Thought Leadership

It may feel like COVID-19 is turning our lives upside down, sideways and backwards over the last few months. For some, it has made daily life downright scary. And now, when soaps, disinfectants, and cleaning products are still hard to find on store shelves, consumers need to be extra cautious of which hand sanitizers they […]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, car sales plummeted, automakers shut down plants, and the industry braced for one of their biggest challenges in history. The automotive industry, which represents the nation’s largest manufacturing sector and employs roughly 1.5 million people in manufacturing, sales, and service, took a major economic hit. In fact, car […]

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is continuing full steam ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic, recently announcing Dr. Jonathan Midgett as its appointed Consumer Ombudsman. According to the CPSC, the Consumer Ombudsman is a new position created to “give consumers a greater voice and understanding of the agency and its activities.” In his role, Dr. […]

Exponent, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific consulting firm that brings together more than 90 technical disciplines to solve engineering, science, regulatory, and business issues for its clients. Exponent’s global support team is currently helping companies navigate a wide range of issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, including new technologies and application methods relating to […]

Today’s complex high-tech devices continue to cause cybersecurity vulnerability issues, but it’s the medical devices that live on or inside patients, like implants and pacemakers, that are posing a special challenge for the healthcare industry. The problem arises when those medical devices are recalled and the manufacturing company must track down each device to notify […]