Wild Heerbrugg (now Leica Geosystems) produced the Theodolite T4, which was developed by Dipl. Ing. Berchtold in the 1940's. The T4 was mainly used, up until the 1970s, to establish astronomical latitude and longitude of geodetic points by observing the stars. Photo courtesy of Hexagon Metrology/Leica Geosystems.

On Oct. 7, 2011, Dr. H. James Harrington appeared on our live streaming video program Quality Digest Live, where we talked about China and quality. Harrington has 30 years of experience in working with the Chinese on quality issues. Below are some further insights on what is going on in China. Some of this was covered during the live program, which you can watch by clicking here.

This month we’re challenging readers to create quality poems in the three-line haiku format. The first line should be five syllables, the second line seven syllables, and the third line five syllables for a total of 17:

Standards are key here:
Format is five-seven-five
Or QC rejects.