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(Automated Precision Inc.: Rockville, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. (API) recently announced the appointment of Joe Bioty as chief operating officer of the technology- leading manufacturer of 3-D laser-based measurement tools. Bioty has been associated with high-technology…
(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, celebrates 30 years in business in 2011. With three decades of innovation and helping its customers’ products and processes be the best in…
(Metrologic Group: Wixom, MI) -- Over the last 15 years, Metrolog, the 3-D control software product from the Metrologic Group, has emerged as the benchmark industrial application for any kind of 3-D measurements. Recently, the 10,000th Metrolog license was installed for a Metrologic Group client…
One of the laments we hear quite frequently in the manufacturing sector is the lack of skilled employees available in the hiring pool. In the age of high-definition video games, social networking, and phones that have more capability than your five-year-old laptop, it's no wonder that manufacturing…
I have long admired and respected Toyota. I have been to its factories, published and written books and articles about its revolutionary production system, known many of its brilliant people, and taught its methods to thousands of students. Like many of Toyota's admirers, I was shocked and saddened…
(Chrysler Group LLC: Auburn Hills, MI) -- In January 2010, an ATOS IIe white-light scanning system at Chrysler Group's Scientific Test Labs, Aero/Thermal, was looking a bit like PIXAR's Wall-E and badly in need of an update. The technology was at the end of its usable life-cycle. At every point in…
(Society of Manufacturing Engineers: Dearborn, MI) -- Manufacturing professionals who attend the 2011 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Annual Conference will have a tough time selecting which manufacturing “candy” most appeals to them. The conference, Manufacturing Velocity, to be held in…
In business there’s a saying: Time is money. The more time it takes for something to get done, the more money is wasted. Companies that can figure out a way to compress the time it takes for something to happen can realize significant cost savings and also get their products into the market faster…
(GBMP: Boston, MA) -- The Shingo Prize announced this week that the GBMP Lean Training DVD "Toast Value Stream Mapping" will be honored with The Shingo Prize Research and Professional Publication Award at its annual conference in March.
The Shingo Prize is recognized as the premier award for…
Fifty years ago President John Kennedy delivered one of the most memorable inauguration speeches since President Lincoln. Kennedy’s words still resonate after all these years when he stated, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” After the Lincoln address…
(AAM Group: Australia) -- The most evolved and comprehensive mobile laser scanning system in the world is now available from AAM. The Optech Lynx M1 Mobile Mapper represents the next generation in rapid collection of survey-grade 3-D data.
The Lynx M1 Mobile Mapper alters the expectations of…
(Siemens PLM Software: Plano, TX) -- NX product design software, from Siemens PLM Software, now supports high-definition 3-D (HD3D) and visual reporting. These capabilities make critical product information much more useful by visually delivering PLM data as part of the product model, enabling…
(Productivity Press: Shelton, CT) -- Demystifying the application of lean methods is the goal behind author Drew Locher’s Lean Office and Service Simplified: The Definitive How-To Guide from Productivity Press.
The book goes beyond the basic tools to detail the key concepts of lean as they apply…
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rchaeologists and researchers from the University of South Florida’s Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies (AIST) are working with state officials to help protect, preserve, and restore threatened historic sugar mill ruins in Florida. These structures are associated with the 18th and 19th…
The purpose of this article is to present the planning of a case study performed in the field of geometrical and dimensional measurement and controllability planning (GMCP, previously abbreviated GICP). The case study is carried out at the Swedish automotive company Scania CV. This article presents…
With the announcement of another Toyota recall, it seems that everyone and their dog have an opinion about Toyota, and some of them might even be drawing the right conclusions. While everyone is allowed to have opinions (not the dogs—on quality matters I don't trust entities that consider cat poo a…
With a worldwide reputation for product quality, customer service, and minting technology, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) is at the forefront of innovation in producing coinage and currency. The RCM uses advanced automation equipment to count and wrap pennies in rolls. However, in the past these…
In the world of continuous improvement, it might seem that one does not want to look back. After all, as systems improve, old data is no longer useful, and keeping it around—like keeping old love letters—may someday get you into trouble.
Knowing when to recalculate control limits is important, as…
(JAI: San Jose, CA) -- JAI announces that it has begun shipping the AT-140GE and the AT-200GE, the latest in its industry-leading 3-CCD color camera series. The company had previously launched versions of these cameras with Camera Link digital interfaces. The new models feature the same 1.4-…
(Gemba Research LLC: Mukilteo, WA) -- If you are in the Dallas area next Tuesday, Feb. 15, and would like to meet Mike Wroblewski of Gemba Consulting and benefit from free training, you are invited to join this event and learn about these topics:
Leader standard work. How leaders can use the…
(The Coordinate Metrology Society: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society, the preminent membership association for measurement professionals, will hold their 27th Annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) July 25–29 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. This…
(Dynamic Intelligent Solutions: Clinton Township, MI) -- The ability to pinpoint a product’s dimensional profile before and after exposure to temperature and humidity extremes is a standard testing practice, but the ability to measure a component’s shape during exposure to harsh conditions is a new…
(Magnatag: Macedon, NY) -- Managers say that “things get done” when they display key performance metrics on Magnatag’s new magnetic key performance indicator (KPI) whiteboards.
“They’ve helped us increase productivity by 10 percent since we started using them,” says a Georgia continuous…
(DocLineUp: New York) -- DocLineUp, a leading provider of enterprise-level document management software, has announced the new release and breakthrough pricing on the DocLineUp Document Management System for Medical Device Manufacturers. The system is available immediately and at less than $10,000—…
There is a group effort commencing beneath the English city of Nottingham with a main goal of assessing the archaeological importance of nearly 500 man-made caves that were cut into the sandstone during medieval times and possibly earlier. The caves have served many purposes from housing dungeons,…
