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Joelle K. Jay
What if there are things you are doing—or not doing—that are sabotaging your success? What if there are a few key things you’re missing that could help you get even better results? There’s only one way to find out, and that’s by getting feedback.
Unfortunately, feedback is sometimes given a bad…
The Un-Comfort Zone With Robert Wilson
“Who wants to be chairperson of the fundraising committee?” asked the company president.
The room became quiet, and as I glanced around the table, I saw a dozen perfect poker faces. No one wanted this responsibility. No one was going to commit.
“This is our most important committee,” the president…
Angelo Lyall
Clarity is extremely valuable for building profitable strategies and conducting sustainable business. Without clarity many firms refrain from taking strategic steps in fear of the unknown, leaving them stagnant and eventually uncompetitive. Only by understanding the key concepts that underpin…
DLS Electronic Systems
(DLS Electronic Systems: Wheeling, IL) -- DLS Electronic Systems Inc. is offering a workshop and seminar, “EMC by Your Design,” scheduled for Oct. 18–20, 2011 in Northbrook, Illinois. Curriculum developed by Donald L. Sweeney and his associates will include an understanding of the many…
Lean Frontiers
Registration for the 2nd Annual Lean Logistics Summit will be closing soon. To reserve your seat at this exclusive event, register today. Attendance at this summit is purposefully limited to a select few to boost attendee-to-presenter and attendee-to-attendee interaction. This growing community…
APQC
(APQC: Houston) -- Quality is a key concern for many organizations as they return to the business of doing business. In many instances this means recalibrating how to effectively measure quality for their organization. The American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) and the American…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- On June 10, 2011, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Awards Board approved the name change of the Inspection Division Scholarship to the H. James Harrington Scholarship.
The Inspection Division Leadership Team renamed the scholarship to honor Harrington for his many years…
Newport Corp.
(Newport: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in lasers and photonics solutions that make, manage and measure light, has introduced the Integrity VCS Series vibration control system designed specifically to provide an economical and stable platform for basic photonic research and…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersberg, MD) -- Preventing fraud at oil-change services and enabling consumers to make value comparisons when shopping for printer ink will be among the many issues discussed at this year’s annual meeting of The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), to be held July 17–…
NIST
A metasurface or metafilm is a 2-D version of a metamaterial, popularized recently in technologies with seemingly unnatural properties, such as the illusion of invisibility. Metamaterials have special properties not found in nature, often because of a novel structure. NIST’s metasurface is a small…
ACLASS
Keith Greenaway, vice president of ACLASS, a brand of ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation
Board that provides accreditation, gave a brief talk titled “Focus on Inspections and Compliance” at the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act public meeting held on June 6, 2011. His prepared remarks follow:
The…
Steven Ouellette
Although we may use the define, measure, analyze, improve, control (DMAIC) mnemonic to help guide us through our problem solving, that doesn’t really give us a lot of specific direction (as I bemoan in my Top 10 Stupid Six Sigma Tricks No. 4). Good experimental design technique is critical to being…
U.S. Department of Transportation DOT
(DOT: Washington) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Frontier Airlines $40,000 for failing to display on-time performance for its flights on the carrier’s website, as required by DOT rules, and ordered the carrier to cease and desist from further violations in the future…
U.S. Department of Energy
(U.S. Department of Energy: Washington) -- The recent successful commissioning of an Alabama-based test facility is another step forward in research that will speed deployment of innovative post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies for coal-based power plants, according to the U.S.…
TE Connectivity
(Macro Sensors: Pennsauken, NJ) -- Macro Sensors offers a complete solution for linear position gauging with its new EAZY-GAGE Bundle. Combining spring-loaded, AC-operated linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) position sensors with an EAZY-CAL Mini-Module LVDT signal conditioner, the…
Leica Geosystems
(Leica Geosystems: Norcross, GA) -- Old buildings? No documentation? Irregular walls? Details to locate? Inaccessible points to measure? No need to worry; the Leica 3D Disto measures it all. Simply aim the 3D Disto, press a button and the Leica 3D Disto determines the precise 3-D…
The White House
(White House: Washington) -- President Obama announced on June 8, 2011, a major expansion of Skills for America’s Future, an industry-led initiative to dramatically improve industry partnerships with community colleges and build a nationwide network to maximize work force development strategies…
Leica Geosystems
(Leica Geosystems: Heerbrugg, Switzerland) -- Leica Geosystems announced at the Hexagon 2011 Conference (held June 6–9 in Orlando, Florida) the new Leica ScanStation C5 Laser Scanner for fast, complete, as-built and engineering surveys. The compact, scalable Leica ScanStation C5 provides…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Sixty-nine organizations have tossed their hats—and their strategies for success—into the ring for the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence through innovation and improvement. Applicants…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- The World Standards Cooperation (WSC) has announced the results of the poster competition for World Standards Day 2011, which attracted 45 entries and 2000 votes.
Open to all, the competition was to design a poster for World Standards Day, Oct. 14, 2011, on the theme, “…
Quality Digest
Quality challenges
Acronym Jeopardy
Brainstorming with Shigeo Shingo
Customer Confidential
Don't Think Small, Think Micro
From Chaos to Order
Hang Your Kaizen Facilitator
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Headline Wars
Inverse Kinematics
Lynch the Jargon
Occupational Angst
Occupational Bliss
PDQ…
Pinpoint Laser Systems
(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) — Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing a new precision Microgage Bore Alignment Kit for industrial applications. This newest product is perfectly suited for aligning extrusion presses, rams, precision screws, propeller shafts, stern tubes, bar feeders, and…
Michelle LaBrosse
I sat in a window seat on the plane with my nose stuck in my newly purchased book. It was one of those books that suck you right in, leaving you completely unaware of your surrounding, which is exactly what I needed to save me from what otherwise would have been a monotonous travel day, full of…
CMSC
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) announced it will conduct a large-scale, interactive measurement study during the 27th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), July 25–29, 2011, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. The study…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersberg, MD) -- Performance Review Institute (PRI) has announced the launch of the 2011 Nadcap Supplier Survey. The survey will be open for responses on June 20, 2011. All accredited suppliers are encouraged to complete the survey online to give their feedback on their experiences of…
