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BMW new assembly plant in Hungary will feature a cutting-edge quality management system.

New BMW EV Plant to Feature Cutting-Edge Quality System

July 3, 2025

DEBRECEN, Hungary—When BMW's new assembly plant here ramps up production later this year, it will feature a cutting-edge quality management system.

Two quality employees looking at equipment

Vision & Sensors | Robotics

How AI-Powered Robotic Automation Impacts Manufacturing Quality

Robotic automation delivers consistent quality.

Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta

June 12, 2025

Companies are turning to robotic automation for surface finishing tasks like sanding and polishing due to labor shortages. Advancements in AI enable robots to self-program and perform complex operations autonomously.

Image Processing in Battery Cell Manufacturing

Machine vision is an elementary part of quality assurance in battery cell production and is used in a variety of production steps.

Frank von Kittlitz

February 18, 2025

In battery cell production, maintaining high quality and reducing material waste is crucial. Digital image processing and machine vision solutions enable reliable defect detection, ensuring the production of safe, high-quality battery cells for electric mobility.

MDSAP Aims to Unifiy Standards for Auditing Medical Device Manufacturing Lines

Zoe Leduc

February 5, 2019

For medical device manufacturing, quality is crucial. To ensure quality in production, audits of the manufacturing facilities by a government health organization are standard. The audits and inspections are not, however, standard between countries. The Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) is looking to change that.

Austin Weber

January 5, 2015

Manufacturers must react promptly or they risk getting a Warning Letter.

Can Quality Be Saved?

Jim Smith Ph.D. ABD

November 24, 2014

While manufacturers agree that the quality revolution that began in the 1980s is a good thing, quality does not seem to have improved as a result.

BMW Tests Google Glass for Quality Assurance in Production

November 21, 2014

SPARTANBURG, SC—BMW is running a pilot project at its assembly plant here to determine whether the Google Glass wearable computer could improve workflow in quality assurance.

Hoffman on Testing

Reshoring, Jobs and Quality

Jacques Hoffmann

January 24, 2013

Reshoring is a welcome trend, but maintaining product quality will not be a given.

FAA Warns of Manufacturing Defect in 787

December 13, 2012

WASHINGTON—Airlines flying Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliners need to take extra steps to ensure the planes don’t have engine failures or fires because of a manufacturing fault in the fuel line, the Federal Aviation Administration advised.

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On Demand In this presentation, Dr. Herman Tang shares practical insights from his industry experience and research on buffer management in manufacturing operations.