Retail businesses differ from other business types in that most specialize in selling already-produced goods rather than manufacturing products from raw materials. The retail sector boasts immense ...

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When customers feel that they can count on the consistent quality of your products, they're more likely to give you their repeat business. Consistent quality takes hard work, attention to detail and ...

In recent years the focus on and importance of quality management has intensified. Market demand for product quality, safety, serialization, and total traceability has increased as the risk of lost ...

Computer vision and machine learning (which I would unite using an umbrella term like "artificial intelligence") have impressive cross-industrial applications for quality control. Each sphere that ...

Advances in technology offer many ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs without impacting quality through automated inspection tools. The full potential of these tools cannot be fully leveraged ...