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William A. Levinson
There is a lot of controversy about whether energy-intensive businesses should make extraordinary efforts to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. Energy conservation measures such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) construction, regenerative…
FARO
(FARO Technologies: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, has announced that Paul Teutul Jr., owner of Paul Jr. Designs and star of the Discovery Channel’s American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior, will be appearing in the FARO…
Gartner
.Surviving as a 21st-century supply chain requires operating as a demand-driven value network, according to Gartner Inc., a leading IT research and advisory company. Orchestrating these value networks means supply-chain executives must understand and adopt best practices in selecting,…
Robert Sanville
Manufacturers realize that feature location in part design and production is crucial. To produce interchangeable parts in a manufacturing environment, the design must be sound enough to allow mating parts to work correctly. Furthermore, the industrial process must be robust enough to produce…
Mahr Inc.
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal Inc. employees took time out from their schedules to celebrate as their parent company Mahr Group celebrated its 150th birthday. Founded by Carl Mahr as a small family concern in Esslingen, Germany, on the Neckar River in 1861, the Mahr Group has…
FDA
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched two new pilot projects to enhance the agency’s and industry’s ability to trace products responsible for foodborne illness outbreaks.
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific society…
Strategy
(Booz & Co.: New York) -- While the debate over U.S. manufacturing competitiveness intensifies, a new study shows that the sector is at a critical moment where it could either prosper and help bring economic recovery, or decline to where the United States may never fully recover its…
AMETEK
(AMETEK: Berwyn, PA) -- Bluetooth communication and full-color displays are among the new features of a series of updated Chatillon digital force gauges introduced by AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments, developer and manufacturer of temperature sensors and calibration instruments for…
Creaform Inc.
(Creaform: Lévis, Canada) -- Creaform, a leader in portable 3-D optical measurement technologies, has unveiled its redesigned HandyPROBE arm-free and portable optical coordinate measuring machine (CMM) system.
In keeping with Creaform’s innovation philosophy, the HandyPROBE optical probing…
The Ohio State University
Drugs produced in offshore manufacturing plants—even those run by U.S. manufacturers—pose a greater quality risk than those prepared in the mainland United States, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that drugs produced at plants located in Puerto Rico that are owned and operated by U.S…
Miriam Boudreaux
So you have been in the quality world for many years. Admit it, you are the underdog. No matter if the whole company revolves around your statistics and process controls, you are not the operations manager, and neither are you the sales leader. You are the underdog. The rest of the company…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME: Las Vegas) -- The inaugural Interactive Manufacturing Experience (imX) summit on U.S. manufacturing will feature the first public address by newly appointed U.S. Chief Manufacturing Officer Michael Molnar, and panels led by industry experts from Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and a gala…
Accelper Consulting
(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Accelper Consulting, provider of training and consulting services in Six Sigma and business innovation, will be holding the next 2.5-day Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Certification session on Oct. 17–19, 2011, at the Illinois Institute of Technology…
Known for engaging employees to solve problems and achieve efficiencies, WorkOut is a process that relies on employees to identify and solve problems in less than 90 days. The tool was developed and gained popularity in the early days of Jack Welch’s tenure at General Electric during the 1980s…
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. has made available the entire line of Agilent laser calibration parts and accessories in its online store, www.HexagonStore.com. The Agilent Dynamic Calibrator laser calibration system is used to verify machine tool and coordinate…
Sparta Systems Inc.
(Sparta: Holmdel, NJ) -- With medical device companies continuing to grow their organizations globally and introduce new innovations in device design and development, more of these companies are seeking to centralize the management of vital quality and compliance processes, according to new…
Sandia National Laboratories
(Sandia National Laboratories: Albuquerque, NM) -- A matchbook-sized atomic clock 100 times smaller than its commercial predecessors has been created by a team of researchers at Symmetricom Inc., Draper Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories.
The portable Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC)—…
Gallup
No leader can be blamed for thinking how wonderful a week would be if it didn’t have any meetings—or any “I just need a minute” conversations in the hall or interruptions of any kind—basically, a week with a to-do list and without people. Wouldn’t that be a productive week?
Not really, says…
Bill Kalmar
As we approach the 10th anniversary of the event that changed our nation’s psyche forever, the “9-11 attack,” all of us have memories and recollections of where we were on that fateful day. For me, I was in my office at a local university. Shortly after 8:45 a.m. one of my associates came by my…
Donald J. Wheeler
The simplicity of the process behavior chart can be deceptive. This is because the simplicity of the charts is based on a completely different concept of data analysis than that which is used for the analysis of experimental data. When someone does not understand the conceptual basis for process…
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has announced a free live webinar on Enhanced PC-DMIS reporting scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT. Anyone looking for tips and ideas on how to more effectively use the built-in graphical reporting…
J.D. Power and Associates
(J.D. Power: Westlake Village, CA) -- Heavy-duty truck engine quality has improved from 2010, after technology changes related to emissions standards revisions caused a spike in engine-related problems during recent years, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Heavy-Duty Truck…
SAE International
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International’s Digital Library now includes e-books to bolster its collection of more than 175,000 technical papers, standards, and related publications from SAE International and other organizations.
SAE International’s…
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, has launched its Technology Test Drive Program to U.S.-based commercial and research and development (R&D) solar-industry companies.…
CSA Standards
(CSA: Toronto) -- CSA Standards, a leading standards-based solutions organization, has launched the CSA Registered Carbon Neutral Program. The program provides organizations and building owners with a credible, transparent process by which to declare their carbon neutrality and receive…
