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Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has announced the appointment of seven executive committee members for the AeroDef Manufacturing Exposition and Conference, to be held April 5–7, 2011, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
With pressure…
NSF International
(NSF: Ann Arbor, MI) -- NSF International, a provider of global food safety certifications, has launched an online tool to help food companies assess their readiness for certification to standards benchmarked to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). NSF International offers a free, 21-question…
NSF International
(NSF: Ann Arbor, MI) -- NSF International, a provider of global food safety certifications, has launched an online tool to help food companies assess their readiness for certification to standards benchmarked to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). NSF International offers a free, 21-question…
FDA
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- A public-private organization will provide produce growers and packagers with fundamental, on-farm food safety knowledge, in advance of a proposed produce safety regulation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural…
Rob Snoeijs is a freelance technical writer for LayerWise.
LayerWise, a company based in Leuven, Belgium, focuses on selective laser melting (SLM), a powerful technology that shapes any desired metal-part geometry by melting metal powder layer by layer. Using this digital approach, the optimum…
ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- With DuraMax, Carl Zeiss offers a compact 3-D coordinate measuring machine (CMM). DuraMax Gear marks the evolution of DuraMax into a shop-floor gear-wheel measuring machine. “This enables us to fulfill the requests of many customers and introduce gear-wheel…
Boulder Imaging Inc.
(Boulder Imaging: Louisville, CO) -- Boulder Imaging Inc. highlighted its new Vision Inspector line of high-performance machine vision systems last week at FABTECH in Atlanta. Vision Inspector systems—the Beacon, Benchmark, and Guardian—are designed to monitor high-speed manufacturing machines and…
InfinityQS
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International Inc., a provider of statistical process control (SPC) software, has released ProFicient on demand, a hosted software package that provides a centralized quality system for manufacturers. The package includes the industry-leading SPC…
MoreSteam.com
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning support technologies, has announced the dates of its upcoming live sessions for its Master Black Belt (MBB) development program, run jointly with the Fisher College of Business…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Improving process management is the No. 1 way that business process outsourcing (BPO) providers can best improve service. That’s the finding of a new survey by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), a network of global quality experts. Companies that outsource business…
Spectronics Corp.
(Spectronics Corp.: Westbury, New York) -- Spectronics Corp. has introduced the OPK-300N OPTIMAX Multi-Lite NDT Inspection Kit that features a super-powerful, multi-LED flashlight. Its lightweight, cordless, ergonomic design allows NDT technicians to engage in a variety of lengthy, fatigue-free…
In 2008, wheel-alignment machine builder Burke E. Porter Europe NV (BEP) approached 3-D measurements specialists LMI Technologies Inc. for advice. At the time, BEP was developing plans to improve performance for end-of-line wheel alignment with its series of noncontact-alignment (NCA) machines.…
The QA Pharm
My definition of “specification” is rather simple: It’s a promise.
Just like any other promise, you’d better be sincere when you make it and be able to keep it. Failure to keep a promise brings disappointment. Frequent failure leads to distrust. And consciously breaking a promise is nothing less…
Steven Ouellette
I know we have been talking about statistics a lot in my last few articles, but recent reader comments have prompted me to think more about why doing statistics properly matters. Come with me, dear reader, on a journey to find out why you should embrace, and not run screaming from, your inner…
Tripp Babbitt
In my previous article, “Prying Management Away from Old Assumptions,” we talked about the relationship between thinking, system, and performance. W. Edwards Deming told us that to improve performance, the system has to change and that the system represents 95 percent of any organization’s…
Connexall
(Connexall: Boulder, CO) -- Connexall, a leader in enterprise middleware for health care alarm management, lean-enabling workflow automation, and comprehensive reporting, is helping to improve patient satisfaction at one of the nation’s foremost cancer treatment facilities. The technology enables…
Teledyne DALSA
(DALSA: Waterloo, ON, Canada) -- DALSA Corp., a global leader in machine vision technology, has launched a new series within its Genie line of affordable, easy-to-use, GigE Vision-compliant cameras. The Genie HC Series is built for high-speed color acquisition with uncompromised image quality. …
Dorsey Metrology International
(Dorsey Metrology: Poughkeepsie, NY) -- Dorsey Metrology has introduced a new line of products in response to demand for large measuring diameters. Its new Ultra Large Diameter Gages have been designed to meet the largest, accurate measuring needs outside the capabilities of the traditional Dorsey…
Minitab LLC
Gold'n Plump Poultry provides chicken products to stores, delicatessens, and restaurants in 40 states. Commitment to process excellence has helped the company thrive even in tough times, and Minitab Statistical Software has provided the powerful tools they needed to analyze quality data. But the…
Geomagic
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic has announced that its 3-D reverse engineering and inspection software products have been updated to enable new features and support additional languages.
With the release of Version 12, Service Release 1, Geomagic Studio, Geomagic Qualify,…
Shimadzu
(Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc.: Columbia, MD) -- The Autograph AGS-X Series table-top universal testers, now available from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, deliver efficient, precise tensile and compression tests for the rubber, plastic, and film industries. With the AGS-X, users can…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest community of quality resources and experts, now offers ISO 26000: Guidance on Social Responsibility, the new international standard on social responsibility (SR). The standard provides global guidance for both private…
Mike Richman
A recent article appearing in the Quality Digest Daily e-newsletter (“Why Lean? Why Now?” by Dean Bliss http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/health-care-news/why-lean-why-now.html) discusses the value of lean in a health care setting. In his editorial, Bliss writes about the manufacturing origins…
McGraw-Hill
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- In the global marketplace, people can work practically anywhere and anytime. Managing the Mobile Workforce: Leading, Building, and Sustaining Virtual Teams, by David Clemons and Michael Kroth (McGraw-Hill, 2010), shares stories about organizations that have taken the…
100 Customer Service Tips by Larry Williams
If you think your time spent outside the workplace is devoid of circumstances that can affect your job, you’re mistaken. There are many factors outside of work that can be detrimental to your employment. The following tips will help you avoid leaving a trail of breadcrumbs that will lead right…
