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It seems the most popular way to improve a process these days is by applying the glorious "Lean Toolkit." Many companies focus on learning and implementing process improvement practices introduced by Toyota without realizing the same success that Toyota achieved. How can it be that so many firms…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announced the addition of 3-D vision in the new release of VisionPro 3D. It delivers accurate, real-time, 3-D position information to automate challenging assembly verification, logistics, and robot applications. VisionPro 3D works with any number of fixed…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- More fragmented and uncoordinated health care may be on the horizon, thanks to a growing shortage of U.S. health care workers. That’s the message from a new poll of health care quality experts conducted by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of…
In my last blog post, “Everybody Everyday” I made the case for regular practice of new perspectives, behaviors, and practices. All new learners begin by just “going through the motions” and gradually become proficient through regular practice. I’ve personally gone to sleep many nights pondering…
(Optech: Toronto) -- Optech Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced lidar, aerial digital cameras, and survey instruments, announces the latest addition to its innovative line of multibeam airborne imaging systems, the ALTM Pegasus HD500.
Now available with 500 kHz capability, Pegasus maintains…
(Rosalina Instruments: Mumbai) -- The Advanced 3250 Single-Sample Osmometer uses the industry-preferred freezing-point method for an accurate determination of total concentration. With on-board sample identification, broad measurement range, and optimal sample size requirement, the Advanced…
The web is buzzing about Nokia’s Ovi Maps—and rightly so. The new 3-D interface the company has debuted, which allows you to take amazing 3-D fly-throughs of some of the world’s most beautiful cities, is a revelation. If you haven’t played with it yet, do so now by clicking here and wasting a…
Total Flow Management: Achieving Excellence with Kaizen and Lean Supply Chains, by Euclides A. Coimbra (Kaizen Institute, 2009), has been distributed only within Kaizen Institute and among its customers. Now this book is available to all and will surely join the classics on the practical…
(Vishay Precision Group: Malvern, PA) -- Vishay Precision Group (VPG), a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of resistive foil technology products, announces the release of a current sensing resistor—the CSM3637P—with an improved power rating and low thermal electromotive force (EMF). The…
(Egemin: Holland, MI) -- Egemin Automation Inc., a leading manufacturer of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and warehouse management systems since 1976, has developed a hybrid Automated Guided Vehicle. Morphing manual and automatic operations onto a standard, off-the-shelf
forklift provides…
(PTI: Tuckahoe, NY) -- Packaging Technologies and Inspection (PTI), a leading manufacturer of nondestructive, noninvasive inspection technologies for the pharmaceutical industry, will showcase the VeriPac Leak Detection Systems at Interpack, the international processes and packaging exposition…
(Opto Diode: Newbury Park, CA) -- Opto Diode Corp., a subsidiary of ITW Photonics Group, and a global supplier of advanced performance photodiodes and highly reliable, visible and IR LEDs, now supplies custom light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for a variety of applications.
The company is one of the…
(Precyse: Wayne, PA) -- Precyse, a leader in health information management (HIM) services and technologies, has launched precyseCode, an advanced and comprehensive HIM platform available today. PrecyseCode is driven by state-of-the-art technologies that understand and process human voice,…
(LeCroy: Chestnut Ridge, NY) -- LeCroy Corp. introduces a new line of 12-bit resolution WaveRunner oscilloscopes, the WaveRunner HRO 6 Zi. The WaveRunner HRO, a high-resolution oscilloscope, features an industry-leading, 12-bit analog-to-digital convertor (ADC), deep memory of 256 Mpts/ch, and…
Air gauging relies on a law of physics that states flow and pressure are directly proportionate to clearance and react inversely to each other. As clearance increases, air flow also increases, and air pressure decreases proportionately. As clearance decreases, air flow also…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. presents the Flexible Flaw Detection webinar, scheduled for May 5, 2011, at 2 p.m. EDT. The webinar will focus on technical topics that showcase the power of machine vision and how to solve inspection applications with advanced techniques and new tools. If you…
Donald J. Wheeler has been awarded the Deming Medal by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) for “the propagation of Dr. Deming’s ideas throughout the world through his numerous books and seminars on quality management and statistical quality improvement.” Here he answers some questions for…
Every once in awhile people will ask me to (discretely) evaluate a kaizen event team’s effectiveness. I don’t necessarily relish doing that when it is intended for the purpose of team comparisons, but it’s not an unfair request from senior leaders.
Someday, I should probably try to pull the…
(MIRTEC: Oxford, CT) -- MIRTEC, a global leader in inspection technology, is the recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s 2011 Global Customer Service Leadership Award for the surface mount technology (SMT) inspection equipment market. MIRTEC was selected based on its superior quality and timeliness…
(OMG: Needham, MA) -- The Business Ecology Initiative (BEI), a nonprofit, member-led organization committed to breaking down silos and promoting “business ecology” practices within and among organizations, announces the Business Ecology Webinar Series, which will begin May 6, 2011, at 11 a.m. EDT…
(The Shingo Prize: Logan, UT) -- At the Principles of Operational Excellence and Assessment workshop, scheduled for May 11–12 at the Boart Longyear plant in Salt Lake City, workshop participants will gain an understanding of The Shingo Model and the underlying principles behind The Shingo Prize…
(Hamamatsu: Hamamatsu City, Japan) -- The C10800 series of dual-energy X-ray cameras from Hamamatsu feature high resolution and a wide dynamic range. These line-scan cameras can be used for a variety of nondestructive testing applications where single-energy imaging fails to distinguish between…
(CorDEX: North York Shire, UK) -- CorDEX Instruments unveiled the CorDEX UT5000 tester, an intrinsically safe ultrasonic radio-frequency identification (RFID) handheld unit designed for testing and detecting corrosion in pipeline networks.
The UT5000 uses RFID technology to locate and log up to…
(BSI: Reston, VA) -- BSI Group America Inc., a leading provider of total solutions for certification and standards announces the launch of its Specialized Regulatory Training with courses targeted specifically for the medical device industry. Available on site, these specialized regulatory…
(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- In the post-recession economy, successful product development efforts will increasingly be shaped and driven by advanced IT tools like product life-cycle management (PLM) and collaborative software that will enable design stakeholders to share updates, reuse data, and…