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Adam Grant
Nano Tools for Leaders—a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management—are fast, effective tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly affect your success and the engagement and…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The 51 Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers that make up the MEP National Network work to enhance the competitiveness of small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) within the United States. Although each MEP center operates independently and caters to the…
(Fluke: Everett, WA) – Fluke Calibration presents a webinar featuring Fluke metrology experts Craig Haase, Marty Kidd, and Larry Renda as they share insights for professionals in manufacturing.
The panelists will delve into how the principles of precision and calibration can be applied to enhance…
(Exemplar Global: Sydney) Exemplar Global, a leading body for the certification and recognition of management system auditors and other conformance-assessment professionals, training providers, engineers, and technicians, is proud to ring in the New Year by announcing plans for its 35th anniversary…
Harry Hertz
Let me introduce the five “Al” siblings: informational, aspirational, foundational, directional, and decisional. Also, meet their young cousin, survival.
In my years of learning about organizations and teaching graduate students about strategy and organizational analysis, I have seen several key…
Akhilesh Gulati
The first day of the conference was over, and most of us congregated for happy hour, relaxing, networking, and furthering our connections. We reminisced about the day, commenting about the good, the bad, and the ugly: events at work, travel, organizational policies, you name it.
Interestingly, the…
(Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Omnex has announced its latest webinar, “EwQIMS-QHSE Platform—All In One: Enterprise Digitalization Using a Software Solution.”
Date and time: Jan. 18, 2024, 11 a.m. Eastern
Speakers: Andrei Samoila, Chad Kymal
Challenges abound when consolidating various disciplines and…
Adam Zewe
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Mass spectrometers, devices that identify chemical substances, are widely used in applications like crime scene analysis, toxicology testing, and geological surveying. But these machines are bulky, expensive, and easy to damage, which limits where they can be effectively…
Gleb Tsipursky
Have you ever felt like you’re speaking into a void in a hybrid meeting? You’re not alone. The shift to hybrid workplaces has introduced a unique set of challenges in communication and collaboration. The goals? To make the office worth the commute, and the virtual connection minimally distant from…
Eric Whitley
High-precision manufacturing is critical in industries where even the slightest deviation can lead to significant consequences. It encompasses processes that demand the utmost accuracy, often in sectors like aerospace, medical devices, and electronics. Precision is important due to its direct…
ComplianceQuest
Today’s quality leaders in the life sciences industry have nearly impossible charters. Long-term trends and sudden black swan events in combination can hinder an organization’s ability to exert control over product quality. Globalization, labor shortages and strikes, outsourcing, just-in-time…
(Key Technology: Walla Walla, WA) -- Key Technology, a member of Duravant’s Food Sorting and Handling Solutions group, introduces RemoteMD 2.0, a remote support service for its optical sorting systems.
RemoteMD enables Key service technicians to securely connect to a customer’s sorter for real-…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- Hermetically sealed linear position sensors from NewTek Sensor Solutions tolerate the high temperatures and vibrations of steam turbines to deliver accurate and reliable feedback on the position of governor and throttle valves. Their high measurement accuracy also makes…
(SMARTTECH3D: Lomianki, Poland) -- SMARTTECH3D has introduced its new CobotScan, which integrates an ultrasmall 3D scanning head with a cobot.
The ability to create measurement plans by manually indicating and saving scanning positions allows users to enjoy CobotScan’s capabilities without having…
Andrew Novick
While people around the country are preparing champagne and getting ready to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve, I’m closely monitoring our clocks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
We actually monitor them every nanosecond of every day, not just on New Year’s Eve.…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Thermometers can do a lot of things: measure the temperature at the center of your perfectly braised chicken or tell you whether to keep your child home from school due to illness. But because of their size, traditional thermometers are limited in their uses.
“How do…
(IDS: Stoneham, MA) -- Whether it’s quality assurance, logistics tasks, or kiosk systems, it's helpful to have quickly available and optimally focused image information to make optimal decisions, avoid errors, and speed up work processes. When it is necessary to refocus frequently, it seems most…
Matthew Zajechowski
Stress is an inevitable part of life, shaping and influencing our every decision, emotion, and action, including the way we communicate. It may induce the silent treatment or cause an emotional outburst, both of which can cause future regret.
Preply, a language learning service, surveyed Americans…
Jason Walker
As the manufacturing industry continues to grapple with labor shortages, potential shifts in government policies could further intensify these challenges in 2025. This heightens the urgency for manufacturers to meet demand while navigating an unpredictable future.
One area where this is…
(Princeton Infrared Technologies: Monmouth Junction, NJ) -- Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc. (PIRT), global experts, and innovators in indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology, announced it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for a Phase II SBIR contract. This program will focus…
(NAM: Washington, D.C.) -- The National Association of Manufacturers released a new study, “The Economic Downsides of Right-to-Repair,” that highlights the cost to the environment, consumer safety, and manufacturing innovation of providing unfettered access to complex software and components in…
Scott Ginsberg
Manufacturing is undergoing two significant transformations: a workforce shift and a work method shift.
The manufacturing sector faces a 37% annual labor turnover rate (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), indicating a substantial challenge in retaining employees. Also, 54% of leaders report that…
The MEP National Network
The personalized nature of coaching makes it a powerful force for manufacturers. You can employ coaching to improve leadership, enhance performance and teamwork, or address personal and organizational development.
With as many as five generations in the workplace at the same time, and constant…
Industrial Inspection and Analysis
Unlike the traditional engineering process of designing a part, product, or component from the ground up, many times in life we need to start with an existing item and work backward to solve a problem. It’s a process known as reverse engineering, and it begins by obtaining accurate data about the…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- As the summer of 2023 ended, the number of economists predicting a recession dwindled nearly as fast as the amount of sunlight each day. Despite the generally more optimistic outlook, orders for manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders…
