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I love simple questions. Specifically, I love questions that are ostensibly simple but can spur deep reflection about important stuff… and ultimately improvement.

(Creaform: Lévis, Quebec, Canada) -- Creaform, a leader in portable 3-D optical measurement technologies, has introduced the MaxSHOT 3D optical coordinate measuring system.

Yesterday in “Blocking Out the Nuisance, Part One,” we saw the results of an experiment done by That Guy Over There that didn’t control for the environmental variable of humidity.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The managerial practices that successfully drove industry for decades have become insufficient to support the rapidly changing business landscape.

(Uson: Houston) -- Quality engineers who use leak test instrumentation on production lines for inspecting seal integrity of products for accurate measurement of leaks or flow rates can now achieve both higher quality and more efficient operations through improved

(Thomson Reuters: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Health care spending is 10-percent higher for hospital employees than it is for the general employee population, according to a recent study by the health care business of Thomson Reuters.

(SAE International: Troy, MI) -- A global group of aerospace companies has announced the formation of the International Aerospace Environmental Group (

(i-nexus: Coventry, UK) -- Is nonvalue-added (NVA) activity draining your operational excellence resources? Are spreadsheets not as flexible and scalable as you need them to be? Do you need to find a more effective way to create the reports demanded by senior managers?

A few years ago I was surfing the Internet on a Friday afternoon and discovered a contest asking amateurs to make TV commercials for a famous ketchup brand. The prize was several thousand dollars, and your commercial would actually run on television.