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Steven Ouellette
Yesterday in “Blocking Out the Nuisance, Part One,” we saw the results of an experiment done by That Guy Over There that didn’t control for the environmental variable of humidity. There was a lot of variability in that experiment, so we didn’t see a whole lot of improvement to be made. I also…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The managerial practices that successfully drove industry for decades have become insufficient to support the rapidly changing business landscape. Companies around the world are being challenged to improve performance, reshape operations, and adapt swiftly to new…
Uson
(Uson: Houston) -- Quality engineers who use leak test instrumentation on production lines for inspecting seal integrity of products for accurate measurement of leaks or flow rates can now achieve both higher quality and more efficient operations through improved training offered free by Uson,…
Thomson Reuters
(Thomson Reuters: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Health care spending is 10-percent higher for hospital employees than it is for the general employee population, according to a recent study by the health care business of Thomson Reuters.
The gap is wider when employees’ dependents are factored in.…
SAE International
(SAE International: Troy, MI) -- A global group of aerospace companies has announced the formation of the International Aerospace Environmental Group (IAEG) to help develop understanding amongst the global aerospace industry of environmental requirements faced by the world’s supply chain.…
i-nexus
(i-nexus: Coventry, UK) -- Is nonvalue-added (NVA) activity draining your operational excellence resources? Are spreadsheets not as flexible and scalable as you need them to be? Do you need to find a more effective way to create the reports demanded by senior managers? The evidence is clear:…
The Un-Comfort Zone With Robert Wilson
A few years ago I was surfing the Internet on a Friday afternoon and discovered a contest asking amateurs to make TV commercials for a famous ketchup brand. The prize was several thousand dollars, and your commercial would actually run on television. Instantly I had an idea for a romantic…
Johns Hopkins University
A digital dumping ground lies inside most computers, a wasteland where old, rarely used, and unneeded files pile up. Such data can deplete precious storage space, bog down the system's efficiency, and sap its energy. Conventional rubbish trucks can't clear this invisible byte blight. But two…
Steven Ouellette
No, I am not writing about going, “Lalalalala! I can't hear you!” when someone is trying to tell you bad news. In the last couple of articles, we have been exploring how to properly perform research in industry. In this one, we will take a look at how you can handle variables in the real world that…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the joint technical committee (JTC) ISO/IEC JTC 1—“Information Technology” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) announced formal approval of a package of W3C web…
The Advisory Board Co.
In our current health care environment, hospitals face increasing urgency to strengthen relationships with physicians. Among the concerns are an aging population driving increased demand for health care (as well as a growing Medicare population), reimbursement reductions and changes, and…
Vickie L. Milazzo
In today’s world, we’re constantly sabotaged by nonproductive energy wasters. There are e-mails to read, Facebook statuses to update, receipts to locate for that already-late expense report, dishes to be washed, files to be organized, and on, and on, and on. These are the easy, albeit often…
Invensys Operations Management
(Invensys: Plano, TX) -- Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions, and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries, will host its annual series of international user and industry events. OpsManage 11, a…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) wishes to invite all interested parties to register for World Standards Week 2011 (WSW), to be held Oct. 11–14, 2011, in Washington, DC. Each year, WSW brings together members of the standards- and conformity-assessment…
IBM
(IBM: Armonk, NY) -- WellPoint Inc. and IBM announced an agreement to create the first commercial applications of the IBM Watson technology. Under the agreement, WellPoint will develop and launch Watson-based solutions to help improve patient care through the delivery of up-to-date, evidence-…
Leica Geosystems
(Leica Geosystems: Norcross, GA) -- Have you ever been on a site and said to yourself, “There has to be an easier way to collect scan data?” If the answer is yes, this educational webcast is an easy and quick way for you to learn how to do it. A lot of scanning professionals say the true “magic…
Association For Manufacturing Technology AMT
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- July 2011 U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $506.97 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA) and The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S.…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The fourth edition of the book, Integral Logistics Management: Operations and Supply Chain Management Within and Across Companies, by Paul Schönsleben (CRC Press, 2011) is the most complete resource for efficient operations, effective planning, and improving on…
Accelper Consulting
(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Adam Hecktman, Ann Kalayil, Braden Kelley, and Margarita Quihuis are keynote speakers at the 2011 Business Innovation Conference and Exhibition, dedicated to the vigorous exchange of ideas on business innovation and innovative thinking, to be held Oct.…
University Media Relations of the University of Nevada Reno
From the suffocating heat of Death Valley to the bone-chilling cold of Antarctica, scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, are leading the way in new, more precise methods of collecting important temperature data from around the world.
“It’s not just a thermometer anymore; we can take…
Pilgrim Quality Solutions
(Pilgrim Software: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a global provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management (ERCQM) software solutions, will be exhibiting at 2011 RAPS: The Regulatory Convergence, which is scheduled for Oct. 22–26, 2011. the event is presented by the…
GRAS Sound and Vibration
(G.R.A.S.: Twinsburg, OH) -- G.R.A.S. Sound & Vibration, a designer and global manufacturer of precision acoustic measurement solutions including microphones, preamplifiers, acoustic calibration equipment, and accessories, has announced the North American market introduction of the G.R.A.S…
The 21st century has brought about many changes for the U.S. Department of Defense that have affected all the military branches. The Air Force specifically has encountered a reduction of forces, base closures, and funding cuts to many of its programs. The message from the Department of Defense…
MoreSteam.com
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning support technologies, has released v. 6.0 of EngineRoom, its Microsoft Excel-based data analysis tool. This new version introduces expanded process-improvement tool functionality…
Honeywell
(Honeywell: Minneapolis) -- Honeywell, a global supplier of test and measurement sensor solutions, has introduced the TMS 9250 Torque Measurement System. Utilizing noncontact digital telemetry technology, the system is built to deliver unprecedented precision and performance.
The TMS 9250 is…
