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During your career, it can be tempting to fall into comfortable patterns, turn autopilot on, and coast from project to project. But as your job description changes and projects become more complex, it’s imperative to be alert and aware while in the driver’s seat so you don’t create roadblocks that…
I n my February column, "Avoiding Company Decline," I described how part of a corporation's economic slide could be attributed to organizational scorecards or dashboards because they are often ineffective in promoting the most appropriate behaviors. In this column, I will show how creating and…
(Delcam: Salt Lake City) -- Delcam will highlight the strengths of its PowerSHAPE CAD software in data repair and modeling for manufacture at amerimold, the international trade fair for moldmaking and tooling, and design and application development, to be held in Novi, Michigan, on June 13–14, 2012…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has joined with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) to deliver an integrated learning conference focused on industry and regulatory viewpoints concerning current good manufacturing practices (CGMP). The…
(Pinpoint: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems, which designs, manufactures, and sells measuring and alignment tools and solutions, has released an improved version of its 4-Axis Precision Mount for the Microgage Laser line. It is lighter and has finer accuracy and control. It also has high-…
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- The Mississippi Polymer Institute (MPI) helps smaller companies in the polymer industry succeed by using an NVision MobileScan laser scanning system to reengineer or inspect parts to a high level of accuracy. “By inspecting first articles, we help injection molders ensure…
The process of problem solving can at first blush appear relatively simple: The difficulty is defined, facts and evidence are collected and analyzed, and a solution agreed upon. However, because imperfect people make decisions, the entire process is fraught with traps that can lead to serious…
Recognizing that advancement in the way things are made is critical to the success of manufacturing, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) announces its 2012 list of Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture.
Selected by SME’s Innovation Watch Committee, the new and emerging…
(Gemba Academy: Mukilteo, WA) -- In the upcoming webinar, “Using SPC to Make Better Management Decisions,” Mark Graban, author of the Shingo Prize-winning book, Lean Hospitals, will show how simple statistical process control (SPC) methods can be used by managers and leaders to make better…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Do you find yourself being asked to lead others but have no idea where to start? Do you lead a team spread across different offices or even continents? In this no-nonsense guide to leadership, you will find answers to crucial questions like: What is leadership? And what…
Bounties in the National Football League (NFL)? Most fans were appalled when former professional basketball player, Charles Barkley, disclosed on The Dan Patrick Show that players will pool money, called a bounty, which goes to the player who hits an opponent hard enough to intimidate him. With a…
Warren Buffett famously said, “Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” And you’d love to be that kind of long-term thinker, willing to invest in the future when others are running for cover. Of course, Buffett has his $60 billion fortune to cushion the risks…
(Meggitt: San Juan Capistrano, CA) -- Meggitt Sensing Systems, designer and manufacturer of sensing and monitoring systems that measure physical parameters in extreme environments, has announced the global release of its new “2012 Test and Measurement Catalog,” a 74-page highlight of available high…
(General: New York) -- There are more than 15 probe options now available for the DCS1600 recording video borescope system and the DCS1800 wireless recording video borescope system from General Tools & Instruments, including different probe types, diameters, lengths and viewing angles, which…
(Setra Systems: Boxborough, MA) -- Setra Systems Inc., designer and manufacturer of a broad line of sensing products, has announced the global market introduction of the Model 730, a compact, low-cost variable capacitance (capacitive) vacuum manometer, designed to support the critical pressure…
(Creaform: Québec) -- Denis Laurendeau, a professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Université Laval in Quebec, and his research team have launched the NSERC/Creaform Industrial Research Chair on 3-D scanning—3D-CREATION—with the objective to democratize 3-D scanning…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning support technologies, has released a Brazilian Portuguese version of its 80-hour Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Course. With this new version, MoreSteam offers its Green Belt course in five…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- The new release from Wiley, Knowledge Automation: How to Implement Decision Management in Business Processes, by Alan N. Fish (Wiley, 2012), is a one-stop how-to guide to understanding the intersection of three technologies: decision management, business process management…
As you finish reloading your rifle, you realize there’s a lull in the fighting. There is no gunfire, no explosions, the screaming and yelling have subsided. After three hours of battle, it’s become relatively quiet on both ships. You take a moment to assess the situation.
From the beginning you’ve…
I’m having that conversation with my bosses… again. I am promulgating the notion of reaching out to industries and audiences that we really aren’t engaging. However, more than once I’ve been told that the quality industry is a very narrow niche. To this I say, “Horse pucky!”
I believe this…
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- New trends in technology (cloud computing) and business (outsourcing) in just the last few years have opened some brand new ways businesses can operate. One of them—collaboration with customers and often competitors— promises to yield a whole new way of doing…
(AST: Mount Olive, NJ) -- American Sensor Technologies (AST), manufacturer of microelectromechanical structures (MEMS) pressure sensors, introduces an innovative pressure/temperature sensor and pressure/temperature transmitter that provide both pressure and temperature outputs from a single process…
(TÜV SÜD: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America Inc. can now provide accredited certification for ISO 50001 to companies of all sizes and complexities. Developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to assist companies in their efforts to minimize energy consumption, ISO 50001 is…
(TÜV Rheinland: Caledonia, MI) -- TÜV Rheinland Industrial Solutions Inc., a provider of full-service inspection and testing services company, has announced that its branch office location in Woodstock, Alabama, has received Nadcap accreditation for nondestructive inspections. This complements the…
(Konica Minolta Sensing: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and 3-D shape, announces the launch of its newest light measurement product, the T-10A Series illuminance meter, designed to measure the brightness and…
