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CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Explaining how to implement and sustain a top-down strategy for manufacturing excellence, The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader’s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, by Larry E. Fast (CRC Press, 2011), provides a comprehensive, proven…
Tracker Handbook by Art Kietlinski
Understanding the importance of collecting accurate data, using the correct drift checks, and applying accurate thermal scaling are critical elements of a successful measurement plan. Even if all the correct measurement techniques are applied, creating the coordinate system incorrectly will…
Manufacturing Institute
(Manufacturing Institute: Washington, DC) -- The Manufacturing Institute, a Washington, DC-based organization dedicated to improving and expanding manufacturing in the United States, will officially launch Right Skills Now, a new, fast-track education and training program, built on the National…
Wiley
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Even a minimal investment in risk assessment and risk management can improve efficiency and reduce losses in any organization. Enterprise Risk Management Best Practices:From Assessment to Ongoing Compliance, by Anne M. Marchetti (Wiley, 2011) provides guidance on how to…
NIST
During the past decade, laser frequency combs—extraordinarily precise tools for measuring frequencies (or colors) of light—have helped propel advances in timekeeping, trace-gas detection, and related physics research.
Although typical lasers operate at only a single or handful of frequencies,…
Micro-Epsilon
(Micro-Epsilon: Raleigh, NC) -- Micro-Epsilon, designer and manufacturer of high-precision sensors, instruments, and
systems for displacement, position, dimension, and temperature
measurement, offers the new colorCONTROL MFA-5 for the inspection of LEDs, starting at a basic version that offers…
BSI
(BSI: Reston, VA) -- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a contract to BSI Group’s Supply Chain Solutions business unit to create a protocol to aid the screening of cargo at U.S. ports. BSI will work with DHS S&T-sponsored…
Strategy
(Booze and Co.: New York) -- Total research and development (R&D) investment among the world’s top spenders on innovation surged upward in 2010 from its recession-induced decline in 2009, according to the 2011 Global Innovation 1000, the seventh annual study of corporate innovation spending…
AIAG
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- AIAG’s Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), now in its fourth edition, has been the benchmark source for FMEA in the industry for many years. However, automakers and supplier leaders continue to point to concerns with the effectiveness of FMEA…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- In celebration of the second annual World Quality Month in November, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) will showcase how advancements and valuable quality contributions have improved incomes for businesses, communities, and institutions worldwide.
During World Quality…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- A new report has found that health care organizations that have won Baldrige National Quality Awards for performance excellence or been considered for a Baldrige Award site visit outperform other hospitals in nearly every metric used to determine the 100 Top…
Paul Naysmith
In the business world we certainly like to toss around choice words to express our ideas. I don’t think I’ve ever used the term “strategic planning” in my home or personal life. I can well imagine my wife’s stare of death (inherited from her two teacher parents) if I ever suggested that we “…
Donald J. Wheeler
From the perspective of data analysis, rare events are problematic. Until we have an event,
there is nothing to count, and as a result many of our time periods will end up with zero counts.
Since zero counts contain no real information, we need to consider alternatives to counting the rare…
MoreSteam.com
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, will host “Projects: From Idea to ‘Done’ and Back Again,” a free, one-hour Master Black Belt (MBB) webcast at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 17,…
Newport Corp.
(Newport Corp: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in lasers and photonics solutions that make, manage, and measure light, announces the 1830-R Optical Power Meter. A newly designed optical meter, the 1830-R provides a drop-in replacement for Newport’s legacy 1830-C Power Meter, which…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Economic Prosperity Initiative (EPI) supports the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the country of Georgia’s Georgian Accreditation Center (GAC). The…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Although complex and lengthy, the process of certification to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard, ISO 13485—“Medical devices—Quality management systems—Requirements for regulatory purposes,” can be easily mastered using the simple…
NVision Inc.
Aircraft Technologies Inc., a leading manufacturer of toilets for corporate jets, saved $20,000 and four weeks in reduced tooling costs and time for a new model by utilizing NVision’s laser scanning and engineering services. “By scanning an existing upper and lower bowl assembly and modifying…
Andy McCabe
They’re all around us, all the time, but we don’t recognize them because they wear business suits, sports jackets, dresses, high heels, or maybe sneakers and dungarees. They’re the men and women we work with who are hiding their true identities in the workplace. Let’s see if we can figure out…
Mahr Inc.
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal has recently unveiled a major upgrade to the software platform for its surface metrology systems. MarWin 4.5 offers increased functionality and ease of use, a range of new features, and a series of special option packages for specific applications…
Solartron Metrology
(Solartron Metrology: Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UK) -- Solartron Metrology, part of the Electronic Instruments Group of AMETEK Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, has been selected to custom-design dimensional gauging probes for the 25 antennas…
Wiley
(Jossey-Bass/Wiley: San Francisco) -- The Health Care Data Guide, by Lloyd P. Provost and Sandra K. Murray (Jossey-Bass, 2011), is designed to help students and professionals build a skill set specific to using data for improvement of health care processes and systems. Even experienced data…
Mike Richman
As with enlightenment, there are many paths to quality improvement. Trade shows, seminars, and live video demos are all effective ways to keep on top of the latest developments in the industry. User conferences are another great option, particularly a well-designed, information-packed event…
Analog Devices
(Analog Devices: Norwood, MA) -- The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, have collaborated on the design of an advanced instrument for measuring magnetic fields in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) superconducting…
PCS Press
(PCS Press: Vancouver, WA) -- Norman Bodek joins IndustryWeek’s online editor, Adrienne Selko, for a webinar on the Harada Method titled “Respect for People,” on Tues., Nov. 1, 2011, at 2 p.m. (EDT). They will be discussing how to use the Harada Method to make a company more dynamic and able to…
