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CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Dr. Michael Nelson has written one of the first books to focus on physician engagement in creating a lean culture, Sustaining Lean in Healthcare: Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership (CRC Press, 2011).
The book begins with the basics of lean (including…
Donald J. Wheeler
In part one we found that the skewness and kurtosis parameters characterize the tails of a probability model rather than the central portion, and that because of this, probability models with the same shape parameters will only be similar in overall shape, not identical. However, since software…
FDA
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance that clarifies when changes or modifications to a previously cleared 510(k) device require a new premarket submission.
The 510(k) process is the most common review path to market for lower-risk…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- Evidence that publication of ISO 50001 was eagerly awaited is borne out by the number of organizations worldwide claiming to be the first in their country or sector to have adopted the new international standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on…
Aerotech Inc.
(Aerotech: Pittsburgh, PA) -- Aerotech Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of motion control, positioning tables/stages, and positioning systems. Its APR series rotary stages employ precision-machined and ground stage parts coupled with high-precision angular contact bearings and an Aerotech…
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab scientists and their colleagues have discovered a new relation among electric and magnetic fields and differences in temperature, which may lead to more efficient thermoelectric devices that convert heat into electricity or electricity into heat.
“In the search for new sources of…
Gallup
Empire building is the pinnacle and most extreme level of the pyramid of bureaucracy. It occurs when one group attempts to regain or enhance its self-sufficiency by encroachment or by expanding its span of control even when that is not in the best interest of the organization. There are several…
Newport Corp.
(Newport: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in motion control technology, has introduced Fine Metrology State (FMS) Precision Linear Stages. The high-precision, motion-control stages are designed for use in surface profiling, tribology, and contact (stylus) and noncontact metrology (…
ZweigWhite
(ZweigWhite: Fayetteville, AK) -- Three-dimensional building information modeling (BIM) is rapidly replacing 2-D design software in many architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental firms. However, a blend of 2-D and 3-D technology is still commonplace.
According to an article…
OAKTON Instruments
(OAKTON Instruments: Vernon Hills, IL) -- OAKTON Instruments, designer and manufacturer of innovative scientific instruments for
research, industrial, and educational
uses, announces its new pH 700 and Ion 700 Benchtop Meters. These compact meters (6 in. × 7 in.) save valuable bench…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: New York) -- More than 80 percent of global commodity trade is affected by standards and conformance, which translates to more than 13 trillion business dollars each year. Numbers like these clearly demonstrate the powerful advantage that companies gain in the global market by exerting…
Paul Naysmith
While playing her role as Maria Kutschera in The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews once sang about her favorite things, among which were geese flying with the moon on their wings, doorbells, and brown paper packages. Remembering these things was how Maria would distract herself when times were bad…
Donald J. Wheeler
With the use of statistical software, many individuals are being exposed to more than just measures of location and dispersion. In addition to the average and standard deviation, they often find some funny numbers labeled as skewness and kurtosis. Since these numbers appear automatically, it is…
Raytek Corp.
(Raytek: Santa Cruz, CA) -- Raytek, a designer, manufacturer, and provider of infrared (IR), thermometry instruments, has enhanced its MI3 Series IR temperature measurement sensors with new integrated network communication options. The Raytek MI3 sensors are now compatible with the Modbus and…
NSF International
(NSF: Ann Arbor, MI) -- NSF International’s Global Food Safety Division and Paster Training Inc. have partnered to offer a combination of training and consulting services to the food service and retail food industries. These service offerings are increasingly important in light of new federal…
ASM Sensors
(ASM Sensors: Elmhurst, IL) -- ASM Sensors Inc. (ASM) developer, manufacturer, and marketer of electromechanical position sensors for industrial applications, has expanded its POSITAPE line of tape-extension position sensors with the introduction of the WB12 series. The POSITAPE sensor line was …
Micro-Epsilon
(Micro-Epsilon: Cheshire, UK) -- Visitors to booth No. P47 at this year’s Sensors+Systems for Control and Instrumentation exhibition, Sept. 14–15, 2011, in Farnborough, North Hampshire, southwest of London, will have the opportunity to view a range of new sensors from precision measurement…
Wiley
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Jossey-Bass/Wiley has announced a new online conference series, “Why Management Still Matters,” convened by the Jossey-Bass Management Institute Online, beginning Sept. 22 and continuing through Oct. 20, 2011. Find out why management still matters and learn new models and…
TraceLink Inc.
(TraceLink: Woburn, MA) -- TraceLink Inc., developer of the TraceLink Network, an industrywide supply collaboration network, has released Trace Link Quality Review, the first service designed to help virtual quality teams from pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies and their chief…
MIT News
The migration of manufacturing from the United States to Asia could be having a significant impact on which advanced technologies are commercialized. Specifically, there is evidence that the shift in manufacturing is curtailing the development of emerging technologies in areas such as…
Quality Digest
Ever feel like your brain has been put in a jar, “all shook up,” then poured out? That’s what we did with a list of 18 quality words and terms that you would hear at a Six Sigma training class. Unscramble them and e-mail your answers to us by Aug. 31, 2011, and you just might win a $50 gift…
FDA
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and federal partners has released the Food Related Emergency Exercise Boxed (FREE-B) set, a web-based collection of scenarios that will help government regulators, public health organizations, and the food industry test…
Gartner
(Gartner: Stanford, CT) -- Organizations seeking to make the transition from a supply chain to a demand-driven value network (DDVN) must look beyond traditional projects and adopting functional best practices, according to Gartner Inc. Gartner analysts have identified four imperatives that…
Thomson Reuters
(Thomson Reuters: London) -- Thomson Reuters has enhanced its enterprisewide risk management product, Kondor Global Risk (KGR), incorporating a dynamic dashboard that provides a powerful way for risk managers to visualize and interpret their risk exposure. KGR will enable risk managers to…
Lean Enterprise Institute
(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- Implementing lean management principles in manufacturing, distribution, and supply chains are major tracks in a series of lean workshops scheduled by the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) for Minneapolis, Sept. 13–15, 2011.
What is lean?
The terms “lean manufacturing,” “…
