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(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently released Quality Compass 2010: Commercial, the nation’s leading database of comparable information on clinical performance and patient experience for 404 commercial health plan products serving 94 million covered…
(League for Innovation in the Community College: Phoenix) -- The League for Innovation in the Community College will hold its first STEMtech conference Oct. 31–Nov. 3 at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Educators and industry leaders will join together for…
(Institute for Supply Management: Tempe, AZ) -- The third-annual Sustainability and Social Responsibility (SSR) Conference will take place Nov. 4–5 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, at the Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort. The event, presented by the Institute of Supply Management (ISM), covers…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Designed with production personnel in mind, the new Digimar 816 CL Height Gage from Mahr Federal Inc. provides highly accurate measurements without complicated procedures. Robust design and user-friendly operation combine with advanced features and functionality…
As many as 14.6 million Americans are unemployed, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. That means 14.6 million people have been dealing with the losses that come with unemployment: the loss of financial stability, of identity, and of their normal daily routine.
Emily Wright dealt with…
(Strategic Vision Inc.: San Diego) -- Strategic Vision Inc. (SVI) announced results of their 2010 Total Quality Index (TQI), which shows how vehicles are judged when the “complete” experience is measured.
“Simply counting how many problems a vehicle has or design characteristics that buyers do…
Editor's note: In this second in a series of articles on workplace visuality, Gwendolyn Galsworth, Ph.D., author of Work That Makes Sense (Visual Lean Enterprise Press, 2010) and Visual Workplace/Visual Thinking (Visual-Lean Enterprise Press, 2005), and recognized visual expert, shows us how…
(Iowa Central Community College: Fort Dodge, IA) -- Don Heck has heard a lot of talk about making Iowa the “renewable energy capital of the world,” and he thinks he’s found a way to help.
The laboratory he directs at Iowa Central Community College, in Fort Dodge, has become the first to earn…
(Dimensional Control Systems: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems Inc. (DCS), provider of dimensional engineering consulting services and software solutions, announces the release of two new versions of 3DCS software with enhancements that further streamline processes for its users.
The…
(IIE: Norcross, GA) -- The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), a global association of productivity and efficiency professionals, presents the 2010 Work Measurement Conference, Sept. 13, at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway Hotel in Atlanta.
Conference overview
Work measurement is…
(Indicate Technologies: Santa Clara, CA) -- The popular Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Training Seminar returns Oct. 18 –22, in Santa Clara, California, providing three courses for managers, engineers, designers, quality professionals, inspectors, and machinists. Presented by…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw addresses industry’s lean imperative for comprehensive process control with an IMTS exhibit that demonstrates the effectiveness of an end-to-end solution, highlighting new technologies for pre-process machine calibration, to post-process measurement,…
(ASME: New York) -- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced the 5th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference and Exhibition, examining the technology that is driving innovation in the biomedical industry. The conference is set for Sept. 20–21, at the Island Hotel in…
I like the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle for three reasons: It’s simple, it provides a pathway for teaching, and it works.
I love teaching. For me, seeing the light bulb over a lean student’s head illuminate for the first time is highly rewarding. During the early years of my lean journey,…
Are you tired of hearing people say that change is the only constant? I think we all need to keep saying it to remind ourselves that we must be ready to keep changing. But here’s the rub: How do we make change stick? How can you, as a project manager, use your skills to create business processes…
I have as many bad customer-service experiences as the next guy, with health care and other businesses. As I’ve said before, unless there’s a broader lesson involved, I try not to be a “hack” blogger who just uses his platform to complain about the last bad thing to happen. However, I think the…
(ANSI: Washington) -- American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has announced the recipients of its 2010 Leadership and Service Awards. Recipients have been recognized for their significant contributions to national and international standardization activities, as well as an ongoing commitment…
(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- You’ve heard the ISO 15189 buzz but you might not know what all the fuss is about. Learn from the experts in laboratory accreditation, the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA).
A2LA is introducing the ISO 15189 Medical Laboratory Accreditation public…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO, the global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, released the new SCENE v. 4.7 software earlier this year. Now Oliver Bürkler, laser scanner technical product manager at FARO Europe, explains the most relevant benefits of the new release.
What is…
(Zeta Instruments: San Jose, CA) -- Zeta Instruments Inc., a provider of cost-effective, precision measurement solutions for micron-scale surface analysis, announced that its Zeta-20 3-D surface measurement system has been selected for the analysis and development of advanced microfluidics/…
(Newage Testing Instruments: Feasterville, PA) -- Newage Testing Instruments Inc., an established manufacturer and worldwide supplier of hardness testers and accessories, has launched a new website at www.hardnesstesters.com.
Part of the AMETEK Measurement & Calibration Technologies…
(University at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY) -- University at Buffalo’s Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) announces its next Black Belt training class to be presented at Ramada Hotel, in Amherst, New York, with dates slated for Sept. 20–24, Oct. 25–29, Nov. 29–Dec. 3, Jan. 10–14, 2011, and Feb. 7…
My dog, Bailey, has a sensei—a dog-obedience trainer. Actually, my wife and I have a sensei to teach us how to train our dog. In fact, my wife and I have used the same dog-obedience trainer for the last three dogs, all German shepherds. No one would mistake us for Mr. and Mrs. Dog Whisperer.…
In part one of this series, we considered the pros and cons of pressure-decay testing. In part two, we’ll take a close look at a leak-testing method called “differential pressure decay.” This method is similar to simple pressure-decay testing discussed in part one.
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(AMT: McLean, VA) -- June U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $241.47 million, according to The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and The American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing…
