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Mark Graban
Let me give a big ole’ Texas-sized hat tip to Bob Emiliani for sending me the sad article with the headline “General Motors Lays Off Workers at NY Plant.” This is in addition to General Motors Co. (GM) suspending its Shreveport, Louisiana, assembly plant last week due to a choke in supplier parts…
Miriam Boudreaux
Have you ever been audited and felt like the auditor’s findings were almost irrelevant in the context of your organization’s major challenges and goals? Did you sometimes feel like you've been handed a Mickey Mouse nonconformity given the issues your organization is confronting? But what is one…
Miriam Boudreaux
Have you ever been audited and felt like the auditor’s findings were almost irrelevant in the context of your organization’s major challenges and goals? Did you sometimes feel like you've been handed a Mickey Mouse nonconformity given the issues your organization is confronting? But what is one…
Stewart Anderson
An excellent article by Donald Wheeler on the economic cost of quality, “What Is the Zone of Economic Production?” gave me pause to consider the strategic implications of reducing the costs associated with poor quality. As Wheeler pointed out in his article, there is an economic zone of production…
Stewart Anderson
An excellent article by Donald Wheeler on the economic cost of quality, “What Is the Zone of Economic Production?” gave me pause to consider the strategic implications of reducing the costs associated with poor quality. As Wheeler pointed out in his article, there is an economic zone of production…
Juran
(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- Juran Institute is conducting blended lean Six Sigma workshops for Green Belt and Black Belt certification beginning in April 2011. The workshops begin with required online independent study of e-learning modules. The estimated 24 hours of…
Juran
(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- Juran Institute is conducting blended lean Six Sigma workshops for Green Belt and Black Belt certification beginning in April 2011. The workshops begin with required online independent study of e-learning modules. The estimated 24 hours of…
Sensor Products Inc.
(SPI: Madison, NJ) -- Sensor Products Inc. (SPI) is an official distributor of Fuji Prescale, a Mylar tactile pressure-indicating sensor film that instantly reveals surface-pressure magnitude and distribution between contacting or impacting surfaces. When placed between the surfaces, it permanently…
Sensor Products Inc.
(SPI: Madison, NJ) -- Sensor Products Inc. (SPI) is an official distributor of Fuji Prescale, a Mylar tactile pressure-indicating sensor film that instantly reveals surface-pressure magnitude and distribution between contacting or impacting surfaces. When placed between the surfaces, it permanently…
Schoelly Imaging Inc.
(Schoelly Imaging: Worcester, MA) -- Schoelly Imaging Inc., a provider of patented technologies in complex visualization systems for industry and medicine, has upgraded its 4.0 mm Universal Borescope, a modular borescope system whose interchangeable optic objectives allow inspectors to change…
Schoelly Imaging Inc.
(Schoelly Imaging: Worcester, MA) -- Schoelly Imaging Inc., a provider of patented technologies in complex visualization systems for industry and medicine, has upgraded its 4.0 mm Universal Borescope, a modular borescope system whose interchangeable optic objectives allow inspectors to change…
AHA Press
Leaders make things happen, but influential leaders go a step further by making a positive difference in organizations and in the lives of people who both serve and are served by the organization. That’s the premise of a new book from AHA Press, Influential Leadership: Change Your Behavior,…
AHA Press
Leaders make things happen, but influential leaders go a step further by making a positive difference in organizations and in the lives of people who both serve and are served by the organization. That’s the premise of a new book from AHA Press, Influential Leadership: Change Your Behavior,…
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report. Based on data from 1,032 U.S. hospitals, the report provides results that hospitals can use as one basis for comparison in their efforts to…
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report. Based on data from 1,032 U.S. hospitals, the report provides results that hospitals can use as one basis for comparison in their efforts to…
Measurement Devices Ltd. MDL
(Pointools Ltd.: London) -- Measurement Devices Ltd. (MDL), a leading laser scanner manufacturer, has entered into an agreement with Pointools Ltd. to deliver high-performance point-cloud software with every new 3-D laser scanner. Pointools software is used by project teams to reference and…
Measurement Devices Ltd. MDL
(Pointools Ltd.: London) -- Measurement Devices Ltd. (MDL), a leading laser scanner manufacturer, has entered into an agreement with Pointools Ltd. to deliver high-performance point-cloud software with every new 3-D laser scanner. Pointools software is used by project teams to reference and…
Bruce Hamilton
I was asked about 15 years ago to give a short presentation about poka-yoke to an association of engineering professors from different U.S. universities. I brought with me several devices that employees from my plant had developed, and I began to tell the story: The technique is not…
Bruce Hamilton
I was asked about 15 years ago to give a short presentation about poka-yoke to an association of engineering professors from different U.S. universities. I brought with me several devices that employees from my plant had developed, and I began to tell the story: The technique is not…
Steve Moore
During the late 1990s, Marilyn vos Savant, holder of the Guinness Book of Records’ highest recorded IQ of 228, received an avalanche of hostile responses, many from Ph.D.s in math and statistics, when she correctly solved the controversial “Monty Hall Problem.” This concerns whether a contestant on…
Steve Moore
During the late 1990s, Marilyn vos Savant, holder of the Guinness Book of Records’ highest recorded IQ of 228, received an avalanche of hostile responses, many from Ph.D.s in math and statistics, when she correctly solved the controversial “Monty Hall Problem.” This concerns whether a contestant on…
Denise Robitaille
Every once in a while when I’m conducting training, I have the good fortune to have someone ask a particularly atypical question that gets me thinking and helps me to develop more tools and techniques. This serves to not only augment my own bag of tricks but also increases my capacity to serve my…
Denise Robitaille
Every once in a while when I’m conducting training, I have the good fortune to have someone ask a particularly atypical question that gets me thinking and helps me to develop more tools and techniques. This serves to not only augment my own bag of tricks but also increases my capacity to serve my…
PPT VISION Inc.
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. introduces IMPACT 10.1, the latest release of its machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine-vision inspection solutions. IMPACT 10.1 software can be used with any PPT VISION smart camera system, including the M…
PPT VISION Inc.
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. introduces IMPACT 10.1, the latest release of its machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine-vision inspection solutions. IMPACT 10.1 software can be used with any PPT VISION smart camera system, including the M…
