Story links for January 27, 2017

Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2017

NIST Announces 2017 Research Funding Opportunity for Small Businesses

Question the Consensus of Experts

Productivity Hacking in Quality Management
Plus: An interview with Tim Lozier, director of product strategy at Traqpath

Off Script

Story links for January 20, 2017

Amazon Patents Flying Warehouse

Combination Products Review Program

Thriving With the Revised 14001:2015 Standard
Plus: An interview with Burt Holm, Director of Eastern Territory Sales for DNV GL

Off Script

Story links for January 13, 2017

The FDA Mutual Reliance Initiative

How to Quickly Evaluate Coaching Needs by Being BOSS

Training Students for New Opportunities and New Lives

Tech Corner: Olympus Vanta handheld XRF and XRD analyzers

Story links for January 6, 2017

Drop in LED Prices Drives Manufacturers Away

One-Point Lesson Plans

Managing Motivation

Ford Announces U.S. Plant Expansion to Make EVs and Autonomous Cars

Story links for December 16, 2016

Is Anything We Thought About Leadership True?

New Standard Helps Optical Trackers Follow Moving Objects Precisely

CMSC Corner: An interview with Michelle Edwards, applications entineering manager for Faro Technologies and CMS executive committee member

Understanding the Four Types of Artificial Intelligence...

The End of Globalization?

Story links for December 9, 2016

Helping Robots Be Less Robotic

Actually, Men and Women Don't Communicate Differently, at Least In Writing

Cpk: Indispensable Index or Misleading Measure?
Plus: An interview with Steve Daum, director of development for PQ Systems
Webinar: CPK: Indispensable Index or Misleading Measure?
Dec. 15, 2016, at 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific.

Innovation: Management Vs. Enablement

Story links for December 2, 2016

Six Tips to Keep Remote Employees Engaged

Book Review: Juran's Quality Handbook, Seventh Edition

Interview with Joseph A. DeFeo, President and CEO of Juran Global

Napoleon's Defeat Made Visual

Prevent Alloy Mix-Ups and Take Control of Your Supply Chain
Plus: An interview with Diane Hillhouse, business development specialist for Olympus
Webinar: Prevent Alloy Mix-ups and Take Control of Your Supply Chain: Handheld XRF for Fast and Easy Alloy Identification and Chemistry

Story links for November 11, 2016

Your Ideas Are a Little Bit Dumb, and So Are Mine

Interview with Randy Gruver, Certification Subcommittee Chair of the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS)

Deep Underground, Smartphones Can Save Miners' Lives

Anthrax Detector, 3D Endoscope Among Highlights of NIST Tech Transfer Report
Plus: An interview with Paul Zielinski, Director, Technology Partnerships Office, NIST

Story links for November 11, 2016

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017

ISO 9001:2015 Revision Refresher
Plus: An interview with Paula Oddy, technical and quality management system manager at Intertek’s business assurance group
Webinar: “ISO 9001:2015 Revision Refresher”, Nov. 17, 2016, at 11 a.m. Pacific, 2 p.m. Eastern.

A Perspective of the Manufacturing Future

Doormats: In defense of engineers

Story links for November 4, 2016

Creating a Smart, Skilled Cybersecurity Workforce

Under the Hood, We're Metric

Trend Prediction: Connections With Customers Matter

Tech Corner: Olympus BX53M microscope with OLYMPUS Stream software

Election healing: A conversation between daughter and father, Jenn Stanley and Peter Stanley (audio and transcript)