This is a commentary written by Jaye Richardson, a materials operation manager with AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc. It appeared in CE News in August of 2010, but I just came accross it in CENews.com’s top 10 of 2010 list. He offers some very interesting insight into the decline of the materials testing and inspection business into a purely cost-driven business with little emphasis on the ‘quality’ in QA/QC. He has a great writing style too, highly recommended! [Source: CE News. Image: HEA on Flickr]
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