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Let’s say you’re a facility maintenance manager whose duties include issuing asset preventive-maintenance tickets, ensuring performance of work orders to OSHA standards, fielding emergency equipment breakdowns, minimizing downtime, and measuring all associated costs. Managing a facility’s…
Cathy Crawford
As of July 3, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased authority to use administrative detention as an enforcement tool. For this reason, companies that manufacture, prepare, pack, or hold food should ensure strong record-keeping practices.
Under the current criteria of the…
ATS RheoSystems
(ATS RheoSystems: Bordentown, NJ) -- Designed for performing both routine rheological tests such as single-point viscosity checks for quality control, to complex rheological evaluation for research and development, the Black Pearl viscometer is ideal for investigating the mixing, stirring, and…
Davis Balestracci
Because many organizations are trying for formal certification, the pressure is on to standardize and document processes. This is also true for any robust improvement effort. Organizations are currently drowning in processes that have evolved over time and consequently become rife with…
Wiley
(Wiley/Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- The paperback and e-book edition of The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life, by Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan (Jossey-Bass, 2011) has been released.
Originally published in hardback in 2009, The Three Laws of…
The purpose of this article is to discuss automated analysis and report generation of
key characteristics measurement data. Key
characteristics (KCs) are those features of a
part whose measurements must be kept to
the nominal values through process control
to minimize the "Taguchi Loss…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Center for Neutron Research is expanding the number of beamlines for research purposes from seven to 11 beams. The metrology tasks required to perform the installation of the new beamlines include the design and installation of a high-…
Roper Industries
(Roper: Sarasota, FL) -- Roper Industries Inc., a diversified growth company, has
announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of
Northern Digital Inc., a leading provider of 3-D measurement technology for
medical applications.
Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario,…
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- ROMER, the originator of portable measuring arms, and part of Hexagon Group, has launched the CMS108, a high-precision, noncontact laser scanner available for its portable coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). The newest option in ROMER’s laser…
Geomagic
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic, the leading provider of 3-D software for creating digital models of physical objects, launched its new multi-lingual website on July 20, 2011. The site features the Geomagic Community, enabling people to
share their 3-D scan data processing…
FARO
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, along with the University of South Florida (USF) are partnering to provide terrestrial laser-scanning training to purchasers of FARO laser scanners. The partnership marks a…
Metrologic Group
(Metrologic Group: Meylan, France) -- Metrologic Group specializes in 3-D inspection software solutions, and in the design and manufacture of dimensional control systems. Its software is provided with 3-D measuring equipment. For more than 12 years, the Metrologic Group has equipped the coordinate…
QMI - SAI Global
(QMI-SAI Global: Cleveland) -- SAI Global has announced a new blog for the aerospace AS9100 sector. SAI Global traditionally aims to offer the best customer experience and valuable knowledge. The AS9100 blog is intended to provide aerospace professionals with recent industry updates, expert tips…
ISPE
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global, nonprofit association serving more than 22,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, will present a conference focused on good automated manufacturing practices (GAMP). The event, “…
Arun Hariharan
Traditional performance measures—usually financial outcome—are “after the event.” They tell us how we did last month or last quarter, but are of little use in predicting future performance. This article talks about four “layers” of performance measures—financial outcomes being the outermost…
Dimensional Control Systems DCS
Engineers across many manufacturing industries are faced with dimensional engineering challenges as their organizations increase the use of automation on the plant floor.
A critical part of the engineers’ dimensional engineering process involves verifying that the parts being produced meet the…
ASTM International
(ASTM International: West Conshohocken, PA) -- ASTM Proficiency Testing Programs (PTP) programs are statistical quality assurance programs that enable laboratories to assess their performance in conducting test methods within their own laboratories when their data are compared against other…
Rapidform Inc.
(Rapidform Inc.: Lakewood, CO) -- Rapidform Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of INUS Technology Inc., developer and marketer of advanced 3-D scan data processing software solutions, announces the results of a recent U.S. Air Force-funded study evaluating CAD and reverse engineering software. The study…
Mettler-Toledo
(Mettler-Toledo: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- Mettler-Toledo International Inc. has announced an upcoming webinar with special guest presenter Charles Ray, Ph.D., former associate director of analytical research and development (R&D) at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. This webinar, “Preventing…
TÜV Rheinland of North America
(TÜV Rheinland: Cologne, Germany) -- TÜV Rheinland Group, a leading provider of technical services worldwide, is acquiring Sonovation B.V., a highly specialized nondestructive testing services provider based in the Netherlands. Founded in 1988 and employing a staff of 50, Sonavation provides…
X-Stream Leadership Group
(X-Stream Leadership Group: Pottstown, PA) -- X-Stream Leadership Group, provider of executive coaching and leadership development, has announced its inaugural session for its new world-class Blended Black Belt course developed in conjunction with Drexel University. This course combines in-…
The buzz surrounding the Coordinate Metrology Society’s (CMS) efforts to bring an industry-recognized certification to the profession of portable 3-D metrology was nearly as prevalent as the buzz about the temperature at this year’s Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) in Phoenix. The…
The U.S. Department of Labor reported 13.9 million unemployed Americans in July 2011, and even the creation of 117,000 jobs last month didn’t put a dent in the 9.1-percent unemployment rate. In fact, there has been little change in the unemployment rate since December 2010. So why am I repeating…
Rapidform Inc.
(Rapidform Inc.: Lakewood, CO) -- INUS Technology has exceeded internal sales expectations yet again with its worldwide revenue for the first half of 2011, beating results from H1 2010 by more than 33 percent. Following the company’s best Q1 sales in its 13-year history, this H1 achievement is a…
SURVICE
(SURVICE: Belcamp, MD) -- On June 24, 2011, the Susquehanna Workforce Network recognized Belcamp-based SURVICE Engineering Co. as the Harford County Business Winner of the 2011 Donald E. Thomey Workforce Leadership Award. The award was presented at the organization’s 28th annual meeting at the…