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DNV
(DNV: Houston) -- A study being conducted by Michigan State University (MSU) on behalf of DNV finds that U.S. consumers are highly aware of food safety issues and they have high recognition of third-party certification as an effective signal of food safety assurance. The consumers strongly prefer…
Sparta Systems Inc.
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- Sparta Systems Inc., the maker of TrackWise software and a provider of enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, has announced that a significant percentage of medical device companies currently submitting “high-volume” reports, leverage its TrackWise…
Mike Micklewright
Nearly 30 years ago, W. Edwards Deming gave us his 14 Points for Management regarding how Western management must change. His 11th point was actually two points:
11a) Eliminate work standards (quotas) on the factory floor. Substitute leadership.
11b) Eliminate management by objective.…
Akhilesh Gulati
Toyota’s name has been plastered in the headlines providing it the publicity no organization would wish for.
Historically, Toyota had achieved a global reputation for the production of very high quality vehicles. The Toyota Production System, or the Toyota Way, is being taught, learned, and…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) — The American Society for Quality (ASQ) will present three Distinguished Service Medals and 10 Society Medals and Awards during its annual World Conference on Quality and Improvement in St. Louis, Missouri. The recipients are recognized for their innovative contributions and…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- Any organization may claim to have developed a standard, but “not all standards are created equal,” according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in a new brochure clarifying the distinctions between international standards of the type developed by the ISO…
Bill Kalmar
One of the elements of a successful community is a strong school system. Real estate brokers will always discuss the educational resources in a community when showing homes to prospective buyers. There should be no argument that schools are the lifeblood of any community.
During the last…
(Luxo: Elmsford, NY) -- Luxo announces their new Microscope Inspection Digital Application System (MIDAS), a universally-positionable digital hand-held inspection system that provides a versatile way of viewing, capturing, and documenting images from any direction or angle.
MIDAS features a…
Flow Dynamics Inc.
(Flow Dynamics: Scottsdale, AZ) — Flow Dynamics Inc., a provider of primary standard, NIST-traceable calibrations for all types of flowmeters, has expanded its Scottsdale, Arizona, flow laboratory to ensure high quality calibration services with the industry’s quickest turnaround time.
The…
Cognex Corp.
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Images are created when light reflects into the camera; therefore, lighting is an important step to a good image. High-quality images are paramount when using machine vision for your automation and inspection needs.
If you need to learn more about how to get started…
(Sensor Products: Madison, NJ) -- Interactive exhibits make learning science fun. One such exhibit, “Under Pressure,” demonstrates how pressure between the body and a contacting object—such as a chair—can create pressure points and strain. Sensor Products Inc., an innovator in the field, donated…
Wiley
(John Wiley & Sons Inc.: Hoboken, NJ) -- Key performance indicators (KPIs), while commonly used around the world, have never been clearly defined, until now. Management personnel identified measures as KPIs although these measures never have been true KPIs.
Key performance indicators…
Capture 3D
(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D announces their fourth biannual Users Group Conference and 3D Metrology Workshop to be held Oct. 6–7, in Newport Beach, California, with an optional welcome cocktail reception on Oct. 5.
Capture 3D is continually supporting and helping companies reach…
CyberMetrics Corp.
(CyberMetrics: Phoenix) -- CyberMetrics Corp. has announced that it has released FaciliWorks 8i version 8.6 with the new FaciliWorks Calibration Manager module for its FaciliWorks 8i Enterprise Asset Management family of server and web-based management solutions.
FaciliWorks 8i version 8.6…
Denise Robitaille
Ok, men. Leave the room.
Today, I want to discuss fulfilling customer requirements as they relate to one particular product: The bra. For those men who’ve not heeded the warning to leave, you may, by the end of this article have discovered, one of the perennial reasons for your spouse’s…
(MAG: Erlanger, KY) -- MAG, a global machine tool and systems company, introduces industry’s fastest volumetric error compensation (VEC) system capable of analyzing and correcting positioning errors in all machine-tool axes simultaneously to achieve machining accuracies never before possible on…
How a country copes with a brutal economy depends in no small part on how well its people maintain their confidence in their own personal financial future. Will consumers be confident enough to spend? Will investors be confident enough to buy? Will employers be confident enough to hire?…
Oriel STAT A MATRIX
After years of focusing on the pharmaceutical industry and establishing better controls for reviewing the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products prior to approval, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now directing its attention to the medical device industry.
On Feb. 18, the FDA…
(Palisade Corp.: Ithaca, NY) — In a major step forward for decision making and risk analysis in international businesses, Palisade Corp. has released its popular DecisonTools Suite software in five foreign languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Japanese. Having just celebrated its…
The Pitbull Clamp
(The Pitbull Clamp Co. Inc.: Boylston, MA) -- As quality control inspectors, you may be measured on contributions you make to improve your inspection process. Be the first to introduce this brand new line of inspection work holding designed with “lean” principles in mind.
The Pitbull Clamp Co…
UBM Canon
(Canon Communications: Los Angeles) -- Canon Communications announces that in 2010 it will launch three DesignMed events dedicated to the constantly evolving and highly innovative medical electronic imaging, diagnostics, and interventional device industry sectors. Electronics Design News (…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- As time runs out for businesses currently registered to ISO 9001:2000 to make the transition and become registered to the ISO 9001:2008 quality management system, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) is offering a free webinar to help make the transition easier. “ISO 9001:…
Tim McMahon
A management system is the framework of processes and procedures used to ensure that an organization can fulfill all tasks required to achieve its objectives. A lean management system consists of the discipline, daily practices, and tools that you need to establish and maintain a persistent,…
Steve Moore
The following words of an anonymous poet as he (or she) immortalized the lessons from Deming’s funnel experiment.
“Tamper, tamper is the game, try to make all the same. Squeak and tweak it every day, off we go to the Milky Way.”
—Anonymous
I offer a corollary that may help…
ADCOLE Corp.
(ADCOLE Corp.: Marlborough, MA) -- A new software option for their camshaft measuring machines, which can measure axial profile across the industry’s newer cam lobes, and have become narrower and produced with tighter grinding tolerances, is being introduced by ADCOLE Corp. of Marlborough,…