an NDT company in the 1990s after seeing falsified inspections. Dale will be speaking at The Quality Show South May 1 at 3:30 p.m.

Learn more about the varied applications for advanced 3D scanning from Michael Raphael, CEO & President, Direct Dimensions Inc. He will be speaking at The Quality Show South coming up this May in Nashville. His session is called Advanced 3D Scanning Systems for Part Modeling and Inspection. His session will take place Wednesday, May 1 at 2 p.m.

Quality sat down with Jim Spichiger, program manager, Amazon Custom Service, and immediate past chair of the ASQ Inspection Division, to discuss his upcoming Quality Show South presentation.

Stefan Friedrich of New Scale Robotics explains why quality is often one of the later steps to automate. Adopting a robot or cobot can be intimidating but it doesn’t need to be. Here he describes what quality professionals need to know. Hint: it’s not programming.

Dan Zrymiak, an ASQ Fellow and recipient of ASQ’s Feigenbaum and Crosby Medals, has almost three decades of experience in international quality and risk management. Here he shares his expertise on culture, leadership and values. Read more from Dan Zrymiak here.

Donald Booth of the American Institute of Nondestructive Testing now offers a range of NDT training options for others in the industry. Listen now to how training has changed over the years and how to get the most out of your classroom and on-the-job training.

While companies may think automation is too cost-prohibitive or complicated, Martin Buena-Franco, automation products manager at The Raymond Corporation, says that is not the case. Here he dispels these myths and others and explains how automation could benefit your manufacturing process.

Eric Hayler offers some ideas for low-cost lean ideas to benefit your manufacturing processes.

Learn how Mississippi State University strives to be a hands-on bachelor’s degree for students who want to enter any area of industry – and how your company can get involved. Lara Threet, program coordinator and instructor, industrial technology at MSU, explains how the program works, how she got involved in engineering, and the career she almost pursued instead.

Heather Wade of the ASQ Measurement Division explains calibration myths and misnomers while at The Quality Show this year.

QMS may just be “the invisible force that every organization needs to ensure a robust ESG framework and benchmarkable ESG disclosure,” says Indika Edussuriya, global technical manager, ESG & Sustainability Report Assurance, TÜV Rheinland Group.

John Vandenbemden of the ASQ Inspection Division offers his take on audits, inspections, and quality.

Debra Dahlin is the second-generation owner and president of Reed Switch Developments Corp. (RSD). Under her leadership, RSD has grown steadily, despite a series of recessions, a global pandemic, and a major pivot from primarily standard parts into small-to-medium volume custom ones. Quality met with RSD at The Quality Show to learn what's new with the company.

Toni Bailey describes how training has evolved. She explains how people learn by doing, why assuming that people have computer skills might not be correct, and why managers might need training on training. Related Article: Focus on the Training Quality

Andy Zosel of Zebra Technologies discusses the implications of today’s technologies at The Quality Show 2023.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has far-reaching effects, including in auditing. Auditor Tim McClung describes the state of auditing today and where it’s heading in the future. Hint: AI will be part of the process.

While AI cannot entirely replace human expertise in developing calibration procedures, it can certainly enhance and streamline the process. Doug Wheeler, the chief software architect at GageList Online Calibration Software, describes the meeting of ChatGPT and calibration.

Managing Editor Michelle Bangert and Editorial Director Darryl Seland tell us what we can expect from The Quality Show 2023.

Carl Dekker, president of Met-L-Flo Inc. will explain how to embrace additive as an enabler to obtaining larger parts for preproduction, specialty applications, and limited production needs. For more information go to the 2023 Quality Show Agenda.

Tariq Masud sat down with Quality to explain why this topic is so important. For the full presentation, visit The Quality Show October 24-26 in Rosemont, IL. He will be presenting Tuesday, October 24 at 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Carlos Escobar, a research scientist at the Quality 4.0 Institute, shares his ideas combining machine learning and quality. In this talk, he introduces a new concept, learning quality control (LQC), which is the evolution of statistical quality control (SQC). This new approach allows us to solve a whole new range of engineering intractable problems. Carlos will be presenting on Thursday, Octob...

Automation is a huge topic in quality today. Sean Malloy, General Manager, INNOVATEST USA Company, and ASTM Committee member E28, E04, shares his insights on testing trends today. Visit Innovatest during the Automation tour on Wednesday, October 25 | 2pm - 3 pm Guided Exhibit Hall Tours | Quality Show | Quality Magazine

Our 2023 Quality Professional of the Year, Saso Krstovski, offers advice on how to transform teams and entire organizations. Saso Krstovski, D.Eng., is a former Ford Lean Manufacturing Manager and Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He teaches at several Michigan universities, including Lawrence Technological University, Central Michigan University, and Oakland University. He also serves on the Executive...