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Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has announced the speaker line-up for the RAPID 2012 Conference and Exposition to be held May 22–25, 2012, in Atlanta. Keynote presentations, conference sessions, technical briefings, workshops, tours, the 3-D printing art gallery…
RheoSense Inc.
(RheoSense: San Ramon, CA) -- RheoSense Inc., designer and manufacturer of analytical instruments and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor technology, has developed a viscosity test protocol for its m‑VROC viscometer that achieves viscosity measurement using only 20 µl (microliter) of…
Fluke Corp.
(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Calibration, a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software, has introduced version 8.0 of its MET/CAL Plus calibration management software, the latest edition of the application suite for calibration professionals who need to automate the calibration…
Paul Naysmith
The menu has folded out into four sections. Each page has a picture next to the delicious option; however, I know the server will be taking the menu away from me after I’ve placed my order. I’m pondering how I can confirm that my order is the same as the picture. Perhaps I should ask if they have a…
Newage Testing Instruments
(Newage Testing Instruments: Feasterville, PA) -- All Brinell optical scanning system (BOSS) units from Newage Testing Instruments now feature a USB connection as standard. This addition allows the field-proven units to be used with any desktop, laptop, or tablet-style PC while maintaining the…
Bill Kalmar
Novelist Rose Tremain is quoted as saying, “Life is not a dress rehearsal.” Accordingly, there are no second rounds. We get one chance—one moment—and there is no looking back at what could have been. Sounds pretty depressing, doesn’t it? But what if you could go back with the knowledge of what went…
Jeremy Kingsley
Lack of loyalty is a serious problem in organizations everywhere today. No longer do people join a company and devote the rest of their working lives to it. But neither are companies exactly known for offering up 30 or 40 years of employment, along with a gold watch and pension plan.
Times have…
Tripp Babbitt
I don’t know how much is spent on the benchmarking industry, but companies and governments seem to spend an awful lot on it. The idea of benchmarking seems plausible enough—compare your organization against competitors, and voilá… you can provide many years’ worth of projects and plans to bridge…
Jossey-Bass
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- Attend this online conference series of five interactive sessions and find out how to drive organizational value by transforming the practice of management and the role of the manager. Presenters include London Business School professor Julian Birkinshaw, University…
AICON 3D Systems
(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- AICON 3D Systems GmbH, specialists in photogrammetry for industrial 3-D measurements, has opened an office in Plymouth, Michigan to support its expanding operations in North America. Headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, AICON 3D Systems has regional offices in…
Nikon Metrology Inc.
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology has introduced a significant update and redesign of its website. The redesign gives users a faster and more customized way to find the information that they need. Users will be given the option of looking up information either by specific product…
Wasp Barcode Technologies
(Wasp: New York) -- Wasp Barcode Technologies, a leading provider of small business productivity solutions, has released the WWS450 2D barcode scanner with base, and the DT10 mobile computer. Designed specifically for small business owners, both products offer ease of use with fast and accurate…
Carltex Inc.
(Carltex: Nyack, NY) -- Carltex Inc. has introduced a new line of Microscope LCD Digital Tablet/Cameras that are ideal for any microscope that is used in education, industry, medical, and research and development applications.
Available in 2.0 MP (BLC-200) and 5.0 MP (BLC-500) resolutions, these…
Donald J. Wheeler
The objective of all improvement projects should be to improve the effectiveness, or the efficiency, of the core processes. Everything else should be secondary to this objective. If you improve the efficiency of a support process, or even a portion of the core process, but at the same time lower…
PAS Technology
(PAS Technology: Cresskill, NJ) -- PAS Technology, a leader in coordinate measuring machine (CMM) inspection automation, has released the Inspection Lifecycle Management (ILM) suite, empowering manufacturers to establish a complete, automated inspection process from a CAD model to trusted…
The Pyzdek Institute
(Pyzdek Institute: Tucson, AZ) -- No matter what your knowledge of lean Six Sigma, come join author Thomas Pyzdek and Master Black Belts Peter Bersbach and Larry Dyer in a one-hour lively discussion on “11 Ways to Sink Your Six Sigma Project,” at 11 a.m. EST on Feb. 1, 2012. This event is at no…
Indicate Technologies
(Indicate Technologies: Santa Clara, CA) -- Each person in your organization plays a part in the delivery of precision mechanical components at the best price. From the executive boardroom to the manufacturing floor, the most efficient communication occurs when each player speaks and understands…
Photron USA
(Photron: San Diego) -- Photron Inc., a global manufacturer of high-speed imaging systems and image-analysis software, has introduced the ultra-high-speed, high-resolution camera system, the Fastcam IS-1M. The 312 × 260 pixel resolution ISIS (in-situ image storage) CCD sensor system is designed to…
Jim Frost
If you combine tough economic times with a presidential election year, you get a heightened interest in how the economy is changing. Is it growing faster or slowing down? Unsurprisingly, there are many contradictory predictions about what will happen over the longer term. You’ll find countless TV…
Jim Frost
This is part two in a three-part series where we assess what information we can obtain from the various estimates of quarterly GDP growth using statistical analysis and a control chart. Read part one here, and part three here.
An I-MR chart comprises two plots, the individuals (I) chart on the top…
Dale Hallerberg
There are substantial changes in the third edition of IEC 60601-1, and understanding all aspects of them is the key to turning the standard into a benefit for medical-device manufacturers.
This article explains the philosophy behind the major changes in the standard, how these changes will affect…
Jossey-Bass
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- For 20 years, the Great Place to Work Institute has been compiling annual rankings of the best companies to work for in 38 countries. In the United States, the institute produces The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America. One of the key characteristics of any…
Lean Enterprise Institute
(Lean Enterprise Institute: Cambridge, MA) -- Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream, a workbook published by the Lean Enterprise Institute on how to apply lean principles to supply chains and logistics, has won a 2012 Shingo Research and Professional Publications Award.
Authors Robert Martichenko and…
SAE International
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- SAE International and Nissan Americas have unveiled the newest component of SAE International’s A World in Motion (AWIM) program during the North American International Auto Show, which took place Jan. 9–22, 2012, at the Cobo Center in Detroit.
SAE International and…
Davis Balestracci
As I’m sure most of you have discovered, transformation is not a linear, predictable process. People have insights and breakthroughs in fits and starts, and growth is full of individual, inner personal transformational phenomena. This process can be seriously compromised by traditional attempts to…
