HEADLINES

• Never Underestimate a Cat
• Do the Math
• The Zero Defects Option-- Book Review
• Kids Say No to Engineering
• Baldrige Criteria--New and Improved
• Not All Manufacturers Hitting Panic Button

Never Underestimate a Cat

Have you ever been so sure your calculations were correct that you’d spend a good deal of money to implement a project? Or, did you bank on certain research only to find that you completely overlooked a crucial factor, but by then it was too late and the cost to fix the problem was sky-high? The central problem is determining uncertainty, which is the focus of risk analysis. Even the best, most thorough analysis can miss something, however--especially when assumption plays a role.

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