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Jossey-Bass
(Jossey-Bass: Hoboken NJ) -- Drawing on the knowledge and experience of working with hundreds the world’s top social change leaders in all fields, in Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World (Jossey-Bass 2012), Beverly Schwartz presents a model for change based on…
APQC
Organizations understand the importance of measuring and tracking quality, particularly in product manufacturing. However, applying rigorous quality measurement on an enterprisewide scale, beyond manufacturing and service levels, is relatively new. Nonetheless, some organizations have made strides…
Bill Kalmar
Lately, much has been discussed and written about buying products made only in America. ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer has been touting the quality of American-made products for several months and encouraging viewers to “Buy only American!” But I think The Oakridge Boys express it best singing…
Greg Fox
I have a 12-year-old son. This is not a unique condition. And you might think that I would be well prepared for the associated challenges, having been a 12-year-old son myself at one time. But you’d be wrong.
Regular readers of my blog posts might recall that my family and I recently moved from…
Grant Ramaley
One of the greatest challenges that I have in discussing standards is trying to put things in a context so that all people affected by them can understand how they matter. So I want to start with a simple picture and a remarkable snapshot in time. It shows how small medical-device companies are…
Guidon Performance Solutions LLC
Industry experts at Guidon Performance Solutions’ Second Annual Virtual Healthcare Summit agreed that health care organizations’ ability to survive their increasingly demanding and changing environment will require a new agility and adaptability. Consensus from the speakers signaled that most…
Stanford News Service
For 50 years, scientists searched for the secret to making tiny implantable devices that could travel through the bloodstream. Engineers at Stanford University have demonstrated just such a device. Powered without wires or batteries, it can propel itself though the bloodstream and is small enough…
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ACGME
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has announced major changes in how the nation’s medical residency programs will be accredited in the years ahead, putting in place an outcomes-based evaluation system where the doctors of tomorrow will be measured for their competency…
Davis Balestracci
For those of us practicing improvement in a medical culture, presenting this “funny new statistical way” of doing things to a physician audience triggers a predictable stated reason: “This isn’t in line with rigorous, double-blind clinical trial research.” And your response should be, “True! Nor…
Michael Causey
Deciphering the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a bit like trying to understand what the old USSR was up to during the days of the Cold War. In those days, it was called Kremlinology, or the study of a complex, secretive organization. We need a catchphrase for those who try to figure out what…
Indicate Technologies
(Indicate Technologies: Santa Clara, CA) -- If you need dimensional measurement, inspection, or surface and form analysis, then you’ll want to attend Metrology Expo 2012, April 10, 11, and 12, presented by Indicate Technologies at the Indicate Technologies Santa Clara, California, showroom.…
Honeywell
(Honeywell: Minneapolis) -- Honeywell, a diversified developer and manufacturer of technologies, has introduced its RTY Series Hall-Effect Rotary Position Sensors that provide a cost-effective rotary position sensor solution with a variety of options (e.g., sensing range, pin-out, voltage) that…
Umberto Tunesi
Editor’s note: Umberto Tunesi is a new columnist for Quality Digest. He brings his auditing expertise to bear on a surprising range of subjects, and we’re happy to add his European perspective to our mix. “I realize I’m being tough on the ISO/TS 16949 and AIAG manual writers, as well on performance…
Wiley
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Skillfully redefine problems. Make an immediate connection with anyone. Rapidly determine if a client is ready to buy. Access the deepest dreams of others. The book, Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others, by Andrew Sobel and Jerold…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts, has announced that 32 global teams from nine countries have been named finalists in the 27th annual International Team Excellence Awards process.
The teams will be part of the…
Nikon Metrology Inc.
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- For more than a decade, Nikon Metrology pioneered laser scanning and gradually sharpened the capabilities of this noncontact measuring technology. Nikon’s optics, combined with innovative 3-D laser scanning technology, has resulted in a new scanner, the LC15Dx.…
Donald J. Wheeler
In a recent article that shall remain nameless, a statistician carefully worked out the exact answer to the wrong question. Then, based on this exact answer, he made an erroneous recommendation regarding the use of a process behavior chart for individual values. In this column I will explain both…
Photron USA
(Photron: San Diego) -- Photron Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-speed cameras and image analysis software, has launched the new Fastcam SA7 high-speed camera system utilizing a unique 1,280 × 1,024 pixel advanced CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) imaging sensor. The system…
Duke University
Randomness and chaos in nature, as it turns out, can be a good thing—especially when trying to harvest energy from the movements of everyday activities. Duke University engineers believe they have come up with the theoretical underpinning that could lead to the development of energy-harvesting…
Darryl Rosen
You glance down at an incoming text message while an employee is talking to you. You bark, “Just get it done!” to your team and then walk away.
According to a recent CareerBuilder poll, 58 percent of managers received no training before starting the job, which often results in avoidable management…
Sakor Technologies Inc.
(SAKOR: Okemos, MI) -- SAKOR Technologies, a leader in engine and powertrain testing, has made available its new Hybrid Vehicle Test System, designed for testing a complete hybrid/electric vehicle (HEV) driveline, or any vehicle subsystem, including emissions testing. The system can run a wide…
Honeywell
(Honeywell: Minneapolis) -- Honeywell has added new flow ranges to its Zephyr Analog and Digital Airflow Sensor portfolio to provide high sensitivity at very low flows, making the sensor portfolio ideal for use in a variety of medical equipment and industrial applications.
Four standard flow…
DeFelsko
(DeFelsko: Ogdensburg, NY) -- DeFelsko Corp., manufacturer of coating thickness gauges and inspection instruments, is now selling its new PosiTector Inspection Kits. Available with a choice of standard or advanced gauge features, each new PosiTector body accepts the PosiTector 6000, DPM, and SPG…
Apprion
(Apprion: Orlando, FL) -- Apprion, developer and provider of wireless application network systems and services designed for the process manufacturing industry, has unveiled two new applications, ION Collaboration and ION Mustering, both integrated into the ION system and presented in ION’s unified…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Superior Customer Value: Strategies for Winning and Retaining Customers, Third Edition, by Art Weinstein (CRC Press, 2012) is highly readable, practical, and action-oriented, giving managers at all levels of experience guidance on how to improve marketing operations…
