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UC Berkeley NewsCenter
(UC Berkeley: Berkeley, CA) -- On Sunday, July 17, the moon acquired two new companions in less than a month. That’s when the second and third of two probes built by the University of California, Berkeley, and part of NASA’s five-satellite Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during…
Honeywell
(Honeywell: Morristown, NJ) -- Honeywell has launched the Voyager 1250g, a single-line laser scanner, for handheld, scan-intensive environments. It has a multi-interface design that provides a “plug and play” experience, and an easy-to-assemble stand for hands-free scanning.
The Voyager 1250g…
Minitab LLC
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otton. Given that it’s the most widely used fiber in clothing, you’re probably wearing some right now. We love cotton’s comfortable properties and soft feel. But as everyone who’s ironed a cotton shirt or pants knows, these same properties can make cotton-based fabric particularly prone to…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Now in its fourth edition, Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, by Robert J. Latino, Kenneth C. Latino, and Mark A. Latino (CRC Press, 2011), this bestselling resource continues to explore why things don’t work out as…
Davis Balestracci
After reading Joe De Feo’s July 8, 2011, Quality Digest Daily article, “A Positive Prognosis: Transforming Health Care in America,” I took another look at the wonderful book, Escape Fire (Jossey-Bass, 2003), a compendium of Dr. Donald Berwick’s inspiring plenary speeches at the Institute for…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: New York) -- The U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day (WSD) Planning Committee would like to remind interested stakeholders to enter the 2011 WSD Paper Competition. Entries for the competition, sponsored by the Standards Engineering Society (SES), are due on Aug. 12, 2011.
The theme…
TeleTracking Technologies
(TeleTracking Technologies: Pittsburgh) -- Renowned quality expert A. Blanton Godfrey, Ph.D., board chairman of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and one of the creators of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, will be the featured speaker when TeleTracking Technologies…
Mark R. Hamel
Lean is largely about satisfying customer requirements. That’s nearly impossible if the lean practitioner doesn’t understand demand. In fact, misunderstand average daily demand, and the impact can be significant, including inaccurate takt times, improper demand segmentation, poorly sized kanban,…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- In “10 Good Things for SMEs,” a new ISO brochure, managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 10 countries from around the world explain how ISO standards contribute to their success.
The managers, eight of whom are senior executives or owners, are from a…
Paul Naysmith
If W. Edwards Deming could see what you are doing, he’d punch you in the face. OK, not really. He may have been brutally honest in his lectures but I don’t think he ever punched anyone. However, he would have plenty to say about how often one business copies (I believe the term today is “benchmarks…
Cognex Corp.
Since 1975, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required that all prescription tablets or capsules have a unique identification in terms of size, shape, color, and imprint. Drug makers use the imprints both to identify the chemical substance and dosage and for promotional purposes.…
Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc.
(Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc.: Wakefield, RI) -- With U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse providing a video address on manufacturing’s key role in boosting the U.S. economy, the 2011 International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) held June 13–15 in Warwick, Rhode Island, quickly…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the leading community of people passionate about quality, advances in professional development, credentials, knowledge and information services, membership community, and advocacy on behalf of its more than 80,000 members worldwide.…
Wiley
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- The role of the project manager continues to become more diverse and demanding, placing strong project management skills in high demand. The in-depth introductory guide, Project Management Jump Start 3rd Edition, by Kim Heldman (Wiley, 2011), offers aspiring project managers…
Active Sensing Inc.
(Active Sensing: Castle Rock, CO) -- Active Sensing Inc. (ASI), provider of affordable product management solutions for manufacturing companies worldwide, has released PDXpert product life-cycle management (PLM) software v. 6.6, which offers enhanced capabilities for importing, updating, and…
MIT News
Conventional wisdom among managers holds that employees helping each other can only be good for a company. Accordingly, firms spend money, time, and effort to promote what’s known as “knowledge transfer.” Policies range from the popular (e.g., lavish company retreats) to the maligned (switching…
Magnatag Visible Systems
(Magnatag: Macedon, NY) -- Magnatag’s magnetic Cross-Training Whiteboard system organizes and displays employee training, qualification, and proficiency levels in up to 18 skill disciplines. Placed where everyone can see it, workers are silently encouraged to learn and qualify in as many skills as…
Peter Drucker Society Europe
(Peter Drucker Society Europe: Wien, Austria) -- The deadline for the Peter Drucker Challenge essay contest has officially been extended to Aug. 15, 2011. Initiated and organized by the Peter Drucker Society Europe (PDSE), the essay contest has the overarching theme “Management: What Is It Good…
Paul Naysmith
If W. Edwards Deming could see what you’re doing, he’d punch you in the face. OK, not really. He may have been brutally honest in his lectures, but I don’t think he ever punched anyone. However, he would have plenty to say about how often one business copies (I believe the term today is “benchmarks…
InfinityQS
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Don’t miss the world’s largest SPC conference, Infusion 2011, Oct. 16–19, at the JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, featuring Douglas Montgomery, Ph.D., as the keynote speaker. Register by July 31 and save $355.
Learn the latest techniques for driving…
CMSC
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has announced its final schedule of events for the 27th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) scheduled for July 25–29, 2011, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference will kick off with…
Wiley
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Michael H. Hugos brings the latest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in supply-chain management to light in his new book, Essentials of Supply Chain Management, Third Edition (Wiley, 2011).
Presenting the core concepts and techniques of supply-chain…
Olympus
(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- Olympus has introduced the BXiS microscope system, which streamlines industrial inspection and measurement workflows while providing accurate, actionable data with just a few clicks. The BXiS, the latest of Olympus’ high-performance industrial microscopes, offers…
MIT News
Recommendation algorithms are a vital part of doing business on the Internet. They provide the basis of the targeted advertisements that account for most commercial sites’ revenues, and of services such as Pandora, the radio site that tailors song selections to listeners’ declared preferences. The…
The Conference Board
According to a new report released by The Conference Board, companies need to incorporate risks from workforce and people-management issues more fully into their overall risk-management structures. Based on a global survey of executives at 161 leading companies, “Managing Human Capital Risk: A Call…
