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Nikon Metrology Inc.
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Metrology CT is the fusion of metrology and X-ray computed tomography (CT). X-ray has long been used for industrial applications. With X-ray CT, a number of 2-D X-ray images are taken at different angles around the sample. All the external and internal geometry…
Siemens PLM Software
(Siemens PLM Software: Plano, TX) -- Today’s manufacturing leaders are constantly assessing their ability to become more flexible, more sustainable, and competitive, but this requires the determination to continually assess production capability in the most efficient means possible. Siemens PLM…
Dimensional Control Systems DCS
(DCS: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems Inc. (DCS), a provider of quality management software solutions and consulting services, will hold its 2012 Global Technology & User Conference (GTC) on May 22–23, 2012, in Detroit at the historic Atheneum Suite Hotel.
Nearly 100 participants are…
U.S. Department of Commerce
(U.S. Department of Commerce: Washington, D.C.) -- “We are finally the ‘in’ thing,” said Roger Kilmer, director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) to the more than 800 manufacturers and industry experts gathered at the…
Michell Instruments
(Michell Instruments: Rowley, MA) -- The S8000 Remote chilled mirror hygrometer, from Michell Instruments, manufacturer of high-precision moisture and humidity measurement solutions, is among the most precise instruments currently available for emissions testing and can be used as a primary…
CloudClean
(CloudClean: Edgewater, NJ) -- Leaving hand-washing compliance up to fate and a restroom sign is a thing of the past, according to CloudClean, creators of the first real-time hand hygiene compliance system for the restaurant and food service industry.
Using the same hand washing compliance…
Forrest Breyfogle—New Paradigms
I will first describe how long-lasting business metrics can be created at the business level and then illustrate the 30,000-foot-level scorecard tracking of these measurements, where an individuals control chart is used to determine process stability. Then I will show how to make a prediction…
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.
The Frederic Remington Museum is dedicated to displaying, observing, and preserving the works of Frederic Remington. Most famous for his bronze sculptures of cowboys, American Indians, and U.S. Calvary, original Remington pieces are considered prized collector’s items.
The Frederic Remington…
Jeff Dewar
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a four-part video interview with Juran Institute’s CEO Joseph DeFeo, and hosted by Quality Digest’s CEO, Jeff Dewar. View part one here, part two here, and part three here.
“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly, I can!’ Then get busy…
Thomas R. Cutler, Rich McGrath
Editor’s note: In this first part of a multipart series on quality in education, we will provide an overview of the current state of quality education issues. In addition, a few of the lean practices that are now being adopted by education thought leaders will be shared.
Schools and businesses are…
Creaform Inc.
(Creaform: Québec City) -- Do you have an existing 3-D concept? Are you are looking for a flexible 3-D scanner with dynamic referencing? Would you like to get a parametric 3-D CAD? Join Creaform for a no-cost webinar on Tues. May 15, 2012 at 9 a.m. EDT. This webinar explains how you can digitize…
University of Michigan
(University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Portable gas sensors can allow you to search for explosives, diagnose medical conditions through a patient’s breath, and decide whether it’s safe to stay in a mine.
These devices do all this by identifying and measuring airborne chemicals, and a new, more…
Ron Kaufman
Spirit Airlines recently flew into a big public relations disaster. Sticking to a no-refunds policy, the airline refused to refund the airfare of a passenger who had to cancel his trip after finding out he has terminal cancer. Then social media took off with Spirit’s reputation at its mercy. The…
Lean Frontiers
(Lean Frontiers: Indianapolis) -- The Key Concepts for Lean Leadership workshop, scheduled for June 5–6, 2012 in Indianapolis, is designed for those truly passionate about lean and interested in moving beyond “tools” to a management system with respect for people at its foundation. The workshop is…
Accelper Consulting
(Accelper: Schaumburg, IL) -- In his book, The Innovation Solution (CreateSpace, 2012), Praveen Gupta provides readers with an easy-to-understand, powerful innovation framework for success at the personal and organizational levels. Gupta explains the various aspects of innovation and how it affects…
Katie Gignac
Any company that truly lives its quality management system will tell you that you must innovate to get ahead. Employees at GNP Co., the chicken processor formerly known as Gold’n Plump, live by a commitment to quality, innovation, and continuous improvement— all hallmarks of a culture built on the…
William A. Levinson
The ISO 14001 environmental management systems (EMS) standard and the new ISO 50001 energy management systems (EnMS) standard are complementary, synergistic, and mutually supporting systems for improving stakeholder value. ISO 50001’s proposed reference to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction is, however…
(Chief Executive Group: Greenwich, CT) -- For the eighth year in a row, CEOs rate Texas as the No. 1 state in which to do business, according to Chief Executive magazine’s annual Best & Worst States Survey, released May 2, 2012. Florida rose one spot to take the No. 2 rank, while North Carolina…
Quality Plus Engineering
(Q+E: Portland, OR) -- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is transforming operations and even professions. Quality, engineering, IT, cyber-security, logistics, and supply-management professionals are now operations risk professionals.
The CERM Boot Camp offers in-depth coverage of operational…
Renishaw
(Renishaw: New Mills, UK) -- Renishaw, developer and manufacturer of precision technologies in measurement, motion control, spectroscopy, and precision machining, has purchased the business of R&R Sales LLC, a U.S.-based leader in fixtures for the global measurement and inspection market. The…
A 3.2 billion-pixel digital camera designed by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is now one step closer to reality. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) camera, which will capture the widest, fastest, and deepest view of the night sky ever observed, has received “Critical Decision…
Umberto Tunesi
Last night on the Italian National Geographic channel, I watched a reconstruction of the November 2011 American Airlines flight No. 587, in which 265 people lost their lives. At the time the cause seemed almost natural and unavoidable: The AA’s Airbus got caught by the turbulence that a JAL 747…
Visual Workplace Inc.
(Visual Workplace: Byron, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. has introduced Visual Management Layered Learning Modules. This web-based visual management solution consists of six core training modules that include weekly activities and assignments that help participants to learn and carry research-based…
Jay Arthur—The KnowWare Man
Yogi Berra once said, “If people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?” I have found the same is true of statistical process control (SPC).
As the author of the QI Macros SPC Software for Excel, I get emails every week asking, “What’s the right chart to use for my…
Having been involved in quality and process control for quite a few years now, I tend to read any article regarding a quality issue or new ideas for quality or process improvement. Last week, Washington state’s Tri-City Herald published an article by Annette Cary about tanks at a vitrification…
