Victor Taylor is the vice president of manufacturing at the award-winning Nissan Canton vehicle assembly plant with more than 20 years of engineering and manufacturing expertise. He's also written for Quality about his EV journey. Sponsored by: MAESTRO: The first all-digital, fully connected CMM built for the future.

Sai Ranjith is a quality engineer with over eight years of experience in the medical device industry. He specializes in regulatory compliance, risk management, and product lifestyle quality. In addition to his technical work, Sai has a Six Sigma green belt and is a certified ISO 13485:2016 Medical Device Auditor. He actively contributes to the quality community through ASQ, serving as the program chair for the Granite State Chapter and an active member of the ASQ Quality Management Division. Sponsored by: MAESTRO: The first all-digital, fully connected CMM built for the future.

Ben Linke is the vice president of Industrial Products and CEO of Waygate Technologies at Baker Hughes. He recently wrote an article for Quality about Kaizen. Sponsored by: MAESTRO: The first all-digital, fully connected CMM built for the future.

Jennifer Gray is the senior manager of global supplier quality at Spirit AeroSystems and is very involved with the International Aerospace Quality Group, or IAQG. She will also be speaking at the ASSEMBLY Show this month. Sponsored by: MAESTRO: The first all-digital, fully connected CMM built for the future.

Travis Ellinger is the president and founder of Strategic Manufacturing Solutions. He's worked with hundreds of manufacturing facilities over his career, and he's a highly sought after manufacturing consultant with extensive experience implementing strategic solutions that provide significant return on investment for his clients. He has more than 20 years of management and consulting experience and has also worked at Ford, Lear and Wilhelm Karmann GmbH. Travis sat down with Michelle Bangert, managing editor at Quality, to discuss a recent article he wrote for Quality on process capability studies. Watch the video podcast Sponsored by: MAESTRO: The first all-digital, fully connected CMM built for the future.

Dilip Shah has over 45 years of industry experience in metrology, electronics, instrumentation, measurement, and computer applications of statistics and quality. He's a fellow of ASQ as well as the president of E=MC3 Solutions. He's an A2LA Workplace Training Instructor, as well as a past chair of the ASQ Measurement Quality Division and a past chair of the A2LA Board of Directors. Michelle Bangert, managing editor at Quality, spoke with him about what's on the mind of quality professionals.

Michael Mills, who writes for isoTracker QMS software, has been involved in quality systems in large and small companies for close to 30 years. He's a member of ASQ and ISO TC 76 and has audited to ISO 9001 since 1996. He's also written several articles for Quality. His latest is “The Seven Quality Management Principles.”

Nasrin Azari is the president and CEO of Floodlight Software. She sat down with Michelle Bangert, managing editor at Quality, to discuss transitioning from manual operations to a well-structured digital format.

Gary Cox is a continuous improvement consultant, speaker, and author based in Nova Scotia, Canada. He spoke with Quality on getting started in continuous improvement.

Welcome to this joint ASSEMBLY Audible and Quality Q-Cast podcast episode! Get a preview of the upcoming ASSEMBLY Show, co-located with SMTA, through this collaborative podcast with Greg Vance of Rockwell Automation and SMTA’s president of the board of directors. Here we discuss how electronic manufacturing has changed over his long career, business travel around the world, and upcoming industry events you won’t want to miss. Greg and SMTA will be joining us at the ASSEMBLY Show in October. Learn more about the conference program.

Andy Nichols is a managing partner of Quality Nation Incorporated with more than 40 years of experience in quality. He's been involved in implementing quality management systems since 1985 and has experience with many quality standards, including ISO 9001.

Michelle Bangert talks with Marcel Minutolo, professor of strategic management at Robert Morris University. He's also taught and conducted research in Chile, Tajikistan, Taiwan, China, Israel, Slovakia, and Spain. He's a former military intelligence company commander with multiple deployments and has written several popular articles for Quality.

Dr. Johannes Vrana, author of “The World of NDE 4.0,” has more than 20 years of data science experience and more than 15 years of experience with sensor technology. He is a doctorate in the field of NDT and he's also an ASNT level three. (Image courtesy of Dr. Johannes Vrana / graphics by BNP Media)

Richard Asedu-Ofori, metrologist and quality management systems professional with Braschedna Consultancy, sits down with Quality to talk measurement uncertainty. (Image courtesy of Richard Asedu-Ofori / graphics by BNP Media)

Michelle Bangert talks with Bill Soller, President and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt of the Corporate Advantage Network. He's also a Senior Facilitator for the Deming Institute.(Image Credit: Bill Soller)

In a joint Assembly/Quality podcast, Jennifer Pierce, multimedia editor with Assembly Magazine and the host of Assembly Audible, and Michelle Bangert, managing editor of Quality, explore an area where assembly and quality intersect: machine vision, with David Dechow, founder and owner of Machine Vision Source. He'll be speaking at the Assembly Show this fall. His session is “Benefiting from Machine Learning in Machine Vision Applications.”

From the streets of Jersey City to the Navy to nondestructive testing and his own company,  Joe Sorrentino of Lean Quality Systems, passes along the knowledge of what he has excelled at−quality assurance, leadership, and management training. Joe sat down with Michelle Bangert to talk about, in part, his latest article for Quality.

Michelle Bangert, managing editor at Quality, speaks with Eddie Pompa, a legend in the NDT industry. He's an advocate, educator, and mentor to many in the field.

There are record levels of uncertainty today, but Taylor St. Germain of ITR Economics says there is strong growth ahead. He says manufacturers should follow the data—not just the headlines—and be prepared for growth for the next few years. Listen to hear more of his advice and insights regarding rising costs, labor challenges, and tariffs.

Michelle Bangert, Managing Editor of Quality, talks with the team from Sierra College − Amy Schultz, executive dean for Workforce and Strategic Initiatives, and Roy Ingram, department chair for Electronics, Automation, Robotics, and Industrial Systems, on a topic dear to the heart of the quality industry−the workforce, automation and training.