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A new book from the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) bemoans, at least in part, marketers’ continued reliance on traditional consumer surveys (termed “asking”) in spite of the ready abundance of relatively inexpensive consumer buzz tracking (called “listening”). Written by Steve Rappaport,…
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) — Hexagon Metrology Inc. has announced the availability of the Universal Jogbox, a new hand-held input device for Brown & Sharpe and Sheffield brand coordinate measurement machines (CMMs) shipped from the North Kingstown, Rhode Island factory.…
Vocal Laboratories Inc.
(Vocal Laboratories Inc: Minneapolis) -- Apple continues to lead Dell and Hewlett Packard (HP) in customer satisfaction with phone-based technical support, but HP made marked improvements since 2008, according to the latest study conducted by Vocal Laboratories Inc. (Vocalabs).
In 1,157…
General Electric GE
(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Billerica, MA) -- Weighing just 13 lb (6 kg), the DXR250V is the latest lightweight and portable digital radiography tool from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies. In the past, the use of digital radiography (DR) has been limited due to size, weight…
Paul N. Gardner Co. Inc.
(Paul N. Gardner Co. Inc.: Pompano Beach, FL) -- The Pundit 7 ultrasonic tester is an essential tool for investigating the structural integrity of a wide range of materials, including concrete, ceramics and refractories, timber, and many others.
It can be used in the laboratory or on site to…
ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions
(Carl Zeiss: Maple Grove, MN) -- Carl Zeiss is expanding its CONTURA G2 product line. Already popular with mid-sized companies, it now includes the accurate and very fast CONTURA G2 navigator coordinate measuring machine (CMM). The dynamic navigator technology from Carl Zeiss delivers a…
Knowledge at Wharton
Is the manufacturing sector getting more respect?
Although it represents a declining share of the U.S. economy, signs of a manufacturing rebound in the nation and around the world seem to be another indication that the global recession is coming to an end. At the same time, the near-collapse of…
Cognition Corp.
(Cognition Corp.: Bedford, MA) -- Cognition Corp., a worldwide leader in Web 2.0 product development software, has released Cognition Cockpit 5.6, providing medical device companies a system that captures the breadth of their product development data in a single, unified model. Information from…
Barbara A. Cleary
What is known as “point mentality” is a knee-jerk response to what appears to be a problem. We may learn this when we take our child’s temperature and find that it’s high; we are inclined to do something right away—give ibuprofen, orange juice, and bed rest—rather than waiting to see if this is a…
Association For Manufacturing Technology AMT
(AMT: McLean, VA ) -- December 2009 U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $219.60 million, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S.…
Sparta Systems Inc.
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- A recent survey of top life sciences organizations found that compliance issues and increased industry consolidation (via mergers and acquisitions) are the top challenges faced by companies in today’s market. The survey, conducted by Sparta Systems, the market…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The “Great Recession” was a wake up call for manufacturers lulled into a sense of security by years of economic boom. Like the economy itself, manufacturing stands at an abyss of uncertainty. In the past is a manufacturing industry once revered as the backbone of our economy…
HEIDENHAIN Corp.
(Heidenhain: Schaumburg, IL) -- Continuing to provide the well-known and versatile GAGE-CHEK metrology readouts (past METRONICS brand) to the manufacturing and quality assurance industries, parent company Heidenhain Corp. has reintroduced the product with a new dark gray faceplate and many…
FARO
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has set a goal of obtaining at least 5 percent of U.S. electricity needs from wind power by the year 2020. This means that the demand for “green energy,” such as wind power, is growing. One company that has taken full advantage of wind power’s exploding growth…
Cognex Corp.
(Cognex Corp.:Natick, MA) -- Cognex has announced the release of In-Sight Explorer 4.4 for its In-Sight vision systems. In-Sight Explorer 4.4 adds new color tools, improved calibration, and expanded data access within its EasyBuilder configuration software, and expands support for larger line-scan…
Dirk Dusharme @ Quality Digest
Citing excess capacity and efficiency as the key reasons, Hexagon Metrology is closing its plant in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. During the past year, the plant, which assembled Sheffield brand products, has been shifting operations to Hexagon’s new facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The move…
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.
Colorimetry, the science of color measurement, is widely employed in commerce, industry, and the laboratory to express color in numerical terms and to measure color differences between specimens. Applications include paints, inks, plastics, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals…
Accelper Consulting
(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Accelper Consulting announces its special Six Sigma Green Belt training and certification session, which is being held on March 26–27, at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Wheaton, Illinois. This session is offered as a service to the community at no…
FARO
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announces the release of FARO Scene 4.7, the latest version of its scan processing software for the FARO Laser Scanner.
The new Scene 4.7 features more efficient point…
Mahr Inc.
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal will be featuring two products at Quality Expo South, April 28–29, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. On display at booth No. 341 will be a new version of the MMQ 200 Formtester Cylindricity Machine with automated T7W…
NSF International
(NSF International: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Concerns regarding consumer safety and compromised automobile crashworthiness continue to center on the use of certain aftermarket structural parts. NSF International recently announced the launch of a new Automotive Parts Certification Program to address…
(URAC: Washington) -- As part of its commitment to a comprehensive review of its standards, URAC, the nation’s leading health care accreditation and education organization, recently called for public comment on revisions to its suite of Pharmacy Quality Management Accreditation programs. URAC…
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)—A nine cubic millimeter solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan (UM) is the smallest that can harvest energy from its surroundings to operate nearly perpetually.
A low-power, sensor system…
Indicate Technologies
(Indicate Technologies Inc.: Santa Clara, CA) — Metrology Expo 2010, brought to you by Indicate Technologies, will be held in Santa Clara, California, March 9–11, and provide technical presentations by industry experts, equipment demonstrations featuring new technologies, and complimentary…
Miriam Boudreaux
When a quality management system (QMS) is implemented, results are evident immediately: reduction in warranty cost, reduction in rework, reduction in scrap, higher profit margins, etc. Would you agree that ISO 9001 and other quality initiatives such as lean, Six Sigma, and 5S can significantly…
