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McGraw-Hill
Written by Masaaki Imai, the renowned quality management expert who introduced the concept of kaizen to the English-speaking world, this innovative guide is filled with hundreds of international gemba kaizen success stories and examples from a wide range of industries. These examples illustrate how…
Ron Kaufman
You start your morning running late and sprint into your local coffee shop for your morning cup of joe. As you breathlessly place your order, you notice the barista doesn’t smile at you. She utters a flat, “Here you go” as she hands you the steaming cup. “Why didn’t she put the cardboard sleeve…
MoreSteam.com
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- On Wed., June 20, 2012, MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning technology, will sponsor the Houston Lean Six Sigma Professionals (HLSSP) first round-table discussion event from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Westin Oaks in…
ANSYS Inc.
Competitive swimmers this summer can streamline performance thanks to Speedo’s revolutionary Fastskin Racing System, which was designed using engineering simulation software developed by ANSYS. When worn together as a complete system, a Fastskin suit, cap, and goggle can reduce full-body passive…
A2LA
(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) is offering a course titled, “ISO 15189 and Accreditation” on Sept. 24–25, 2012, at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. This course will use lecture, discussion, and interactive exercises to assist you in understanding the…
Association For Manufacturing Technology AMT
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- April U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $410.42 million, according to The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) program, was down 17.0 percent from March…
ISPE
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) just concluded its two-day current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) conference, which was co-sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Held June 4–5, 2012, in Baltimore, the conference met with…
Productivity Press
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Out of the Present Crisis: Rediscovering Improvement in the New Economy, by Terence T. Burton (Productivity Press, 2012) provides a rediscovered but practical view of improvement for readers across a wide range of industries—including CEOs and their executive…
Taran March @ Quality Digest
Right, let me get this straight. The uncomfortable process of air travel, bad enough with its crowding, overpriced food, and seating melees, will soon be intensified by a new airport humiliation: asking a hologram for help. And we think old ladies are odd talking to their cats.
Beginning next…
SGS
(SGS: Rutherford, NJ) -- SGS North America has launched the PREP+ Program, which supports SGS clients through the precertification, certification, and post-certification processes for any standard that SGS is accredited to. The program has been created to simplify the implementation process and…
Gartner
Chief information officers and IT leaders must address three key implications of the “post-PC” era, as workforces and consumers increasingly access IT applications and content through mobile devices, according to Gartner Inc., an information technology research and advisory company.
“The release…
Steven Ouellette
Why is improving quality so important? Why not spend our money on something else in the business? I know it seems a little odd to ask this, especially to readers of Quality Digest, but could those not initiated into the mysteries of the quality gurus be right? Is getting it “out the door” the only…
Mary Beth Edmond, Jonathan Flanders
Ensuring patient safety is one of the most vital and challenging roles in health care. Public reporting of preventable medical errors has forced hospitals to report their medical error numbers accurately and to improve the quality of care. Organizations such as the Institute of Medicine recommend…
Timothy F. Bednarz
One of the pillars of leadership is developing and fostering a deep sense of mutual workplace trust. One of the problems facing organizations is a simple lack of trust between employees and their managers.
For managers to experience successful growth and positive results in their respective…
Spectronics Corp.
(Spectronics: Westbury, New York) -- Spectronics Corp., manufacturer of UV, UV/blue, and LED products for inspection, testing, monitoring, diagnostics, has introduced the OPTI-LUX 365 Series UV-A (365 nm) LED flashlights, which are perfect for a wide variety of nondestructive testing (NDT)…
Methods Machine Tools
(Methods Machine Tools: Sudbury, MA) -- Methods Machine Tools, supplier of precision machine tools, automation, and machine tool accessories, has introduced the new 300 Series VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparators, developed by Vision X, based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada.
The 300 Series…
5SToday
(5SToday.com: Lake Oswego, OR) -- 5SToday.com, which provides products and services relating to 5S, the Japanese process for minimizing errors and mistake-proofing, is offering customers a free 5S guide for the proper implementation of the process.
Frequently used for implementing and maintaining…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Design for Six Sigma in Product and Service Development: Applications and Case Studies (CRC Press, 2012), written by chapter authors, is edited by Elizabeth Cudney, Ph.D., and Sandra L. Furterer, Ph.D.
The book discusses how DFSS is linked to organizational…
AIAG
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- AIAG will release the results of a first-of-its-kind Global Quality Survey it is commissioning through J.D. Power and Associates at AIAG’s inaugural Quality Summit in September. The summit, “The Future of Quality: Performance Rules,” will feature keynote addresses by…
Patrick Stone
Speed up approval for new health care products and minimize a major drug shortage. Sounds good so far, right? Let’s hope lawmakers get this right with a new bill designed to speed delivery and avert shortages of life-saving medicines.
Throughout the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) history,…
Fischer Technology
(Fischer: Windsor, CT) -- The MMS NICKELSCOPE, from Fischer Technology, a manufacturer of coating thickness measurement and materials testing instrumentation, is a multimeasurement system that uses the Hall Effect test method for nondestructive coating thickness measurement of electroplated nickel…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- In order to succeed in today’s increasingly competitive environment, corporations, companies, governments, and nonprofit organizations must be conversant with modern project management techniques. This is especially true for individuals looking to remain…
KVH Industries Inc.
(KVH Industries: Middletown, RI) -- KVH Industries, designer and manufacturer of communication and sensor systems for mobile applications, has introduced the Series 1750 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), an advanced six-degrees-of-freedom sensor designed to integrate easily into the most demanding…
Intergraph
(Intergraph: Madison, AL ) -- Intergraph, developer and creator of industry-specific engineering and geospatial software, has released Validation, Transformation and Loading (VTL) 2012, a comprehensive SmartPlant Enterprise solution capable of managing data import from multiple sources. This…
Bruce Hamilton
I am looking for some help to answer this question: What is advanced manufacturing? Seeking illumination, I recently attended a presentation offered through the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), a nonprofit corporation with a mission not unlike that of GBMP: “To apply innovative…
