Q-Cast

To steal a line from Mark Twain, many people complain about outsourcing, but few of them do anything about it. One person who is trying to do something about it is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to persuading U.S. manufacturers to bring work back home from overseas. In this podcast, Moser talks about his organization and the software he developed for calculating the total costs of offshoring. Check out this sneak preview of Moser's May 4 keynote address to start Tech ManufactureXPO. Sponsored by Assembly Magazine.

Brembo N.A., Homer, MI, supplies high performance brake systems for the top manufacturers of cars, commercial vehicles and motorbikes worldwide. The company was ranked number one on the 2011 Quality Leadership 100 list. Listen to our interview with Dan Dandberg, president and CEO, to learn more about the company.

Sponsored By Michael Kambeitz, product specialist of the surface and form group at Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, (Brighton, MI), discusses the expanding capabilities for surface and form products related to CNC automation and controls.

Sponsored By Peggy Long,, marketing manager, Nikon Metrology (Brighton, MI), discusses the latest generation of laser radar and how it cuts back on inspection time. She also gives examples of applications where las e r radar would be beneficial.

Sponsored By Johnny Gonzalez, sales manager at GE Measurement & Control Solutions, talks about remote visual inspection (RVI) and how advances in software have helped improve the RVI experience. He also discusses ongoing trends in the field.

Sponsored By Barry DeLong, sales manager at GE Measurement & Control Solutions, discusses ultrasonics (UT) and some of the trends in UT inspection. He also addresses how the equipment is becoming more simplified for the customer

Sponsored By Dave Jankowski, senior sales manager at GE Measurement and Control Solutions (Billerica, MA), discusses eddy current and the developing technologies around it. He also talks about the type of training that GE provides for customers. 

Sponsored By Grant Lillevold, vice president of engineering at ST-Industries (St. Paul, MN), discusses video measurement and where the future of the technology is headed. He also talks about video inspection training and the advantages of using video over optical comparators.

Sponsored By Pelco Products Inc., Quality's 2010 Plant of the Year recipient, demonstrates much more than world-class quality processes. This traffic signal hardware manufacturer has made several decisions to reduce energy costs and energy consumption through company wide changes and has plans to further its green efforts. Mark Nash, operations manager at Pelco Products, discusses some of the company's current and future green initiatives.

Sponsored By D.H. Stamatis earned Quality's 2010 Professional of the Year award for his varied industry background and his commitment to quality in every aspect of his life. Quality spoke with Stamatis about his resume, his view of quality and what exactly measurement is. Stamatis talks on several subjects that he addressed during his presentation at the Quality Measurement Conference in March--a reader favorite! Read the Professional of the Year article in Quality'sApril 2010 issue.

Sponsored By Pelco Products earned Quality's 2010 Plant of the Year award for its focus on improving production and adhering to quality standards, and still ending up as the largest traffic signal hardware manufacturer in North America. Quality spoke with Mark Nash, operations manager at the company to learn more about Pelco and what makes this manufacturer Quality's Plant of the Year recipient. Next month: Pelco discusses green iniatives with Quality in a second Q-Cast. Don't miss it!

Sponsored By Ken Chandler, vice president of operations at Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., (Springfield, MA) discusses changes the company has made to stay competitive in the global market and transitioning from primarily being a retail seller of firearms to moving into professional use of firearms for law enforcement and military. Chandler is a keynote speaker at the 2010 Quality Measurement Conference.

Sponsored By Ed Morse, professor at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, talks about geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), some of the critical issues surrounding the language and what attendees to the 2010 Quality Measurement Conference can expect to take away from his keynote address at this year's event.

Sponsored By Advanced Instrument Development (AID), Downers Grove, IL, an independent manufacturer of ionization chambers for diagnostic medical X-ray systems earned Quality's top spot in the Leadership 100 ranking this year; the company was also ranked number one in 2008. Jim Owen, quality manager at AID, tells Gillian Campbell, editor at Quality, changes that the company has gone through since earning its first spot as number one.

Sponsored By Pneumadyne, Plymouth, MN, manufactures miniature pneumatic products and larger scale parts as well with worldwide distribution. The company was ranked number two on the 2010 Quality Leadership 100 list. Listen to our interview with John Pharr, manufacturing quality engineer, to learn more about the company.

Sponsored By Gillian Campbell, editor of Quality, turns the 10th Annual Spending Survey into life with an audio overview of the survey that runs each year in Quality's December issue. Gillian talks about what quality manufacturers plan to spend their money on in 2010 from equipment to software purchases and consulting services.

Sponsored By Joseph A. DeFeo, president and executive coach at Juran, talks about training employees to be leaders, as well as process improvement tools and speaking the language of upper management.

Sponsored By Douglas Woods, president of the Association for Manufacturing Technology, testified in front of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business a few months ago. Quality caught up with Woods again to see how the recovery was coming, along with his insights on the current and future state of manufacturing, and all the buzz about "being green."

Sponsored By Dave Huether, chief economist at the National Association of Manufacturers, discusses the association's Labor Day Report, which talks about the economic recovery and when manufacturers can expect continued recovery.

Sponsored By John Horst of the National Institute of Standards and Technology discusses DMIS, a standardized language for CMM operators that aims to make proprietary CMM software, a distant memory.