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Pierre Gouvin
Moles are invading Seattle. Not the small, furry mammals often reviled for destroying lawns, but the specialized boring machines used to excavate tunnels in urban environments. As part of its long-range capital investment plan, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, known simply as “Sound…
What can you do when your organization has a critical mission—e.g., to help more transplant patients live longer, healthier lives—and you know your processes desperately need improvement?
This was the dilemma faced by the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).…
Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium DMSC
(DMSC Inc.: Arlington, TX) -- The next DMIS Training Workshop is scheduled for the week of Aug. 9–12 and will include the new Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard (DMIS) 5.2 as well as the I++DME specification. This workshop is scheduled to be held at the Nikon (formerly Metris-USA) facility…
Ball State University
(Ball State University: Muncie, IN) -- Manufacturing will recover to prerecession levels during the next two years in states with low tax rates, a diverse collection of manufacturing industries, and strong government services, says a report from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
The…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Business success hinges on successfully creating products with the right features. You must correctly analyze the needs of the customer and match these needs with your resources to not only produce a product and but also deliver it in a timely manner. An in-depth…
ASME
(ASME: New York) -- The 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), including 20 discussion tracks on topics ranging from energy to biotechnology, will be held Nov. 12-18, at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center in British Columbia, Canada.
The…
Lenox Instrument Co.
(Lenox Instrument Co.: Trevose, PA) -- Lenox Instrument Co. announces the addition of a new Portable Videoscope System to its extensive line of remote visual inspection instruments. Designed to meet the demands of the industrial inspection environment, the self-contained system combines state-of-…
(Software AG: Darmstadt, Germany) -- Software AG has published Process Intelligence for Dummies, Software AG Special Edition. Written by Software AG and IDS Scheer executives, the book delivers information organizations can use to discover cost savings and see precisely where waste and loss are…
Xia Enyu
Industrial organizations face numerous compliance regulations such as management system certification, information security, corporate social responsibility compliance, and limiting the content of hazardous substances in products. Now they can add carbon management to the list. This task is one…
NCSL International
(NCSLI: Boulder, CO) -- NCSL International recently announced that it has developed a new multimedia DVD resource. The NCSLI “Find a Cool Career in Metrology” DVD is a new resource available to students, parents, and academic counselors to explain metrology—the science of measurement. The DVD…
Willie L. Carter
Higher customer expectations, cost-cutting pressures, thinner margins, and shorter lead times are some of the daily challenges that organizations face. A management system built around lean processes enables companies to achieve operational excellence, while providing flexibility in the way…
Intelex Technologies Inc.
(Intelex: Toronto) -- In the spirit of its commitment to ongoing innovation and continual improvement, Intelex Technologies Inc., a global provider of environment, health, safety, and quality (EHSQ) software solutions, is proud to announce Intelex 5.1, the latest version of Intelex’s industry-…
(Trafford Publishing: Gedera, Israel) -- Working in Intel’s manufacturing site in Israel and then its development site in Silicon Valley exposed Menachem Horev to some of the best processes in the world. So when he overcame a critical barrier to a new technology problem, his managers noticed…
Sologic
(Apollo Associated Services: Midland, MI) -- Root cause analysis users can help achieve business objectives and improve root cause analysis (RCA) programs by building knowledge and skills at the Apollo Root Cause Analysis Symposium, on Sept. 16–17 in Indianapolis at the OMNI Severin Hotel. Apollo…
George Products Co. Inc.
(George Products: Middletown, DE) -- OASIS Inspection Systems, manufactured in Middletown, Delaware, by George Products Co. Inc., are widely known for their ability to simultaneously and instantly measure all external dimensions on the profile view of parts. The speed at which the OASIS operates…
Mahr Inc.
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal will be featuring a new generation of its popular line of MarCal digital calipers at IMTS, to take place Sept. 13–18, at McCormick Place, in Chicago.
Included in the line are a number of innovations, such as lapped guideways, a new reference…
David L. Westphal
Ideas for quality and continuous improvement can come from the most unconventional sources. As an automotive supplier, improving competitiveness, quality, and productivity are always top of mind. Put simply, in this industry, companies live and die by continuous improvement. As the only tier-one…
Scott Paton
You’ve just been to a big conference (or small one, more likely these days) and you’re psyched. You’ve heard a couple of great keynotes, sat in on some terrific sessions, and maybe spent a day in a workshop that really got your juices flowing. These people were speaking to you. They understand how…
Jon Miller
When we say that a task is Herculean, it means it is extremely difficult. Heracles was a Greek hero (Hercules in the Roman version) who got into some trouble for killing a member of his family in a fit of madness and was assigned a series of challenging tasks as penance. Sometimes we face…
Denise Robitaille
As the universe of quality management systems expands, it’s interesting to observe the increasing variables that constitute the concept of applicability. Let’s take maintenance of records as an example.
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Twenty years ago, the records that were kept and the method of keeping…
Leica Geosystems
(Leica Geosystems, Norcross, GA) -- Geo-Instruments has implemented one of the industry’s first automated laser scanning systems using Leica Geosystems technology for near-real-time geotechnical monitoring. The system is used to support construction of the Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority’s…
Cognex Corp.
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has introduced the In-Sight 5605, a high-resolution, self-contained vision system offering unprecedented power and flexibility for applications that require visualization of very small defects, even in a large field of view. The In-Sight 5605 offers the…
(APQO: Chicago) -- Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) recently announced the World Class Award winners of the International Asia Pacific Quality Awards.
The awards will be presented at the 16th APQO/International Conference on Quality in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18–20.
“We are pleased…
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ
(AHRQ: Rockville, Maryland) -- The Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently unveiled MONAHRQ—My Own Network Powered by AHRQ—a free, Microsoft Windows-based software application that significantly reduces the cost and time a state,…
Lean Enterprise Institute
(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- Despite expensive increases in the cost of U.S. health care, Americans too often get mediocre results—or worse. National studies show that 15 million incidents of medical harm—e.g., drug errors, wrong-side surgeries, or infections—occur in the United States annually.…
