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Jon Miller
Whether I am speaking about lean to an audience of one or 100, if the conversation goes on long enough the question inevitably arises: “What’s next for lean?” I always manage an answer, typically tying it to the theme of the discussion, speech, or intended teaching but never quite giving the same…
Business901
(Business901: San Diego) -- The Customer Identification Program has been released by Six Sigma Marketing Institute and can be found at http://DrivingMarketShare.com. The Customer Identification Program identifies specific products and/or markets that offer an organization its best options for…
Baumer
(Baumer: Southington, CT) -- For machine vision applications requiring high speed and high resolutions, Baumer has introduced its new SXG Dual GigE cameras that are capable of transferring data as fast as 240 MB/s at distances up to 100 meters. Offering double the bandwidth of standard GigE…
(Rally: Boulder, CO) -- Rally, a provider of Agile application life-cycle management (ALM), recently announced new filtering features and performance metrics in its AgileZen product. New, user-defined filtering makes it easy to focus on and measure the most important work items. In addition,…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Encouraging a long overdue shift in thinking, Lean Human Resources: Redesigning HR Processes for a Culture of Continuous Improvement gives managers and executives the means to maximize employee potential by first showing them how to increase the improvement power of…
Saving money, increasing profits, and dramatically boosting productivity using lean Six Sigma was the privilege of big corporations that could afford lengthy educational programs, loaded with statistics and lead by expensive consultants. But there is another way.
While managing directors and…
Xspect Solutions Inc.
(Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixom, MI) -- The MobileScan3D laser scanner from Wenzel/Xspect Solutions offers a configuration that is not constrained by a CMM frame or portable CMM arm. The scanner has interchangeable laser sensors to adapt to different sizes and shapes of parts, from jewelry to full-…
SAE International
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Engine Combustion: Pressure Measurement and Analysis, a complete guide to the science of accurate engine combustion, has been released by SAE International. Written by David R. Rogers, a recognized expert in the field, Engine Combustion: Pressure Measurement and Analysis…
Arizona State University
(Arizona State University: Phoenix) -- Arizona State University (ASU) researchers have demonstrated a way to dramatically simplify testing patients for infectious diseases and unhealthy protein levels.
New testing instrumentation developed by Antonio Garcia and John Schneider promises to make…
Clamp-on ultrasonic flow meters are widely used throughout industrial processes in many industries because their noninvasive nature confers inherent advantages over other flow-meter technologies. Material compatibility, contamination, and corrosion risk factors are eliminated. Process integrity is…
Mike Micklewright
“To effect the economies, to bring in the power, to cut out the waste, and thus to fully realize the wage motive, we must have big business – which does not, however, necessarily mean centralized business. We are decentralizing.”
--Henry Ford “Today and Tomorrow”, 1926
Is your…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Leadership Principles for Project Success, by Thomas Juli (CRC Press, 2010) is about project success, and it reveals the secret to achieving this success—effective project leadership. Filled with samples, templates, and guidelines, it covers the five principles of…
Schmitt Industries Inc.
(Schmitt Industries: Portland, OR) -- Schmitt Industries Inc. announced that it will be exhibiting the company’s newest product line, the Lasercheck line of surface roughness measurement gauges, at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), Sept. 13–18, in Chicago (booth E-5332). The…
Management Systems International LLC
(MSI: Carlsbad, CA) -- Management Systems International LLC (MSI), superior in implementing quality and environmental management systems to power businesses through International Organization for Standardization (ISO) or National Aerospace Standard (AS) registration, has increased its training…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Madison, WI) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a global provider of science instruments, has introduced the SPECTRONIC 200, a visible spectrophotometer that incorporates the latest optical and detector technologies specific to the needs of academic and industrial…
ADCOLE Corp.
(ADCOLE Corp.: Marlborough, MA) -- A low-cost LED micrometer that validates if parts have been rolled to the proper depth and stress-relieved is available from ADCOLE Corp. The LED Micrometer Sensor for the Model 1200 Crankshaft Gage provides ±3 µm accuracy, ±1 µm repeatability, and 0.25 µm…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- Difficulty trying to access products, services, environments, and facilities is an issue for any of us—let alone the millions of people around the world living with disabilities. To this end, “Accessibility and the Contribution of International Standards,” an international…
Melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer, but it accounts for the majority of skin cancer deaths (about 75%). The five-year survival rate for early-stage melanoma is high (98%), but the rate drops precipitously if the cancer is detected late or there is recurrence.
So a great…
DNV
Editor’s note: This is part two of a food safety survey conducted by DNV and Michigan State University. View article on part one of this survey here.
(DNV Certification: Houston) -- Consumers are not only very aware of food safety issues, they also have significantly changed their shopping…
Taran March @ Quality Digest
One of the more intense information wildfires to sweep through media channels recently is the news that multitasking does more harm than good. Or does it? This fire seems to burn both ways.
In his new book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Minds (W. W. Norton & Co., 2010),…
(Picarro: Sunnyvale, CA) -- Picarro, the maker of the world’s highest precision and easiest to use gas analyzers, unveiled its new 2000 series analyzer platform to meet the needs of discriminating scientists. Across a wide range of applications, including measurements of greenhouse gases,…
(Henry Ford Health System: Detroit) -- The next Henry Ford Production System On-Site LEAN Training sessions for health care take place Sept. 16–17 at the Gilmour Education Center of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
The two-day course is a didactic and hands-on introduction to lean…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announces that registration is open for its upcoming anticounterfeiting conference, Crossing Borders and Sectors: Exploring Robust Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions.
The Sept. 22 meeting, part of the World Standards Week 2010…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- An information technology (IT) organization is expected to “align with the business.” That is, IT is supposed to enable business performance and innovation, improve service levels, manage change, take advantage of emerging technologies, and maintain quality and…
The ABB Group
Pat Dillon, part of Virginia Commonwealth University’s instrumentation and electrical services team, examining a new ABB swirl flowmeter installed in one of the campus buildings.
(ABB Communications: Zurich) -- The ABB flowmeters have reduced annual steam losses from 16…
