Guest blog post for NIST by Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, and the director of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

(Maplesoft: Waterloo, ON) -- Maplesoft, a provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and mathematics, has announced a new product that integrates MapleSim, the company’s physical modeling tool, with vehicle dynamics tools from VI-grade.

(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Healthcare Kaizen, by Mark Graban (Productivity Press, 2012), focuses on the principles and methods of daily continuous improvement, or kaizen, for health car

(Atlas: Louisville, KY) -- Atlas Machine and Supply, headquartered at the Jefferson Riverport International in Louisville, Kentucky, has launched its nationwide laser-tracking metrology services for use in large-scale, on-site machining jobs for industry.

T eams are created to tackle difficult issues and tough organizational problems.

It has been said, “Teaching is the best form of learning.” When was the last time you put on your teaching hat to help someone else?

To continually improve operations, satisfy customers, and successfully achieve universally recognized accreditations such as the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap), it is important to have a company culture that is focused on qu

Complex systems inhabit a “gray world” of partial failures: While a system may continue to operate as a whole, bits and pieces inevitably degrade. Over time, these small failures can add up to a single catastrophic failure, incapacitating the system.

There you are, in the middle of an internal or external audit, and the auditor asks you a question that you are truly not sure about. What do you do?

1. Hit the panic button.
2. Ask the audience for a hint.
3. Phone a friend.

(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. will feature innovations in measurement automation at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 (IMTS) being held at McCormick Place in Chicago from Sept. 10–15, 2012.