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Jay Arthur—The KnowWare Man
There’s a lot of buzz about “data analytics”—mining huge data sets to discover invisible patterns of customer behavior that can be leveraged to maximize sales. But I’ve found that few people know how to mine the hidden improvement projects from existing “small data” using Excel’s PivotTables.
Over…
North Star Imaging
(NSI: Rogers, MN) -- North Star Imaging (NSI) has developed a groundbreaking industrial X-ray technology, 4-D X-ray computed tomography, which NSI calls “4D CT.” NSI’s patent-pending product is considered the future of industrial 3-D X-ray inspection.
4-D X-ray CT allows users to reconstruct a…
Verisurf Software Inc.
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software has released its new Validate software application. The software provides precise CAD model translation validation by comparing the authority CAD model to the translated CAD model, enabling manufacturers to quickly identify any translation error.
“The…
Smarter Solutions Inc.
(Smarter Solutions: Austin, TX) -- Health care and other organizations often report performance metrics through a table of numbers, pie charts, stacked bar charts, red-yellow-green scorecards with variance to goals, or time series charts. Running a facility by using this form of historical data…
Wiley
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- If you want to make your organization or team more productive, you have to change the way it thinks. Lean Six Sigma is a winning technique improve performance, but the jargon-packed language and theory of lean Six Sigma can be intimidating for both beginners and experienced…
ASTM International
(ASTM International: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Responding to increasing requests from suppliers and their customers, ASTM International has developed a new program, the Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity. Launched in April 2012, this latest offering is an outgrowth of ASTM International’s…
ISPE
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) — The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), which provides an educational forum for the pharmaceutical industry, has brought together a substantial lineup of global regulatory officials and pharmaceutical industry leaders to be plenary speakers at the Food…
Michael Causey
While calling it one of the more “egregious” examples he’s seen or heard about, Fisher Wallace Labs (FWL) CEO Chip Fisher said the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) attempt to “force its own agenda” over dissenting science or how its own advisory boards vote on medical device classification is…
Akhilesh Gulati
Given the current dynamic business environment, there is a tremendous need for operational agility and the ability to quickly respond to changing market forces. Time to value (TtV) is an important metric that can be used to manage such environmental conditions. It can drive the development of…
William A. Levinson
Loss of American manufacturing capability to low-wage countries is but one part of the overall problem with the U.S. economy. The other part consists of a shortage of skilled workers, given that a high school diploma is no longer adequate for many manufacturing jobs. Brooklyn’s Pathways in…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: Washington, DC) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in partnership with 27 leading organizations from across the U.S. standardization community, have coordinated a free online resource—the Standards Boost Business (SBB)—designed to help U.S. businesses understand the power of…
Lennox Hill Ltd.
(Lennox: London) -- Lennox Hill Ltd. has launched version 2.0 of its complaints-handling module as part of its long-term plan of continuously adding features and modules to its online isoTracker Quality Management Software.
The upgrade to the Customer Complaints module is intended to give it an…
ASQ Silicon Valley
(Silicon Valley ASQ: Santa Clara, CA) -- Silicon Valley ASQ, Section 0613 invites you to participate in the following quality education courses. Along with a full schedule of monthly meeting events and activities, SV ASQ offers educational opportunities in quality. Here are the technical and…
CMSC
(CMSC: New Orleans, LA) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the preeminent membership association for measurement professionals, will host a series of “pilot” certification examinations at its 28th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), July 16–20, 2012, at The Roosevelt…
Rice Lake Weighing Systems
(RLWS: Rice Lake, WI) -- Rice Lake Weighing Systems (RLWS) has announced expanded laboratory capabilities that will accommodate the very highest level of precision— International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) Classification E1. Many pharmaceutical companies, chemical labs, and calibration…
IQS
(IQS: North Olmsted, OH) -- IQS, developer of enterprise quality and compliance management software, is presenting no-cost webinars that provide actionable insight into performance and risk-related metrics.
All IQS webinars begin at 2 p.m. EDT and last about 45 minutes.
• April 19, 2012—Audits:…
The Un-Comfort Zone With Robert Wilson
Twelve years ago, I phoned a prospective client I’d been courting for months. The last time we’d spoken, only a few weeks earlier, she expressed interest in my conducting a seminar for her company. This time she said, “I was in the audience at the Fox theater last week; we won’t be needing your…
Rapidform Inc.
(Rapidform: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology, Inc. has begun shipping the latest version its reverse-engineering software, Rapidform XOR. It’s the only software that combines 3-D scan-data processing and parametric solid modeling so users can create intelligent CAD models from point clouds…
Arun Hariharan
Close your eyes and make a mental list of companies worldwide that use quality as their strategic weapon for achieving value for shareholders. Chances are you have some great examples, but most likely it’s a small list. Given the huge number of companies in every industry that aren’t on your list,…
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and 3-D shape, launched its AK-120/130/140 Photovoltaic (PV) Reference Cells, the world's first triple-junction solar reference cells.
Now available, the AK-120/130…
Dimensional Control Systems DCS
(DCS: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems (DCS), provider of quality management software solutions and consulting services, has announced that vice president Donald Jasurda will address automotive professionals at the 2012 SAE World Congress. The event will be held at Cobo Center in Detroit,…
Gemba Academy
(Gemba Academy: Morro Bay, CA) -- Gemba Academy, provider of on-demand online lean training, is offering a new webinar on Tues., April 24, 2012, at 1 p.m. CDT. Titled “A Factory of One,” the webinar will be presented by Dan Markovitz, president of TimeBack Management.
Most people spend all their…
Geomagic
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic, a global provider of 3-D software for capturing, creating, and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has acquired Sensable Technology Inc.’s 3-D design and haptics businesses. Sensable, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, is a leading developer…
Microwave Vision Group
(MVG: Horsham, PA) -- Microwave Vision Group, producers of antenna test and measuring systems, introduces the Dentro LRX, which completes the range of nondestructive inspection tools on offer for industrial clients.
Dentro LRX uses microwave technology, instrumental to Microwave Vision’s success,…
Viscom
(Viscom: Hanover, Germany) -- In surface mount technology (SMT) electronic-assembly production, 3-D solder paste inspection (SPI) has established itself as the additional inspection gate to complement optical or X-ray inspection. The key task is detecting impermissible printed pads in terms of…
