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Nearly 30 years ago, Autodesk led the charge to bring computer-aided design (CAD) to the masses, winning over millions of users. Some of the company's success is attributable to engaging the hearts and minds of entrepreneurial, third-party developers who built software businesses on top of the…
In a recent e-mail, a reader of my blog asked me, “How can we enhance top management commitment and involvement for implementing total productive maintenance (TPM)?”
This is a great general question to ask during any effort to establish excellence, maintain excellence, or transform excellence…
(APICS: Chicago) -- The 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo, “Excellence in the New Normal,” sponsored by APICS (The Association for Operations Management), is the highest quality educational experience for professionals in supply chain and operations management. Due to the spring…
(API: Rockville, MD) -- Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully deployed the Volumetric Error Compensation (VEC) service from Automated Precision Inc. (API) to achieve higher accuracies on its large volume machine tools. Seeking greater machine-tool accuracy for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter…
(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) --Fluke Corp., a global provider of electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the new Fluke 5080A calibrator, engineered to accurately and easily calibrate analog and digital test instruments. International quality standards such as ISO 9001, as well as…
(Destination CRM: New York) -- Customer relationship management (CRM) is a companywide business strategy designed to reduce costs and increase profitability by solidifying customer satisfaction, loyalty, and advocacy. True CRM brings together information from all data sources within an…
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- With the latest version of its standard measuring software CALYPSO, Carl Zeiss offers additional functions with outstanding properties for users of measuring technology. CALYPSO 5.0 further improves measuring efficiency, whether it's generating measuring plans…
(Devista: Amstelveen, The Netherlands) -- Devista released Teamwork Planner 2.0, its Gantt chart planning tool for Windows XP and Vista 7. Teamwork Planner targets project managers of teams of two to 12 people and replaces the spreadsheets that many project managers use to do their planning.…
(Keithley Instruments Inc.: Cleveland) -- Many people need to make electrical measurements but are not necessarily experts in that field. Countless applications such as current, voltage, resistivity, and temperature often require measurements to a quality level that is not easily achievable.…
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- Carl Zeiss presents CALIGO, the new measuring software specially developed for car-body parts and free-form surfaces. Its optically impressive design and clearly structured interface make this measuring software very intuitive. Modular system architecture…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Filling a gap in current Bayesian theory, Murray Aitkin’s Statistical Inference: An Integrated Bayesian/Likelihood Approach (CRC Press, 2010) presents a unified Bayesian treatment of parameter inference and model comparisons that can be used with simple diffuse…
(Spectronics Corp.: Westbury, NY) -- The Spectroline FC-150 ultrahigh intensity UV inspection lamp has a built-in fan that reduces operating temperatures and prevents the lamp from becoming too hot to handle. This ensures greater comfort and safety for nondestructive testing (NDT) inspectors.…
The Toyota Production System and U.S. health care improvement share a long history. What lessons can health care leaders learn from Toyota’s recent production troubles? A few experts recently discussed this on WIHI, an audio program sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Here…
On the evening of April 14, I boarded a plane to London, where I was scheduled to teach a series of continuous improvement classes. The following morning, as my flight neared the United Kingdom, the pilot announced that our flight was being diverted to Brussels due to a cloud of volcanic ash…
I challenge myself each day to hear something different. Sometimes this is about education, liberals, conservatives, tree-huggers, or many other opinions and topics that counter my perspective. For me, this develops new perspectives on problems and issues that service organizations face, even if…
(DrScore.com: Winston-Salem, NC) -- Patients’ interest in directing their own health care, combined with increasing comfort using online sources to seek and share information, are reasons why the physician-rating website DrScore.com has experienced a dramatic increase in traffic and physician…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The 2010 Baldrige Regional Conferences are set for Sept. 14 in Newport Beach, California, at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa; and Sept. 28 in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs. The conferences will showcase the best practices of 12 or…
(EtQ: Famingdale, NY) -- EtQ announces that its chief executive officer, Glenn McCarty, will be presenting a free, one-hour webinar, “Managing Your Risk Has Its Rewards: How Quantitative Risk Assessment Is Applied to Your Quality Management System,” on June 9 at 1 p.m. EDT.
This webinar will…
(Olympus Corp.: Tokyo) -- Olympus Corp. will commence international sales of the 38DL PLUS ultrasonic thickness gauge. This new nondestructive testing device allows objects to be inspected without the need for destruction or disassembly.The gauge will go on sale in Japan in fall 2010.
An…
(AME: Rockford, IL) -- Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) announces the unveiling of www.ame.com, the company’s new corporate web site. AME is a provider of spindle interface and related machine tool components, plus metal-cutting sawing systems, hydraulic/pneumatic rod locks, safety…
(Plex Systems: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of the No. 1-rated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers, announces live demonstrations of Plex Online’s comprehensive ERP solution for motor vehicle suppliers and manufacturers on Tuesday, June 8, from 2 p.m.…
(SICK: Minneapolis) -- SICK, a global manufacturer of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, announces the launch of the world’s first high-speed 3-D camera with high-quality color capability. By measuring the 3-D shape…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- Current and anticipated regulatory changes are the chief driver of life science organizations’ quality management initiatives, according to a recent poll by Sparta Systems Inc., the maker of TrackWise software. Of the quality professionals surveyed, 97 percent…
A surgical technician prepares her back table for the next laparoscopic surgery. Instruments are removed from their containers and packages, and placed neatly on the back table. Chemical indicators show that sets and instruments are sterilized; the patient is prepped. The surgeon begins the…
During the past 20 years it has become fashionable to condemn measurement processes that are less than perfect. Yet the reality is that we must always use imperfect data. Given this fact of life, how can we ever know if a measured item is or is not within the specifications? Put another way, how…
