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Complex systems inhabit a “gray world” of partial failures: While a system may continue to operate as a whole, bits and pieces inevitably degrade. Over time, these small failures can add up to a single catastrophic failure, incapacitating the system.
“Think about your car,” says Olivier de Weck,…
Miriam Boudreaux
There you are, in the middle of an internal or external audit, and the auditor asks you a question that you are truly not sure about. What do you do?
1. Hit the panic button. 2. Ask the audience for a hint. 3. Phone a friend.
Well, there isn’t a studio audience, and chances are the auditor didn’t…
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. will feature innovations in measurement automation at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 (IMTS) being held at McCormick Place in Chicago from Sept. 10–15, 2012. In booth E-5202, Hexagon will exhibit a full…
INUS Technology Inc.
(INUS: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology, a provider of technology and services in 3-D scanning and developer of Rapidform software, a well-known name in reverse engineering, inspection, and scan data processing, has announced a strategic agreement with Basis Software, developer of the…
RealVision
(RealVision: Eagle, ID) -- When everyday operations take precedence for a company, it’s difficult to carve away the time or energy to focus on the maintenance of the equipment, tools, or machines. However, when those machines and tools aren’t kept up and need replacing or repair, it typically…
AIA
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The AIA director of standards development, Bob McCurrach, will give an overview of the current global vision standards landscape and provide the latest updates on the AIA vision standards in a free webinar, “What’s New in AIA Vision Standards,” on June 27, at 10 a.m. EDT.…
(Omek: Givat Ella, Israel) -- Omek Optics of Israel exhibited at the Optatec Show in Frankfurt, Germany, which was held May 22–25, 2012. Omek, a designer and manufacturer of high-end industrial microscopes, teamed up with Allied Vision Technologies to demonstrate the capabilities of its low-…
Umberto Tunesi
I recently met a good friend who works as a junior member of a cabin crew for a well-known airline. I won’t disclose its name or hers for obvious reasons; you’ll see why as you read on.
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Suffice to say that working conditions for flight…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: Washington, DC) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) invites all interested organizations to take advantage of valuable sponsorship opportunities for World Standards Week 2012, which will be held Oct. 9–12 at the Newseum, Knight Conference Center in Washington, D.C.
World…
International Manufacturing Technology Show
(IMTS: McLean, VA) -- The 29th edition of IMTS—The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 is on track to rank among the top five largest IMTS events. Scheduled for Sept. 10–15, 2012, at Chicago’s McCormick Place, this year’s show will cover almost 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit…
McGraw-Hill
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- When it comes to employee engagement, Timothy R. Clark goes where no one has gone before. One of today’s leading experts on the subject, Clark reveals that the business world has been focusing on only half the question—namely, the organization’s role in driving employee…
Britt Reid
When it comes to statistical process control (SPC), it’s easy to get lost in the weeds and forget what you are really trying to accomplish. The whole point is to make better products for the customer. To do that, you have to perform the same exact processes over and over across every production…
(Boeing: Chicago) -- The Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. will hold their fourth joint Global Product Data Interoperability Summit (GPDIS) Nov. 12–15, 2012, at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos in Chandler, Arizona. The theme of this year’s summit is “Product Data Quality Integrated throughout the…
Productivity Press
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The Workforce Engagement Equation, by Jamison J. Manion (Productivity Press, 2012) is for hands-on leaders engaged in effecting change. Describing the science behind the “art of managing” process improvement, it will help you bridge the gap between strategy…
Lean Enterprise Institute
(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- In this free webinar, “Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata,” on June 28, 2012, at 2 p.m. EDT, lean researcher, author, and thought leader Mike Rother will explore a bit of improvement kata thinking. A kata is a well-rehearsed routine that becomes second nature, and the…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- Estimates from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce indicate that there are between 30 and 50 million individuals who hold some type of credential in the labor market. But how do workers know which credential is right for them? And how do…
Ryan E. Day
Edison, Bell, Carver, Ford. Names synonymous with ingenuity and perseverance. These people inspire me to listen to that small voice that guides and goads my intuition. That voice is rarely wrong, but my translation of intuition into action sometimes leads me to bite off a tad more than I can chew.…
Blom
In recent years the demand for high-accuracy laser data within the infrastructure sector has increased. The market has discovered the benefits of using both existing off-the-shelf laser data, and ordering new laser data-capture systems suited for high-accuracy planning, building, and maintenance…
Andrew Sobel
We’ve all experienced moments when we feel at a loss for words and wish we had been able to think of the right thing to say. Regardless of how tough the situation and conversation gets, no interaction is ever completely lost. You can transform tough conversations—and the relationships they affect—…
Earlier this year, Air Academy Associates helped a large multinational client assess its business improvement capabilities. Only 70 percent of the business leaders there believed quality initiatives were sustainable, while 100 percent of those responsible for the improvement believed the company…
Mike Richman
In recent weeks, you have likely heard a lot of chatter about various conventions, conferences, trade shows, and expos. (A rose by any other name....) If you’re sitting there thinking, “Yeah, and you’re one of the chatterboxes,” I’ll respond, “Guilty as charged.” We have frequently discussed trade…
Chuck Pfeffer
Remember when you got your first bicycle? You probably started riding it with training wheels. Soon enough the training wheels came off, and then you eventually went looking for hills and jumps. At some point, as you became better, you took your hands off the handle bars. There was a liberating…
NDI
(NDI: Waterloo, Canada) -- Northern Digital Inc. (NDI), a developer and manufacturer of optical and electromagnetic measurement systems for medical and industrial applications, announces that David Rath has accepted an appointment to the role of president, succeeding former president and CEO, Jamie…
AICON 3D Systems
(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- A new interface for MoveInspect HR, a portable optical measurement system from AICON, a developer of standardized optical 3-D measurement systems, enables its use for free-motion head (FMH) form tests, which are used to determine and reduce the risk of acceleration…
InnovMetric Software
(InnovMetric Software: Québec City, Québec, Canada) -- Following its strong growth in the U.S. Midwest in recent years, InnovMetric Software has made PolyWorks classroom training sessions available at a new training center in Novi, Michigan. At the cost of $350 per trainee/per day, PolyWorks users…
