Editor's Note: Jonathan Taurman will speak at the IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference, being held April 27-29 in Nashville. The complete conference agenda is available at the IW Best Plants Conference ...

Despite extraordinary progress in electronic design automation (EDA), custom IC design tools– whether for digital, analog, or radio-frequency (RF)–have not kept pace with the rest of the industry. The ...

Standardizing processes is important for a growing business, but few people know exactly how to do this. Most times, what is created is too general or detailed and burdensome and is put on the shelf ...

When people want to understand something, they compare their observations to an established standard. Standards give people structure around which they can thrive while aspiring toward even greater ...

Maintenance providers often develop their own methods to repair aircraft components when they do not have manufacturer instructions. But until recently, the Federal Aviation Administration did not ...