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Joshua Zable
Optimizing inventory, like most problem-solving, requires a thoughtful process and a few steps. Naturally, the easiest way to prevent back orders is to always have a lot of inventory on hand. There are ramifications for not optimizing inventory, though. Overproducing and maintaining high inventory…
NIST
Here’s a pop quiz for cybersecurity pros: Does your security team consider your organization’s employees to be your allies or your enemies? Do they think employees are the weakest link in the security chain? Let’s put that last one more broadly and bluntly: Does your team assume users are clueless…
(Key Technology Inc.: Walla Walla, WA) -- Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, is exhibiting its VERYX optical sorter and Zephyr horizontal-motion conveyor along with its other equipment in Hall 6/B73 at Interpack in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 4–10, 2023.
“Food…
(Fictiv: San Francisco) -- Fictiv, an operating system for custom manufacturing, today announced the addition of 10 new 3D printing materials to its online quoting platform to address more-advanced prototyping needs. All of these new materials can be instantly quoted for dynamic pricing and lead…
Leslie Bloom
Our country has proven to be a place where workers who are skilled with their hands (and have a head for all things mechanical) can flourish, even during difficult times.
The value of resilience has been etched into the soul of our most famous products: • Thomas Edison’s phonograph in 1877 • Henry…
Adam Zewe
Inspired by the human finger, MIT researchers have developed a robotic hand that uses high-resolution touch sensing to accurately identify an object after grasping it just one time.
Many robotic hands pack all their powerful sensors into the fingertips, so an object must be in full contact with…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new—and sound—way to accurately measure the rate at which gas flows in and out of a vessel. The technique, which uses acoustic waves to determine the average temperature of the gas…
Mark Hembree
Does this sound familiar? “Welcome to [insert company name here], the [corporate slogan or superlative]. All of our agents are busy serving other customers. Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line for the next available agent. Your call will be answered in the order in which it was…
(Teledyne: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) -- Teledyne has announced that its Sapera Vision Software Edition 2023-03 is now available. Teledyne DALSA’s Sapera Vision Software provides field-proven image acquisition, control, image processing, and artificial intelligence functions to design, develop, and…
Manufacturing Automation Systems LLC
In today’s global manufacturing markets, the need for accurate measurement has moved well beyond micrometers, gauges, and calipers. That’s why manufacturers are replacing manual metrology tools with fully automated systems. But what is automated metrology?
Automated metrology, sometimes called 3D…
(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs, a global leader in measurement, inspection, and test technologies, has introduced a universal device that makes the calibration and validation of leak-testing equipment both simpler and more accurate than offline methods.
Porosity, cracks, leaky gaskets, and…
(InnovMetric: Quebec City, Canada) -- InnovMetric, an independent software development company that empowers manufacturers of every size to digitally transform their 3D measurement processes, announces the launch of PolyWorks 2023. This new release expands the PolyWorks universal 3D metrology…
Rip Stauffer
A couple of years ago, my wife decided to surprise me by taking me over to our local Tesla dealership so I could test drive a Tesla. We put a deposit down to hold our place in line, and two months later took delivery of a Model Y Performance. I loved everything about it, took everyone who asked…
Jan Irzyk
(ANCA: Melbourne, Australia) -- The tool manufacturing industry embraces automation solutions at an unprecedented pace. This is a worldwide trend driven by several factors, such as labor shortage, increasing labor costs, the need for maximizing uptime, the push for 24/7 machine availability, and…
Matt Fieldman, Blair Milo
I’m ashamed to say that I’ve only been to Indiana once—for a fun weekend in Indianapolis. I will say that its Children’s Museum is truly world-class, and it was great going duckpin bowling for the first time.
Though I haven’t taken full advantage of Indiana as a tourist destination (yet!), as a…
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata Inc., a leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announced the publication of an e-book, BOM-Driven Digital Mock-Up.
Digital Mock-Up (DMU) is a construct that provides the virtual 3D description of a product throughout its life cycle…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Autonomous Systems group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is in high demand as it incorporates remote sensing into projects needing a bird’s-eye perspective. When it comes to collecting data for environmental and national security research, the team sends its…
William A. Levinson
I wrote previously1 that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics are often dysfunctional because they prioritize the wrong things and thus deliver the wrong results.
The recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) despite SVB Financial Group’s “medium” (at the time) ESG risk rating…
Scott A. Snyder
Recently, ESG has become a main topic of shareholders, boards, and C-suites. Billions in capital have been deployed through Impact or ESG-rated funds. Ninety percent of S&P 500 companies now have ESG strategies, and ESG mentions grew more than 300 percent in investor briefings. Major indices…
(AMETEK MOCON: Brooklyn Park, MN) -- AMETEK MOCON’S new mid-capacity gas mixer, the Dansensor MAP Mix Focus, uses an electronic mixing principle to mix food-grade MAP gases accurately and reliably.
“By adding this new midrange electronic gas mixer to our mixer portfolio, we can now provide…
Bob Ferrone
Quality and sustainability are two critical aspects of modern business operations that are closely intertwined. While quality refers to the level of excellence or standard achieved in a product or service, sustainability relates to the ability to maintain or improve that quality over time while…
(MasterMover: Charlotte, NC) -- MasterMover, the world’s leading manufacturer of electric tug and tow solutions, announces a new partnership with vehicle automation leader BlueBotics to provide best-in-class ANT navigation technologies for MasterMover’s range of automated guided vehicles (AGVs).…
Etienne Nichols
I have a bold opinion: The corrective and preventive action (CAPA) process is the second-most important component of your quality management system (QMS). (If you want to know what I think is No. 1, shoot me an email.) As you build medical devices, a well-defined CAPA program provides a framework…
Michael Oullette
(Siemens: Munich) -- Siemens has launched a new Intralogistics vertical to bring material-handling thought leadership, hardware automation, software, and service solutions to its U.S. customers.
The company leverages its broad technology to address digital transformation, cybersecurity, safety,…
Gleb Tsipursky
A recent study at the University of Birmingham, which surveyed 597 managers, has shed light on how managers’ attitudes toward the hybrid work model have changed as a result of the pandemic. Surprisingly, the findings reveal an increasingly positive outlook on the benefits of remote and flexible…
