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A2LA
(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) recently announced that its first U.S. medical testing laboratory has earned accreditation in accordance with the stringent international requirements of ISO 15189—“Medical laboratories—Particular requirements…
Sparta Systems Inc.
(Sparta Systems Inc.: Holmdel, N.J.) -- Sparta Systems Inc., the maker of TrackWise software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, has announced the general availability of version 8 of its TrackWise enterprise quality management solution (EQMS). Already…
MoreSteam.com
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently granted patent rights to MoreSteam.com for inventions developed by MoreSteam’s president, Bill Hathaway. The patent covers advances introduced by MoreSteam several years ago in its popular EngineRoom data analysis…
Mettler-Toledo
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Mettler-Toledo introduces the new VLM3 ‘A’ series dual-ended-beam weigh module. The VLM3 is now available in painted carbon steel or glass bead blasted stainless steel mounting hardware. Carbon steel assemblies are provided with the nickel plated alloy steel…
Verisurf Software Inc.
(Verisurf Software: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software and Mastercam resellers will present a Master3DGage webinar that will introduce the new affordable, portable Master3DGage coordinate measuring machine (CMM) designed for rapid machine-shop inspection.
Unlike expensive fixed CMMs with 2-D…
Gene Rider
Approximately three-fourths of product safety recalls in the United States are the result of some design flaw in the product rather than a manufacturing or other defect. Most violations of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) “small parts” standard, for example, are the result of…
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
(U.S. Army Research Laboratory: Adelphi, MD) -- As the need for chemical, biological, and explosive detection becomes more relevant in today’s world, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is leading the effort in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), which is capable of highly advanced…
FARO
(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a provider of portable 3-D measurement and imaging solutions, and Airbus, one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers, have signed a five-year agreement for FARO to be a key supplier of laser trackers and measurement…
Criterion NDT
(Criterion NDT: Auburn, WA) -- Doctors, hospitals, and individuals depend on the highest quality hypodermic needles to administer medicines and draw fluids. Unfortunately, 100-percent visual and/or water-leak test inspection of the needle tubing or finished product for microscopic cracks or…
International Quality and Productivity Center IQPC
(IQPC: New York) -- IQPC Exchange is pleased to announce that the 2010 Business Process Excellence in Financial Services Exchange will take place September 21–22 at the Hilton Tower Bridge, London.
The sixth annual Exchange is designed purely for senior executives leading process excellence,…
Verisurf Software Inc.
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc. invites you to attend a live online demonstration on model-based definition (MBD) technology titled “Model Based Definition in the Manufacturing Enterprise.” Attend this webinar on June 17, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. PDT and witness how implementing MBD will…
High Technology Seminars
(High Technology Seminars: Cold Spring, NY) -- High Technology Seminars will present a seminar in human error prevention Oct. 26–27 in San Antonio. Anyone whose objective is to improve productivity, safety, and quality will benefit from this two-day event. The principles and practices of human…
(Cambridge Viscosity Inc.: Medford, MA) -- A full line of lab and process viscometers that offer faster throughput with a new standard for all aspects of oil processing, product manufacturing, and control are available from Cambridge Viscosity Inc.
Cambridge viscometers, used for laboratory…
(QAI LLC: Indianapolis) -- Realizing that companies must lower costs in all areas, national quality training provider QAI LLC is introducing an instructional video series, which provides the most critical ISO standards certification tools to help individual employees support the ISO standards…
Sal Lucido
The compliance department’s primary function is to ensure that the company complies with all applicable regulations, rules, and laws. Regardless of the industry—life science, energy and utilities, or financial services—this is a universal mandate.
As someone who serves customers across many…
Quality Assurance Solutions
(Quality Assurance Solutions: Camarillo, CA) -- Quality Assurance Solutions announces the release of Snap Sampling Plans! software for establishing sampling plans for inspection quality control. Every manufacturing company needs to inspect product to ensure it meets requirements. The inspection…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is informing all stakeholders that ISO 50001—“Energy management systems—Requirements with guidance for use,” a standards development initiative of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has been recently…
Fujitsu Ltd.
(Fujitsu Ltd.: Tokyo) -- Fujitsu Ltd. announces the development of the world’s first computer-aided design (CAD) engine, designed to be used as part of a 3-D CAD system for designing machinery that is capable of processing data for 1 million parts in 0.2 seconds.
The new engine features…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Eighty-three organizations are in the running for the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence through innovation and improvement. Applicants include three manufacturers, two service…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- A valuable tool for establishing and maintaining system reliability, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) has proven to be effective in reducing unscheduled downtime for companies around the world. So much so that OEE is quickly becoming a requirement for improving…
(Methods Machine Tools Inc.: Sudbury, MA) -- Methods Machine Tools Inc., a supplier of innovative precision machine tools, has announced that it is the exclusive distributor of New VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparators throughout North America. These digital optical comparators, developed by…
SPAR Point Group
(Spar Point Research LLC: Danvers, MA) -- Spar Point Research LLC invites presentation abstracts for the SPAR Europe 2010 conference, which will be combined with Plant-Tech 2010, Dec. 7–8, at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center. Deadline for abstracts is Friday, July 2.
The conference focuses…
Tom Greaves
Nearly 30 years ago, Autodesk led the charge to bring computer-aided design (CAD) to the masses, winning over millions of users. Some of the company's success is attributable to engaging the hearts and minds of entrepreneurial, third-party developers who built software businesses on top of the…
Jon Miller
In a recent e-mail, a reader of my blog asked me, “How can we enhance top management commitment and involvement for implementing total productive maintenance (TPM)?”
This is a great general question to ask during any effort to establish excellence, maintain excellence, or transform excellence…
APICS--The Association for Operations Management
(APICS: Chicago) -- The 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo, “Excellence in the New Normal,” sponsored by APICS (The Association for Operations Management), is the highest quality educational experience for professionals in supply chain and operations management. Due to the spring…
