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Donald J. Wheeler
In my August column, “How to Turn Capability Indexes Into Dollars,” I defined the effective cost of production and use and showed how it can be obtained directly from the capability and performance indexes. In this column, I will show how these indexes can be used to estimate the benefits to be…
Bill Kalmar
This is a story that, if columns in Quality Digest Daily had a rating, would be rated PG 13—not suitable for children and sensitive adults. As the story progresses, you will see why. You have been warned.
As you may have surmised from previous columns, I have been retired since 2003. Therefore…
Leica Geosystems
(Leica Geosystems: Heerbrugg, Switzerland) -- Leica Geosystems has announced Leica SpiderQC v. 4.0 as part of the new reference station software update that also includes Leica GNSS Spider and Leica SpiderWeb. SpiderQC (previously known as GNSS QC) adds a range of advanced features for…
LaserLinc Inc.
(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc Inc., a manufacturer of noncontact laser and ultrasonic measurement systems, has developed Lobex, an innovative solution for lobing-detection in centerless grinding.
Lobing is deviation from roundness on a centerless ground part—an issue for anyone who…
Enterprise Minnesota
(Enterprise Minnesota: Minneapolis) -- Minnesota’s manufacturers are looking for every available advantage these days and now have another resource: Enterprise Minnesota has launched a Lean Product Development service to help companies quickly reduce time-to-market, develop better products more…
Kent State University
(Kent State University, Stark: North Canton, OH) -- Kent State University, Stark campus, will offer lean Six Sigma Black Belt training and certification programs this fall.
Lean Six Sigma is a business methodology that teaches organizations a new way to think about what is done every day. The…
Teledyne DALSA
(DALSA Corp.: Waterloo, ON, Canada) -- DALSA Corp., a global provider of digital imaging technology, together with its distributor Online Solutions (Imaging) Pvt. Ltd., will feature the latest advancements in image sensors, cameras, and processing for advanced defense, security, and aerospace…
Rucker and Associates
(Rucker & Associates: Raleigh, NC) -- Health care experts got a dose of lean Six Sigma principles when Rucker & Associates presented its best industry practices to ISH Inc. to help the company better understand the power of lean Six Sigma for efficiency and productivity.
Florida-based…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- As skilled labor shortages continue to hold back various sectors of U.S. manufacturing, national organizations are looking at their investment strategies and realizing they must include the funding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education…
Denise Robitaille
Trepanning is the process of drilling a hole in the skull. It was practiced as far back as 10,000 years ago. Archaeological artifacts lend credence to the lore that the process was used by some cultures to expel evil spirits. Apart from that occult-ish application, the process has been used for…
Proto3000 Inc.
(Proto3000: Vaughan, ON, Canada) -- A patient had to undergo the surgical ablation of most of her nose, because of a skin cancer that had attacked her right nasal septum.
Following the surgery, a period of time was needed for a scar to form before a rhinoplasty could be considered. But during…
(Donnelly Custom Manufacturing: Alexandria, MI) -- Despite the more than 60 years since training within industry (TWI) was created in the United States to ramp up production of war materiel during World War II, implanting TWI skills in an organization still takes great planning and effort. Patrick…
Nordson DAGE
(Nordson DAGE: Carlsbad, CA) -- Nordson DAGE has announced that its XD7600NT100HP X-ray inspection system will be exhibited at the SMTA International Electronics Exhibition and Conference scheduled on Oct. 26–27 in Orlando, Florida.
The XD7600NT100HP is a technologically advanced X-ray…
Informance International
(Informance International: Northbrook, IL) -- Informance International, a division of Solarsoft Business Systems and a profider of manufacturing business intelligence solutions, is exploring an important area in manufacturing benchmark research to understand the effects of sanitation practices on…
Schmitt Industries Inc.
(Schmitt Industries Inc.: Portland, OR) -- Schmitt Industries Inc., a global provider of precise test and measurement systems, has added an advanced grinding-machine balancer control platform, the SB-5500, and an acoustic emission (AE) monitoring system, the AE-1000, to its line of products for…
ISAS International Seminars
(ISAS International Seminars: Jerusalem) -- The 4th International Conference on Metrology, organized by the Israeli Metrological Society (IMS) in collaboration with CITAC and the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society, will take place at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem on May 23–24, 2011.
The goal…
Aven Inc.
(Aven Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Quality control checks improve when inspectors see video magnification on an eye-level monitor, rather than bending over a microscope. That productivity and accuracy advantage is delivered by the VGA Color Digital Camera from Aven Inc.
It mounts on any microscope…
CFI Group
(CFI Group: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The fourth-annual Contact Center Satisfaction Index (CCSI) from the CFI Group finds that offshore contact centers not only score 27 percent lower in customer satisfaction than those based in the United States; they score lower in every category, from first-call…
The foundation of any laboratory’s reputation is built on confidence in its ability to provide correct and reliable data. ISO/IEC 17025, subclause 4.1.5 d, requires that your management system “have policies and procedures to avoid involvement in any activities that would diminish confidence in…
Purdue School of Engineering and Technology
(Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN) -- A new technology enabling tiny machines called micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) to self-calibrate could make possible super-accurate and precise sensors for crime-scene forensics, environmental testing, and medical diagnostics.
The innovation…
Verisurf Software Inc.
(Verisurf Software Inc.: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf has released the fifth generation of its Verisurf X software. With model-based geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) inspection technology at its core, the all-new computer-aided inspection and reverse engineering software, Verisurf X5…
Dorsey Metrology International
(Dorsey Metrology: Poughkeepsie, New York) -- Dorsey Metrology, manufacturers of gauges and optical comparators, has announced that the new model 14HE Optical Comparator and a variety of digital readouts will be at IMTS, Sept. 13–18 in booth E-5350. This new 14-in. optical comparator has the same…
APREL Laboratories
(APREL Laboratories: Napean, ON, Canada) -- APREL Laboratories EM-ISight is a compact, benchtop robotic scanning system that can identify the location of problematic EMI noise sources to a precision of ±0.05 mm. The system allows testing to the international standards that apply to the safety of…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Madison, WI) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced the launch of its Evolution 200 series of UV-visible spectrophotometers, featuring new INSIGHT software with customized user environment (CUE) scripting capabilities. The series includes three instruments that…
Onset Computer Corp.
(Onset: Bourne, MA) -- Onset Computer Corp., a global supplier of data loggers, announced a new online professional training course, “Data Loggers for Performance Monitoring.” Presented by energy consultant and educator, Mark Stetz, of Stetz Consulting LLC, the four-hour online course targets…
