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(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- If you’ve ever wondered how to improve your organization’s processes—and its bottom line—this is the book for you. Fast-Action Solution Technique will explain exactly how to drill down into processes to improve them practically overnight. Legendary international…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning support technologies, proudly announces its 10th anniversary as a business corporation. Founded on Feb. 23, 2000, MoreSteam has served more than 1,800 corporate clients and has…
The science of harnessing customer loyalty and satisfaction is getting very trendy in business. And perhaps nothing has been more responsible for driving excitement than Net Promoter.
Developed by Fred Reichheld, Net Promoter is a loyalty metric and a discipline for using customer feedback to…
How many times has this happened to you? You’re leading a Six Sigma project on a transactional process of some kind, something not directly tied to manufacturing or measurement of product quality. You get to the measure phase of your Six Sigma project and struggle to figure out how to satisfy the…
Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) are used in practically every industry that requires precise dimensional inspection of manufactured parts. In today’s competitive environment, manufacturers demand CMMs that are accurate, reliable, fast, economical, and provide maximum flexibility with respect…
Located near Montreal, Canada, the Nova Bus manufacturing team was routinely building many hundreds of complete bus frames per year. Production grew as new models were introduced. The addition of a new diesel electric hybrid design necessitated a re-examination of the quality inspection…
(Edmunds Gages: Farmington, CT) -- Edmunds Gages has just introduced the new Accu-Touch readout, a universal gauging amplifier that provides remarkable visual displays of virtually any shop floor, or production-based dimensional measurement. Capable of amplifying results from up to four separate…
(Deutsche Messe: Hannover, Germany) — Under the new motto “Efficiency—Innovation—Sustainability,”on April 19–23, the next Hannover Messe will be showcasing innovations, new developments, and technologies, alongside new materials from the world of industry. With its clear orientation toward energy…
Toyota’s legendary lean processes didn’t come out of nowhere. They were forged by the fire of urgency in post-World War II Japan when resources were scarce. Toyota innovated—and continued to innovate. Today, the Toyota Production System is the most respected manufacturing and inventory control…
(Productivity Press: New York) -- Written by Raymond Floyd, an unparalleled leader of lean transformations, Liquid Lean: Developing Lean Culture in the Process Industries provides potential process industry change agents with the no-nonsense guide needed to eliminate waste and…
(Whitehouse Scientific: Chester, UK) -- At Powtech 2010, which happens on April 27–29 in Nürnberg, Germany, Whitehouse Scientific will exhibit the company’s new opaque standards for particle size analysis. Managing director Graham Rideal, Ph.D., will also present a lecture as part of the World…
(Sherborne Sensors Inc.: Wyckoff, New Jersey) -- Sherborne Sensors, a designer and manufacturer of inclinometers, accelerometers, force transducers, load cells, rotary encoders, instrumentation, and accessories for military and aerospace customers, has introduced the U2000 series of load cells.…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- In this challenging economy, companies are more conscious than ever about balancing the need for quality products and services with efficient and cost-effective operations. The key to success lies in outstanding leadership and innovative thinking—key traits demonstrated by the…
A joint project of NCMS called Volumetric Accuracy for Large Machine Tools (VALMT), partnering Automated Precision, Boeing, Siemens and Mag Cincinnati, has pioneered an innovative process and established new methodology in volumetric error compensation for large machine tools. Volumetric error…
Testing times for the automotive industry continues as uncertainty looms over an anticipated sales rebound in developed markets in 2010. While some forecasters expect demand contraction owed to scrappage incentives in 2009, most expect full year sales in Western Europe and North America to grow…
Have you noticed that the world is getting crazier by the minute? Every day we hear about someone in search of his or her 15 minutes of fame or someone who operates on a different wave length than the rest of the civilized world, and in some instances, quality and performance excellence have taken…
(Nikon Metrology: Leuven, Belgium) -- Nikon Metrology and Magestic Systems Inc. (MSI) jointly introduce an innovative fabrication solution for increasing production of right-first-time composite parts that harnesses the vast capabilities of both Nikon Metrology’s Laser Radar technology and MSI…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology announces the release of DataPage+, a completely new version of the long-running DataPage product, which provides seamless integration with PC-DMIS, the de facto standard measuring software. DataPage+ provides meaningful,…
(FARO Technologies: Lake Mary, FL) -- In today’s ultracompetitive manufacturing world, knowledge is power, especially when it comes to knowing about the industry’s most advanced measurement and inspection systems.
To that end, FARO Technologies and Quality Digest are partnering to offer…
Delcam’s PowerINSPECT can now label individual points within point clouds from laser scanners.
(Delcam plc, Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam has launched the 2010 version of its PowerINSPECT inspection software, which offers even easier inspection of parts,…
(Automated Precision Inc.: Rockville, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. today announced that its pioneering efforts in volumetric accuracy for large machine tools (VALMT) was recognized this week with a Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award presented by the National Center for Advanced…
(3D Engineering Solutions: Cincinnati, OH) -- 3D Engineering Solutions helps OEM’s take advantage of 3-D laser scanning (link to www.3d-engineering.net/3d-digitizing.htm) data collection and CAD modeling tools to reduce overhead/capital expenses in the design, tooling, and quality assurance…
Although he’s not one for clichés, Rus Emerick, process improvement specialist at Schneider-Electric, endorses this one: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
This concept, which dates back to Aristotle, is at the core of an approach called functional analysis that has…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- A new survey from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) asking medical device manufacturers about industry trends and challenges shows a majority (64.7%) identify health care legislation as having a negative effect on the industry in the year ahead. Increased FDA oversight and…
(Wiley Blackwell: Woodland Hills, CA) -- Pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are payment models that reward workers for meeting certain performance measures for quality and efficiency. In the health care setting, P4P programs use a variety of methods to reward physicians financially for achieving…
