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(Keithley Instruments Inc.: Cleveland) -- The metrology services organization at Keithley Instruments Inc., a provider of advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has expanded the scope of its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation with the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA…
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, is pleased to announce the first five certification bodies to be accredited under the new Toy Industry Association (TIA) Toy Safety Certification Program (TSCP…
Note: "When this announcement from Fluke says "Big Game" it really does mean "Superbowl XLIV." The NFL apparently gets sue-happy when companies use the term "Superbowl," so the legal team at Fluke opted to use "Big Game." A spokesperson from Fluke assures us that the winner of the contest will…
In 2005, according to a BBC News report at the time, operating rooms all over the United Kingdom were thrown into chaos and operations canceled due to broken, missing, or dirty surgical instruments. The Royal College of Surgeons called for a national audit of decontamination units, following a…
(BSI: Reston, VA ) -- The first step in the risk management process is risk analysis. Risk analysis for medical devices requires the definition of a device's intended use, characteristics related to safety, identification of known and foreseeable hazards, and risk estimation for each hazard. Risk…
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- In a nondescript village, somewhere in the world, the residents take old, discarded circuit assemblies, strip and clean the components, then remark and repackage them for sale as new.
In many cases, the entire economy of the village is based on creating these…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. launches the Niton XL2 Series handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer as the newest member of its family of Thermo Scientific Niton alloy analyzers. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world’s leading manufacturer of handheld…
(StatPoint Technologies, Warrenton, VA) -- StatPoint Technologies Inc., a leading developer of statistical tools used in data analysis across the spectrum of business management, manufacturing, and scientific research, recently announced the immediate availability of Statgraphics Centurion XVI.…
(The W. Edwards Deming Institute: Washington) -- The W. Edwards Deming Institute is seeking research papers or ideas that link the work of W. Edwards Deming to academic literature, works of other great thinkers, or show examples of Deming's theories applied in business, for a February conference…
(ANSI: New York) -- Nearly 250 members of the standards and conformity assessment community gathered in Washington, D.C., on October 7 for the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day 2009. The exhibition, reception, and dinner marking the occasion focused on the theme "…
(Experian Automotive: Schaumburg, IL) -- Ford Motor Co. vehicles accounted for six of the top 10 vehicles for customer brand loyalty, according to recent industry analyses from Experian Automotive.
Ford Fusion, Ford Edge, and Ford Five-Hundred owners showed the industry's highest brand loyalty…
Australia, China, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, and the U.S. state of California are among the places that are considering, or have already passed, legislation limiting the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products. European Union RoHS (Restrictions of…
What if hospital leaders had an easier, more streamlined way to chart an improvement path for their organizations? Imagine a list of key processes that could—if implemented reliably—lower mortality, reduce harm, lessen delays, create a better patient experience, and lower costs. This possibility…
In this case study of reverse engineering and rapid prototyping we will look at a company that developed an initial prototype of an anti-snoring device based on many years of research in the field of dentistry. The company’s main dental advisor is a pioneering dentist in the research and…
On June 29, 1863, a 23-year-old First Lieutenant received an unexpected promotion. The freckle-faced, strawberry blonde, who graduated at the bottom of his class at West Point, was elevated directly to the rank of brigadier general in the Union Army. He completely skipped over the traditional…
(R&R Sales & Engineering: Grand Haven, MI) -- New R&R Modular Fixtures make coordinate measuring machines and vision systems more productive. No more wasting time and money with cumbersome part set-ups that can actually take more time than checking the part itself. R&R Fixture set-…
(Cooper Instruments and Systems: Warrenton, VA) -- Cooper Instruments and Systems has recently introduced a line of portable hydraulic compression and tension test stands called the T-Rex System. This line of rugged and flexible hydraulic compression and tension test stands has been expanded to…
(Productivity Inc.: Shelton, CT) -- Productivity Inc., an international consulting and training firm delivering leading-edge lean implementation strategies, has broadened its participation in lean teaching through a unique and topical program offered at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of…
(WCBF:Chicago) -- WCBF's Lean & Six Sigma in Product Development Conference will take place in Miami, Dec. 8-10, 2009.
Based on the enormous success of WCBF's Six Sigma event series to date, it is expected that this will be the largest senior-level conference to focus on Six Sigma in…
(Hexagon Metrology: London) -- Hexagon Metrology recently announced the immediate availability of improved GLOBAL coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) by the DEA brand. Thanks to the ScanPlus optimization program, continuous scanning becomes even more accurate, reliable, and faster over the…
(FDA: Rockville, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it has awarded 83 grants for the 2009 fiscal year totaling $17.5 million to state and local regulatory agencies to boost food and feed safety initiatives among federal, state, and local partners. The grants fund…
(TCIE: Buffalo, NY) -- The University at Buffalo’s Center for Industrial Effectiveness is pleased to announce its next Black Belt training class. The Black Belt certification training will be delivered by Thom Marra, TCIE’s Master Black Belt instructor. Course deliverables include facilitation,…
Regular readers of my column know that I abhor surveys that don’t provide some type of incentive or discount on a future purchase for completing the survey. I realize that I may have discussed this subject ad nauseam, but have you noticed that every store, restaurant, gas station, doctor’s office…
What does a 13-person military team need to survive in Iraq and Afghanistan for five days by themselves without any base support? What types of protective gear and critical life saving items are needed? How much? Inside the storage warehouse of the 56th Security Forces Squadron (56SFS) at Luke AFB…
(Tektronix Inc.: Beaverton, OR) -- Tektronix Inc., a worldwide provider of test, measurement, and monitoring instrumentation, recently announced the DMM4000 Series of 5.5 digit and 6.5 digit resolution digital multimeters (DMM) designed to help engineers debug complex electronics and validate…
