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Quality management software supplier updates IT system just in time for COVID-19
InfinityQS in the News: Food Engineering shares how InfinityQS’ COO Doug Fair spearheaded a complete overhaul of the company’s IT infrastructure—incidentally preparing InfinityQS for COVID-19 and earning himself a 2020 Stevie® Award for “IT Executive of the Year.” Read More on Food Engineering
Keep ReadingDrowning in a Sea of Data
InfinityQS in the News: DPR Group helps coordinate interview for Doug Fair with Food Engineering With automation and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), it’s now easier than ever to collect data and monitor production—all this in the name of managing food quality and food safety. But, with multiple sites and lines supplying data around...
Keep ReadingHow Quality Control Can Become Your Greatest Investment
InfinityQS in the News: In his article for Industry Today, Doug Fair, Chief Operating Officer, InfinityQS, explains how a company’s biggest investment is quality control When I ask manufacturers, “What does ‘quality’ mean to you?” I get a handful of answers. Quality means all our products and processes are within specification limits. Quality is a constant...
Keep ReadingData Collection: Is Too Much Data a Bad Thing?
InfinityQS in the News: A few decades ago, food and beverage manufacturers had one strategy for data collection: paper and pencil. But plant floor operators would spend too much of their day jotting down measurements from weight scales, gauges, HMIs, etc. Despite operators’ data collection efforts, paper and pencil systems were too rudimentary to provide the...
Keep ReadingDrowning in Quality Data: How to Rise Above
InfinityQS in the News: Just a few decades ago, manufacturers were starved for information about their production processes and overall quality. Fast-forward to today and it is quite the opposite. Thanks to the advent of automation, handheld devices, and the Internet of Things (IoT), fully-automated data collection is now possible. It not only makes getting quality...
Keep ReadingDrowning in Data: Consequences of Having Too Much of a Good Thing
InfinityQS in the News: This may be hard to believe, but there was a time in manufacturing when data was hard to come by. Back in the days when gauges were analog, before computers and databases and the internet, data was not as ubiquitous as it is in the manufacturing industry today…not even close. But,...
Keep ReadingAdvancements in Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Clients in the News: Perhaps the biggest trend to rock the SPC world in recent years is Software as a Service (SaaS): a software licensing and deployment model in which the software is centrally hosted, usually accessed via web browser, and licensed on a subscription basis. One company touting this new model is InfinityQS, a longtime...
Keep ReadingManufacturing quality reimagined: The hidden power of your data
Clients in the News: Manufacturers that only use quality data in a reactive manner at the local plant level are missing out on opportunities to generate large-scale, enterprisewide savings. For many manufacturers, quality management means using data to help them respond to on-site alarms after a process or machine fails or when quality checks indicate products are...
Keep ReadingMaking the Most of Quality Data
Clients in the News: Plant-floor quality issues tend to focus on a company’s technical resources. When products fall out of spec, alarms sound and all hands are immediately on deck to fix things. Despite large technology investments to monitor and adjust production processes, manufacturers are still bedeviled by quality problems. The issue is not a lack...
Keep ReadingA Global View of Quality: Monitoring and Analyzing Data across the Supply Chain
Clients in the News: When purchasing a new car, the first thing you may notice is the vehicle’s make. The car may say Toyota or Ford on the outside, but what’s on the inside? In reality, the car’s components—from the tires to the transmission—are typically manufactured by third-party vendors and suppliers. These and myriad other vendor-made...
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