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Gwendolyn Galsworth
Editor's note: In this first in a series of articles on workplace visuality, Gwendolyn Galsworth, Ph.D., author of Work That Makes Sense (Visual Lean Enterprise Press, 2010) and Visual Workplace/Visual Thinking (Visual-Lean Enterprise Press, 2005), and recognized visual expert, sets out the basic…
Tripp Babbitt
While reading an issue of Quality Digest Daily, I came across an article by Kenneth Levine and Peter Sherman titled, “Ten Simple Principles for Treating Employees as Assets.” I thought it followed the usual themes about engaging employees and driving out fear until I ran across the following jewel…
Douglas C. Wood
Almost all companies have a sign on a wall stating something similar to “Our employees are our most important asset.” The wording may be slightly altered, and “asset”’ may be replaced with “resource,” but usually there is such a sign posted somewhere on the premises. Regardless of the exact…
(Fireflysci.com: Farmingdale, NY) -- For several decades, spectrophotometry has been used in microbiology, clinical chemistry, the pharmaceutical industry, and other research applications.
Periodic verification of the performance of spectrophotometers is required by ISO 9001, good laboratory…
(FasTest: Roseville, MN) -- FasTest Inc. announces FasCal Lever series calibration connectors designed for fast, safe, and repeatable connections to all types of transmitters. Levers are simply hand-squeezed and inserted into quarter-inch threaded ports. Upon release of the lever, an instant leak…
PPT VISION Inc.
(PPT Vision: Minnetonka, MN) -- PPT VISION utilizes two IMPACT T20 Intelligent Cameras to inspect aluminum wheels traveling on a roller conveyor, verifying model type and specifications. The vision system is required to ensure the correct model of aluminum wheel is packed into the appropriate…
Instron
(Instron Deutschland GmbH: Pfungstadt, Germany) -- Instron will underline its position as a versatile partner for a full range of polymer testing services at K 2010 , Oct. 27–Nov. 3, in Düsseldorf, Germany, on stand J18 in hall 10. The company will present its comprehensive portfolio of newly-…
Micro-Vu Corp.
(Micro-Vu Corp.: Windsor, CA) -- Micro-Vu Corp. has introduced its new Sol Vision System, a measurement system that bridges the gap between manual video machines and automated multisensor CMMs. The Sol is primarily used for dimensional measurement and inspection of medical devices, precision-…
Extensible CAD Technologies
(Extensible CAD Technologies: Raleigh, NC) -- Extensible CAD Technologies announces the release of their new version InspectionXpert for CATIA V5, which introduces support for 3-D models in addition to the 2-D drawings previously supported.
“Many of our InspectionXpert for CATIA customers…
Steve Moore
An article titled “Sharp Drop in Firefighter Fatalities in 2009” appeared in a safety trade journal recently. For the first time in three years, it said, on-the-job firefighter fatalities dropped below 100. The article went on to say that the 82 firefighter deaths in 2009 were substantially below…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
The world admires the United States for our education system. Students from China, India, Russia, and a host of other countries fill our colleges and universities. However, after degrees and work experience are secured, unless they are offered extraordinary salaries and benefits by technology-…
Environmental Quality Corner with Ken Appel
On July 8, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an initiative “… to evaluate industry’s compliance and understanding of Part 11 in light of the enforcement discretion described in the August 2003 Guidance for Industry Part 11, Electronic Records; Electronic Signatures—Scope and…
(Aegis Analytical Corp.: Lafayette, CO) -- Aegis Analytical Corp., a provider of enterprise manufacturing intelligence software, announces that Discoverant for quality data management is available as a tool for quality teams in process manufacturing.
“Product quality in life science companies…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Billerica, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has launched the Niton XL2 GOLDD Series hand-held X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer. The company also introduced the enhanced Niton XL3t GOLDD+ Series, which offers features for advanced quality assurance. The…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Health care organizations from around the globe are invited to share their models of quality improvement at the upcoming 2011 Quality Institute for Healthcare (QIHC) Conference, May 16–18 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.
“First Do No Harm, Then Make…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Baldrige Fellows, an executive development program centered on forming relationships with and learning from Baldrige National Quality Award recipient organizations and their senior executives, recently announced the 14 members of its initial class.
The first…
(Universal Robotics Inc.: Nashville, TN) --Universal Robotics Inc., a software engineering company, has launched two 3-D vision software products: Spatial Vision and Spatial Vision Robotics. The products can turn any pair of webcams into a highly accurate, cost-efficient 3-D vision system that…
Micro-Vu Corp.
(Micro-Vu Corp.: Windsor, CA) -- Micro-Vu Corp. introduces new Excel 501 and 502 measurement systems. The Excel is a fast and precise multisensor measurement system for aerospace, precision machined parts, precision plastics, electronics, LCD, solar, and multiple part applications.
With a 500 mm…
Walter Pastorius
In sawmills, optimization is an in-process procedure that maximizes output of the highest-value board size and quality from the limited and environmentally valuable input of randomly shaped logs. During the optimization process, 3-D profiles of each raw board are analyzed before positioning saws.…
Since almost 70 percent of all changes in organizations fail, you might be interested in knowing why that’s so. Rick Maurer, author of Beyond the Wall of Resistance: Why 70% of Changes Still Fail and What You Can Do About It, Revised Edition (Bard Press, 2010), put together his top 10 list in the…
Steven Ouellette
Story update 10/05/2010: Corrections were made to captions for Figures 6, 7, 8, 9.
As I was teaching class the other day, I told the students I was going to reveal to them the one secret they needed to learn to understand every statistical test they would ever use. The secret was the one thing…
Pinpoint Laser Systems
(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems announces a new laser-based Microgage 2D system for measuring the flatness of machinery and production equipment. Machine tools, roll and web lines, press and printing equipment, and other production systems run more smoothly when…
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.
(Konica Minolta Sensing: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global provider of industrial measurement of color, light, and shape instruments, is introducing a full line of photovoltaic measurement and characterization instruments to the U.S. market at the SPIE Optics and…
Taran March @ Quality Digest
On July 29, 2010, gauge pioneer Robert F. Edmunds Sr. died at his home in Farmington, Connecticut, at the age of 94. Edmunds spent his life perfecting the science of measurement by developing and advancing numerous measurement products used throughout many industries.
Born in Loudon, New…
The Modal Shop
(The Modal Shop Inc.: Cincinnati) -- The Modal Shop Inc. offers a simple, three-step-process to assess the benefits of using market-leading resonant inspection nondestructive test resonant acoustic method (NDT-RAM) systems. Resonant inspection systems are an effective solution for monitoring…
