How should organizations—including their quality departments—reshape office space to maximize productivity in the future of work? What will the new workspace—from the office to homes—look like in the future? We know it will be different. But to survive and thrive in the post-Covid world, you need to adopt best practices on returning to the office.

Our hybrid future

Surveys say two-thirds to three-quarters of employers plan to operate on a mainly hybrid schedule after the pandemic. Some big corporations even transitioned to having all of their employees work from home permanently.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more popular. The consumers interested in buying them generally want to know answers to questions such as: Is the car’s battery an explosion or fire risk? Will its useful life match or exceed the vehicle’s? Will the battery charge as fast as promised? Can it consistently perform within the stated range?

EV battery tests can determine those things and more, giving potential purchasers and current owners more peace of mind. However, researchers, engineering professionals, and manufacturers must continually develop better battery tests. Here are some specific reasons why.

Better battery tests could bring standardization

Lithium-ion battery usage spans far beyond electric cars. It extends to products ranging from power tools to laptops and many other familiar products. When researchers examine a battery’s electrochemical performance, they usually focus on three parameters:

Open-circuit voltage: The battery’s maximum voltage with no current flow
Resistance: How much a battery’s materials interfere with the current flow, causing voltage drops
Capacity: The total charge a battery stores

(Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, a global leader in sensor, software, and autonomous technologies, and ETQ, a leading quality management system (QMS) provider, have announced a partnership to assure quality from concept to customer, enabling improved data-driven decision-making throughout the entire process, producing better, more consistent products in less time and with less resources, and enabling progressive smart manufacturing strategies.

The partnership connects Hexagon’s vendor-agnostic inspection and measurement solutions with ETQ’s stakeholder-connecting QMS to produce a rich digital thread that automatically captures quality control and assurance processes that are currently performed manually. By applying machine learning and artificial intelligence throughout design, production, customer service and support, the cloud platform also helps users to rapidly identify and analyze issues by producing actionable insights.

People who achieve career success often talk about having had a mentor who guided their career. Whether the mentoring relationship evolves naturally or is a planned relationship, it provides a sustained link between the two individuals.

Everyone needs help learning new skills and imagining things they could have never conceived of on their own. Yet there are three other types of people who can have a profound impact on your ability to achieve success besides someone who is actively mentoring you. The key difference is that the level of their involvement in your life or career often differs significantly from that of a mentor. Knowing that you can benefit from a wider range of advisors will allow virtually everyone you meet to inspire and guide you.