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Richard Lepsinger
This three-part series about strategy and its execution is based on Richard Lepsinger’s book, Closing the Execution Gap: How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results (Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint, 2010). Part one defines the “five bridges” that companies can use to close the gap; part two…
LMI Technologies Inc.
(LMI Technologies Inc.: Delta, BC, Canada) -- LMI Technologies Inc., a global provider of 3-D sensor measurement, has launched the Gocator 2000 series of 3-D laser line inspection sensors targeted at factory automation while delivering the advantages of 3-D measurement to the factory floor.
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Juran
(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- The new Lean and Six Sigma Reference and Tool Kit is now available. Joseph A. De Feo, president of the Juran Institute, author and editor-in-chief of the reference guide, has redesigned the guide as an overall performance improvement tool applicable to those…
(IDEAL Industries Inc.: Sycamore, IL) -- IDEAL Industries Inc., a global provider of test and measurement technology, is bringing enhanced safety to maintenance professionals with its 61-685 Infrared (IR) Noncontact Thermometer. Leveraging IR heat-sensing technology, the thermometer allows users…
(Daylight Co.: NY) -- The Daylight Co., a global maker of high quality specialty and magnifying lamps, says its ESD Ultra Slim Magnifying Lamp, which provides full protection against static electricity and electrostatic discharge (ESD), has received certification from TÜV Product Service, a…
Mike Micklewright
There’s a good chance that 20 percent of the people reading this article have dyslexia. Are you one of them? Are you proud that you have dyslexia? You should be. People with dyslexia typically are smart and creative. I wish I had it. Perhaps then, I would be leading my own huge consulting and…
(North Shore-LIJ: New Hyde Park, NY) -- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York announces it has gone an entire year without a central-line infection in its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) – the only children’s hospital in New York to achieve this milestone and…
(Haas School of Business: Berkeley, CA) -- Successful senior leadership depends on the collective effectiveness of other leaders throughout the organizational hierarchy, according to a study paper, “How leadership matters: The effects of leaders’ alignment on strategy implementation” published in…
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry was done directly on the paintings in the Louvre Museum.
Copyright: V.A. Solé/ESRF
How did Leonardo da Vinci manage to paint such perfect faces? For the first time a quantitative chemical analysis has been done…
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. has announced the immediate availability of the Endeavor 3 coordinate measuring machine (CMM), the next generation of their Endeavor CMM product line. This popular line of vertical CMMs introduces new sizes, additional models,…
Sal Lucido
In Part I and Part II of this series we discussed the benefits of using a closed-loop process for managing regulatory compliance called the “circle of compliance,” pictured in figure 1. I also showed how setting up key performance indicators (KPIs) that monitor performance to goals is a good way…
Richard Lepsinger
If your organization is like so many others, it seems to have all the ingredients for success firmly in place. A well-thought-out vision? Check. A realistic strategy? Check. Skilled, highly engaged employees, quality products and services, strong customer relationships? Check, check, check. So why…
Sensor Products Inc.
(Sensor Products Inc.: Madison, NJ) -- To support academic research and development (R&D) efforts, Sensor Products Inc. is offering a 10-percent discount through Nov. 30 on Pressurex, a pressure-indicating sensor film for evaluating surface contact pressure distribution and magnitude. The 10-…
Mahr Inc.
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal Inc. has introduced a new option package for its well-known MarForm MMQ 200 Formtester, which provides the measurement of surface finish parameters according to accepted standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the…
International Quality and Productivity Center IQPC
(IQPC: London) -- Success stories such as Poland being the only European country to show economic growth during 2009 appear to be giving hope to a region that has found the last two years incredibly difficult. With countries such as Hungary, Latvia, and Romania in need of aid from the…
AIA
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- A new machine-vision market report shows that sales of machine vision components and systems in North America have entered a recovery phase. Overall machine vision sales increased by 34.4 percent during the first quarter of 2010 over weak sales that occurred during the…
Lumetrics
(Lumetrics: Rochester, NY) -- Lumetrics, a manufacturer of world-class precision thickness measurement technology, has created the new Online Rotational Scanning System, an accessory to the OptiGauge, which will drastically reduce the production line start-up time and significantly improve product…
(Lumetrics: Rochester, NY) -- Lumetrics, a manufacturer of world-class precision thickness measurement technology, has created the new Online Rotational Scanning System, an accessory to the OptiGauge, which will drastically reduce the production line start-up time and significantly improve product…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- For more than a decade, the Baldrige Regional Conferences have been a valuable forum for recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to showcase their exceptional performance practices. This year, the conferences feature the 2009 Baldrige Award recipients…
(Global Industry Analysts Inc.: San Jose, CA) -- A newly released market research report by Global Industry Analysts Inc. on calibration services concludes that calibration of electrical and communications equipment, particularly in North America and Europe, will occupy a major share of the…
When setbacks happen, vulnerability often follows. Feeling unprotected and exposed, we don’t want people to know what we’re facing, whether it’s a professional upset such as the loss of a job, loss of a great sales account, or being passed over for promotion, or something more personal. The more…
Thwing-Albert Instrument Company
(Thwing-Albert Instrument Co: Chicago) -- Thwing-Albert announces the introduction of the newly designed, user-friendly, FP-2255 Coefficient of Friction (COF)/Peel Tester. The peel tester mode can be set up to perform 180° tests, 90° tests, and T-Peel tests for film-to-film, film-to-paper, and…
Fluke Corp.
(Fluke Corp.: Sydney) -- Fluke Corp., a global provider of electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the new 1594A/1595A Super-Thermometers from Hart Scientific, designed to combine accuracy, value, and innovative features for calibration of standard platinum resistance…
(Visual Workplace Inc.: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc., along with GBMP Inc, Bosch-Rexroth, Airline Hydraulic, and the 5S Store are sponsoring a half-day lean series workshop, The Foundation of Lean: Creating Stability with 5S and Visual Control Systems. The workshop will take place at…
(Guidon Performance Solutions: Mesa, AZ) -- Guidon Performance Solutions, a provider of lean and Six Sigma and business performance improvement solutions to the service sector, recently released GuidonVue, a new enterprise project portfolio management (ePPM) software to help organizations…
