Sometimes, getting a point across in a production setting is tough. Getting production folks to understand gaging issues can be one of those challenges. Here are a couple tips I use in my metrology class, that have also worked well on the shop floor....

Well, for those of you who were wondering, the project that I was working on ended abruptly due to cutbacks and changes in management. I do want to thank you all for the help and advice that you gave me. The last I heard, the new numbering system is...

Did you ever run into some folks that did not feel like filling out their quality documents? Give them this example:

Imagine going down the canned food aisle of the grocery store. Suppose none of the cans had a label. Is that a problem?...

SAMPLING ERROR WITH THE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION

It is good to understand what your process looks like over time (as in run chart). One problem with histograms is they can be easily fooled into thinking you have bi-modal distributions, normal...

This is the first in a series of articles about MSA. The intent is to share a career’s worth of experience with measurement systems and their application in inspection, process control and continual improvement. Calibration, measurement uncertainty...