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(ANSI: New York) -- On April 25, 2012, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the private-sector-led U.S. voluntary standardization system, will host an exploratory meeting to examine the need for an Energy Efficiency Standards Panel (EESP) to develop a standardization…
(ISSISSIPPI: Columbus, OH) -- On April 1, 2012, International Six Sigma Institute and Secret Society for Imperious Professionals of Process Improvement (ISSISSIPPI) has announced its new Less-Than-Free MBB, a breakthrough online certification program for the process improvement marketplace.
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(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Oh, it’s new! I want it now. Ho-hum... what’s next? Consumers’ ever-growing appetite to acquire new products, and their short courtship with them, has kept manufacturers busy not only expending resources at an alarming rate, but also depleting these resources and…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The international standard, ISO 14051:2011—“Environmental management—Material flow cost accounting—General framework,” assists organizations to better understand the environmental and financial consequences of their material and energy use practices, so that they can identify…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), which develops and promotes solutions to help manufacturing and service providers operate at peak performance, has partnered with VDA, the German association of the automotive industry, to offer VDA’s quality training programs…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- A self-sustaining business model based on income generation, and supplemented with support from the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and other nonoperating income, is the new environment for the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which is…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- The most valuable asset of any company is the people who work there. That’s why the softer aspects of people management and related skills are so important. Using the same approach as Nicolai Andler’s successful Tools for Project Management, Workshops and Consulting (…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) RAPID 2012 Conference & Exposition will feature a potent lineup of presentations aimed at revealing how businesses can improve their competitive edge in a challenging, global economy. Industry consultant and analyst, Terry…
(TÜV SÜD America: Plymouth, MI) -- TÜV SÜD Americas, a business-to-business engineering services firm providing international safety testing and certification services, has expanded its automotive electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) laboratory in Plymouth, Michigan, by opening an additional 3-m (9…
(Navitar: Rochester, New York) -- Navitar Inc., a developer and manufacturer of standard and custom-engineered optical solutions, has introduced a versatile, dual-view imaging system that allows customers to simultaneously view a single subject and capture an image at multiple fields of view.
For…
(UL: Los Angeles) -- UL Responsible Sourcing of Underwriter Laboratories (UL), a global provider of corporate responsibility auditing and ethical sourcing consulting services, has introduced its corrective and preventive action (CAPA) system to help manage and track improvements in manufacturing…
(ANSI: New York) -- During the last 24 months, U.S. businesses have created more than 3.9 million jobs, indicating that the economy is continuing a steady course of recovery. And yet, growing industries are reporting difficulty in finding appropriately skilled professionals, particularly in the…
(API: Rockland, MD) -- Earlier this month, API Services announced its acquisition of R&C Service Solutions Inc., a full-service, machine-tool support service company located in Arizona. R&C is now operating as API Services: Southwest Division.
API Services President Ronald S. Hicks…
(Newport: Bozeman, MT) -- ILX Lightwave, a Newport Corp. brand, announces the addition of LDT-5940C Thermoelectric Temperature Controller to its portfolio of thermoelectric temperature controllers designed for testing of laser diodes and other optoelectronic devices. The LDT-5940C features 60 watts…
(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- The newly developed software platform BendingStudio has been introduced by AICON. BendingStudio connects all data and processes around the production of bended parts, from production process planning to manufacturing to quality control. It is the only tool to meet…
(AQSENSE: Girona, Spain) -- AQSENSE, developer of 3-D machine vision technologies has a 3-D Shape Analysis Library, SAL3D, a library for cloud-points acquisition and manipulation, which now supports the SR4000, the leading line 3-D time-of-flight cameras from Mesa Imaging, the Switzerland-based…
(Mettler-Toledo: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- Mettler-Toledo has announced an upcoming free webinar with special guest presenter Dr. Roy Helmy, global lead for analytical chemistry at Merck. The webinar, titled “What’s the Matter with Sample Prep?” will highlight the issues of sample and standard…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Instead of building new hospitals that import old systems and problems, the time has come to reexamine many of our ideas about what a hospital should be. Can a building foster continuous improvement? How can we design it to be flexible and useful well into…
(ThedaCare: Appleton, WI) — John S. Toussaint, M.D., and Roger A. Gerard, Ph.D., have earned the prestigious Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award for their book, On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the Industry (Lean Enterprise Institute Inc., 2010).…
(General Tools: New York) -- The new series of USB Humidity and Temperature Data Loggers (HT10/20/50) from General Tools & Instruments (General) makes long-term, unattended monitoring of myriad environments easier and less costly. Each unit in General’s HT Series enables users to keep an eye on…
(USON: Houston) Quality engineers can now obtain the USON Pressure Decay Leak Test Calculator—the first in a family of automated Uson NDT Test Calculators—to generate nearly instantaneous answers to “what if” modeling of pressure-decay leak testing variables and exact returns on investment from new…
(Xcentric: Chesterfield, MI) -- Xcentric Mold and Engineering Inc., a leader in custom plastic-injection molding, has launched the company’s proprietary Process Engine, which delivers quality, reliability, and repeatability for companies looking to cost-effectively manufacture products in the…
Top executives in Europe and the U.S. say global political and economic risk, and government regulation are their most pressing concerns, while Asian CEOs name innovation as their top challenge, closely followed by human capital—attracting, retaining, and rewarding talent. So finds The Conference…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The Vision Show, North America’s largest vision and imaging trade show and conference, will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Hynes Convention Center, May 8-10, 2012. AIA, the world’s largest trade association promoting vision and imaging industries, founded The…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- How do you take talented engineers and surround them with the elements needed to create brilliant designs that lead to market-changing products? A lean production preparation process (3P) is how.
Written from an operations perspective, The Lean 3P Advantage…
