If W. Edwards Deming could see what you’re doing, he’d punch you in the face. OK, not really. He may have been brutally honest in his lectures, but I don’t think he ever punched anyone.

(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Don’t miss the world’s largest SPC conference, Infusion 2011, Oct. 16–19, at the JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, featuring Douglas Montgomery, Ph.D., as the keynote speaker.

(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has announced its final schedule of events for the 27th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) scheduled for July 25–29, 2011, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Michael H.

(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- Olympus has introduced the BXiS microscope system, which streamlines industrial inspection and measurement workflows while providing accurate, actionable data with just a few clicks.

Recommendation algorithms are a vital part of doing business on the Internet.

According to a new report released by The Conference Board, companies need to incorporate risks from workforce and people-management issues more fully into their overall risk-management structures.

(3Shape: Copenhagen, Denmark) -- 3Shape, a global leader in 3-D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions, has launched its latest Convince 2011 3-D Scanning and Quality Control system, a comprehensive solution for 3-D digitization and quality control of small, detail-rich objects.

As headlines from Europe implicate tainted vegetable sprouts in more than 4,000 illnesses and dozens of deaths, American consumers may wonder, “Could that happen here?”

I saw six people huddled on the sidewalk in front of me; through their legs I saw what looked like a body on the ground. I rushed over to see what was going on. I saw a man with a bloody gash on his head; he appeared to be unconscious.