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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On Thursday, July 21, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a webinar, “Documenting Traceability and Calibration Intervals.” Georgia Harris, of NIST’s Weights and Measures Division (WMD), will lead the webinar. At the end of (or during…
(Prrrfect: Carlsbad, CA) -- Prrrfect Technologies LLC has chosen the CONTROL 2011 exposition, held May 3–6 in Stuttgart, Germany, to launch its portable direct computer controlled coordinate measuring machine (DCC CMM) specifically designed to support production operations such as precision…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- Artel, a global leader in liquid-handling quality assurance, will be holding “Pipetting Olympics” competitions in labs across the country as part of National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24–30. During this competition, lab technologists—as…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Though fixed-mount ID readers have been enabled with Ethernet support for quite some time, handheld ID readers, traditionally serial or US-based, have always required a PC to connect into the factory network.
As a node on the Ethernet factory network, the DataMan 8000…
Are you proactive or reactive in your work and personal life? Think about your career. Do you jump on tasks as they pop up, putting out fires as you go? Now consider your weekend. Do you wait until plans come to you, or do you make plans to ensure that you are having the kind of free time that…
Test and measurement equipment play a critical role in most production and development processes. These instruments are used to make decisions regarding the effectiveness of processes and to ensure product quality. It is no surprise, therefore, that the need for regular calibration of test and…
Welcome to Quality Digest Daily 2.0! This new format represents a significant re-imaging of our flagship brand (the industry’s only daily newsletter), which we first launched nearly two years ago. I hope you notice that we’ve added more video content to the newsletter as well as greater editorial…
As part of the keynote of the recent GHX Healthcare Supply Chain Summit, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) CEO Bruce Johnson, along with former Republican Senator Bill Frist and former Democratic Senator Tom Daschle, addressed an audience of more than 600 health care business leaders about the…
(DOE: Washington) -- As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to reduce U.S. oil imports by one-third by 2025, Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced new steps underway at the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate the deployment of electric vehicles. This includes the availability of…
Ford Motor Co. is one of the largest automakers in the United States, producing millions of automobiles each year at 70 plants worldwide. According to J. D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Survey, Ford has received more top rankings than any other automaker since 2007. It’s no surprise that…
“Who wants to give their oral report first?” asked Mrs. Davis, my sixth grade teacher.
The dreaded day had finally arrived when each of us would have to stand in front of the room and speak to the class. The butterflies in my stomach were flapping up a tornado.
Not a single hand went up. In fact,…
The first part of this article illustrated the kinds of problems that can happen when data from non-normal processes are plotted on traditional control charts, and when traditional process capability assessments are applied to these data. This second part will show what to do about these problems…
(Schoelly: Worcester, MA) -- Schoelly Imaging’s high-temperature borescopes enable inspection and analysis of areas otherwise inaccessible to standard remote-viewing instruments. Designed for use at operating temperatures up to 2,000ºC, these specialty borescopes provide critical inspection…
(Instron: Grove City, PA) -- Instron, a provider of testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, announces its new composites team. Lead by composites marketing managers Ian McEnteggart and Lorenzo Majno, this team specializes in composites…
(Enthone: West Haven, CT) -- Enthone Inc., a business of Cookson Electronics, will offer Six Sigma Black Belt certification courses for manufacturers in the automotive, aerospace, energy, electronics, building, hardware and tooling, and surface finishing markets.
Participants must bring a laptop…
(GIA Inc: San Jose, CA) -- The number as well as size of testing laboratories worldwide, especially in developed markets such as the United States, has been on the rise during the past several years. Increasing consumer demand, globalization in sourcing and distribution, and the existence of…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- TWI Case Studies: Standard Work, Continuous Improvement, and Teamwork, by Donald A. Dinero (CRC Press, 2011) provides the insight of leading experts to assist in the execution of training within industry (TWI), a game-changing business tool. Presented as a series…
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Customer satisfaction rises for hospital services and electric and natural gas utilities, according to a recent report released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The report covers customer satisfaction with hospitals; ambulatory care services; and investor…
(ABTech: Swansey, NH) -- ABTech Inc., a precision air-bearing metrology gauge manufacturer has introduced the air bearing-based μicroForm Gage model μFG150. This compact gauge is designed around an air-bearing rotary axis with microinch (nanometer) accuracy, ensuring precise, repeatable…
(CSA Group: Toronto) -- To speed entry for solar panel manufacturers into the North American and international markets, a new a photovoltaic (PV) certification test company, CFV Solar Test Laboratory, has opened in Albuquerque, New Mexico, offering worldwide certification services from one location…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a nonprofit, member-supported organization that works with a wide range of manufacturing companies and service providers to help them operate at peak performance, announced the release of “Supply Chain Data Network Connectivity…
(Tooling U: Cleveland) -- To meet the needs of manufacturers who are increasingly using nontraditional materials in their manufacturing process, Tooling U announces a new web-based composites training program.
Tooling U, a leading provider of online training for the manufacturing industry,…
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Readers and editors of SAE International’s Automotive Engineering International (AEI) magazine have selected the 2011 Chevrolet Volt as the “Best Engineered Vehicle of 2011.” The announcement was made during the SAE 2011 World Congress, April 12–14, in Detroit.
“The…
Leaders and managers are faced with difficult decisions every day. Even process-level decisions must be made with the firm’s overall strategy in mind. The difficulty is that business strategy is a topic that is often described in complex or unclear terms, leaving the reader still incapable of…
Back in 1986 I documented a list of 13 fundamental truths that applied to all organizations. I ran across these statements recently when I was looking for some comments made by a past IBM president that I wanted to use in a new book I am writing. As I thought back over the past 25 years, I realized…