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(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Minitab, developer of software for quality improvement, is offering a no-cost webinar, “Minitab 16 Tips and Tricks,” to help Minitab users of all skill levels operate Minitab 16 Statistical Software like an expert and quickly accomplish common tasks. The hour-long…
(TÜV SÜD: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America, a business-to-business engineering services firm providing international safety testing and certification services, has been granted accreditation by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to provide certification to Responsible Recycling (R2)…
(Teledyne: Waterloo, Ontario) -- Teledyne DALSA, a designer and manufacturer of digital imaging solutions, will feature its state-of-the-art imaging components and subsystems development capability for defense and security applications at CANSEC 2012, Canada’s foremost defense technology showcase.…
(Nikon: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) offer the productivity gains that are provided by Renishaw’s five-axis REVO probe system. REVO is a dynamic probe system designed to maximize CMM throughput by providing improved accuracy, faster measurement, and greater…
(Sunnen Products: St. Louis) -- Sunnen Products, manufacturer and distributor of bore sizing machines, abrasives, and engine building products, now offers large-readout electronic indicators on its entire range of dial bore gauges. Highly visible in the shop environment and a quick reference for…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Tgestiona, which is part of the Telefonica Group, a major cell phone operator in Argentina, was awarded gold-level status as part of the American Society for Quality’s (ASQ) International Team Excellence Award process for implementing quality tools to improve the company’s image…
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- As Darwin famously observed, the beaks of each generation of Galapagos Island finches change to accommodate shifting food resources, allowing the birds to survive by adapting their capabilities to the new environment. Today’s business people should take note: In the…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Many organizations develop strategic plans that gather dust on bookshelves. Driving Strategy to Execution Using Lean Six Sigma: A Framework for Creating High Performance Organizations, by Gerhard Plenert and Tom Cluley (CRC Press, 2012) details how to link strategy…
(APQC: Houston, TX) -- APQC, the knowledge management and business research organization, has released the results of its latest collaborative benchmarking study, Technical Talent Management: Sourcing, Developing, and Retaining Technical Talent. This study identifies best practices from…
(Gartner: Stamford, CT) -- Gartner Inc. has released the findings from its eighth annual Supply Chain Top 25. The goal of the initiative is to raise awareness of the supply-chain discipline and how it affects the business.
Analysts announced the findings from this year’s research at the Gartner…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon AB, a global provider of design, measurement, and visualization technologies, has acquired all shares in the Norwegian company My Virtual Reality Software AS (myVR).
myVR provides software that offers a solution for 2-D, 3-D, and 360° viewing for desktop…
(New River Kinematics: Williamsburg, VA) -- New River Kinematics has released SA 2012.03.13, engineering software with surface colorization and offset surfaces feature.
With SA 2012.03.13, users can generate colorized deviation maps based on deviation of points from surfaces. This is similar to…
(NSI: Stuttgart/Germany) -- The newly developed X25 computed tomography system from North Star Imaging, designer and manufacturer of digital X-ray equipment and nondestructive testing systems, is a compact system designed for submicron resolution imaging and ultrahigh-accuracy scanning.
The system…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has launched the Sheffield 4.5.4 SF, a new line of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) built for the shop floor and designed to withstand harsh manufacturing environments.
The SF series introduces a variety of evolutionary advancements based on…
(MasterControl: Salt Lake City) -- MasterControl has announced two two-day workshops for corrective and preventive action (CAPA) and audit management training. The CAPA workshop will be held June 14–15, 2012, and the audit management workshop will be held June 16-17, 2012. Both events will be in…
(LMI: Vancouver, Canada) -- LMI Technologies, a global leader in 3-D laser measurement and control sensor technology, has launched upgraded firmware for its line of Gocator 3-D smart sensors. Release 3.3 expands Gocator’s built-in tools with new support for advanced measurements, improved scripting…
(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D’s fifth biannual Measurement Innovation Conference will be held Aug. 21–23, 2012, in Costa Mesa, California. This educational event focuses on how companies are improving their design, production, and manufacturing with innovative 3-D measurement…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex, a global supplier of machine vision and industrial ID systems, will host a series of complimentary half-day seminars for logistics professionals. The new “Image-Based Barcode Readers Transforming the Logistics Industry” events, the first of which was held May 22,…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies, a global leader for 3-D measurement technology, has released CAM2 Gage 2.2. It is the latest software update for the company’s leading lines of portable measurement solutions, the FaroArm and FARO Gage. New features such as enhanced QuickTools, barcode…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) – The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) continued its mission to provide a neutral ground for pharmaceutical industry professionals and regulators to discuss industry issues at ISPE affiliate meetings in Japan and China last month. The events brought…
(Global Monitoring: Springfield, PA) -- Global Monitoring offers the Messenger GMU8120 Remote Monitoring Unit for remote monitoring and control of groundwater remediation systems that are often unattended and function without operator assistance. In addition to environmental applications, the…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The need for competent leadership remains one of the most pressing issues facing organizations. Introducing a powerful technique to help readers become better decision makers, The Right Choice: Using Theory of Constraints for Effective Leadership, by Ted…
(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- The Juran Healthcare team had two improvement project presentations accepted for the WCBF 11th Annual Lean, Six Sigma, and Process Improvement in Healthcare Summit, which took place in New Orleans, May 15–18, 2012. The project presentations were an example of the…
(Northwestern University: Evanston, IL) -- To help professionals succeed in the growing field of regulatory compliance, Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies now offers a master of science in regulatory compliance (MSRC) program.
Career opportunities in regulatory compliance are…
(Sologic: Midland, MI) -- The ASQ Learning Institute now offers Sologic’s eRCA Fundamentals, a new root cause analysis e-learning curriculum that builds foundational root cause analysis (RCA) problem-solving skills, was designed by an award-winning e-learning development firm, and is SCORM- and…
