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Miriam Boudreaux
If you have ever wondered what the difference was between a gap analysis, an internal audit, or a pre-assessment, you might not be alone. When trying to figure out whether your company meets the requirements of a standard, such as one the International Organization for Standardization (ISO),…
Raissa Carey
Since 2007, Cape Coral, Florida, has adopted a mission to eliminate waste in all processes and operate in a more effective and efficient manner. Since then, the city has achieved more than $2 million in cost savings and performed 18 kaizen events to reduce costs and increase productivity without…
Tripp Babbitt
W. Edwards Deming did a great disservice. He left a prescription for what the United States should do to improve government, manufacturing, and service. The prescription is composed of his 14 Points and Seven Deadly Diseases (which later became his System of Profound Knowledge), and he learned…
University of San Francisco
(University Alliance: Tampa, FL) -- Fueled by the rising demand to streamline key processes, business process management (BPM) has become a central requirement in planning, implementing change, and evaluating performance in organizations. In fact, the number of large companies (those with more…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Madison, WI) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has introduced its newest FT-IR spectrometer, the Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS5, powered by OMNIC software. The spectrometer is designed for users seeking uncompromised, affordable, and compact FT-IR spectroscopy to assist…
RAM Optical Instrumentation Inc.
(RAM: Rochester, NY) -- The Sprint CNC 400, from RAM Optical Instrumentation Inc. (RAM), is a fully automatic dimensional measurement system with tightly integrated rack and pinion Z slide and compound XY stage with precision mechanical bearing, DC servo motor drives, zoom optics, all-LED…
InfinityQS
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- You’ve performed a measurement system analysis (MSA) to ensure that your measurement system is acceptable, and you’ve implemented the system with scheduled gauge calibrations, but what’s next? Gauge control is critical to any measurement system, so why do so few…
Accelper Consulting
(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Praveen Gupta, adjunct industry professor for business innovation and co-chair for the Business Innovation Conference 2010, announces that registration is open for attendees. The conference, now in its third year, is being held at the Illinois Institute of…
MoreSteam.com
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, the global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, reports a quadrupling of enrollments for its lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt certification programs. Since June, MoreSteam has witnessed…
J. LeRoy Ward
Organizations that struggle with outsourced projects which have gone bad or failed completely usually cite vendor management issues as the reason. It’s as if the vendor is always to blame, and the buyer is completely blameless. Rarely is this the case. Upon closer inspection, and in nine out of 10…
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…
