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The financial services sector has been a laggard in adopting lean tools and practices, perhaps because of their manufacturing origins. But those attitudes are slowly changing. As more banks discover the benefits of lean operations—such as lower costs, fewer errors, faster cycle times and far…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: New York) -- In Quality Management: Theory and Application (CRC Press, 2009), author Peter D. Mauch, Ph. D., demonstrates the necessity of quality as a sustained management activity.
Divided into five sections, the book covers staffing, motivation, control, planning, and…
Plex Systems Inc.
(Plex Systems Inc.: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, the No. 1 rated manufacturing ERP software, recently announced that PowerPlex 2010, the company’s annual user conference, will take place May 17–19 at the Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Michigan. The event convenes…
Keyence Corp.
(Keyence Corp. of America: Woodcliff Lake, NJ) -- The new IM-6000 Series is a revolutionary step forward in the field of high-precision dimensional inspection. Innovative pattern registration and pattern search functions provide simplified “place and press” measurement operation. The IM-6000…
Michael Jovanis
Quality and IT executives alike face increasing pressure to implement technological solutions that allow the highest level of holistic control and oversight concerning the quality of their operations. This pressure is compounded by the current economic climate in which companies face constant…
Denis Leonard
Whether it’s employee or customer satisfaction, or product and service quality issues, do you really know what’s happening in your organization? What are you currently doing, or being directed to do, that doesn’t make sense and makes you feel like you are going around in circles? Yet these are…
InfinityQS
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International, the leading provider of statistical process control (SPC) software, recently announced that Shearer’s Foods, the home of Shearer’s award-winning snacks, has implemented ProFicient 4 to monitor and control manufacturing processes. Shearer’s…
Productivity Press
(Productivity Press: New York) -- Mr. Lean Buys and Transforms a Manufacturing Company: The True Story of Profitably Growing an Organization with Lean Principles (Productivity Press, available Dec. 21, 2009) is the real experience of how, armed with only lean improvement methodologies, a…
Intertek
(Intertek: Houston) -- You’re shopping for a holiday gift, and you check the packaging to see if it’s eco friendly. How can you tell if the product really is green when it’s labeled “100% recycled,” “biodegradable,” or “environmentally friendly”?
The truth is, it can be hard to tell. As demand…
AMETEK
(Ametek Calibration Instruments: Largo, FL) -- AMETEK Calibration Instruments has introduced a new generation of hand-held pressure calibrators designed to meet high accuracy pressure calibration applications. The JOFRA HPC500 and HPC502 calibrators combine deadweight tester accuracy in a modern…
Gain sharing and lean Six Sigma are highly complementary systems that are mutually reinforcing. While both efforts are excellent by themselves in improving productivity, quality, and a variety of other measures, they are much more powerful together. Both systems are based on the principles of…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is offering an opportunity to continue professional growth with two new free on-demand webinars. The webinars titled “Quality in Outsourcing” and “Improving Supply Chain Management,” are available for downloading in the manufacturing…
CyberMetrics Corp.
(Cybermetrics: Phoenix) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines validation as “establishing documented evidence which provides a high degree of assurance that a specific process will consistently produce a product meeting its predetermined specification and quality attributes.”…
Stewart Anderson
The 5 Whys is a well-known root cause analysis technique that originated at Toyota and has been adopted by many other organizations that have implemented lean manufacturing principles. Unlike more sophisticated problem-solving techniques, the 5 Whys doesn’t involve data segmentation, hypothesis…
Louis Sirico
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hen a lift-truck operator moves something, they typically have to do at least three manual points of data entry, either by bar-code scan or keyboard. Rush Tracking Systems claims
Lean Manufacturing Concepts:
• Eliminating waste due to misplacement, mis-ships• Minimized movement of WIP•…
Paton Professional
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- When it comes to customer satisfaction, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy have been quietly kicking Santa Claus’ rear end. Surprised but determined to make changes, Santa and his elite Elf Council have rallied together to get ahead of the curve and reclaim his…
Joe Calloway
Right now there are potential customers for your business trying to decide whether or not to choose you. Unfortunately, most of them can’t see much difference between you and your competition. You’ve all got good quality products or services. You all seem to have competent, helpful people. It all…
Solartron Metrology
(Solartron: Bognor Regis, England) -- Solartron Metrology has launched Wigauge wireless bore gauge (WBG)—the first in a new line of Bluetooth-enabled linear measurement and gauging systems.
The rugged, high-precision IP65 rated gauge is set to change the design of manufacturing workstations by…
Sogeti
(Sogeti: Dayton, OH) -- The Sogeti Group, a provider of technology consulting services including engineering services and PLM solutions, announced the release of a book on increasing profits through digital manufacturing and simulation. The book is a joint collaboration between Sogeti and Dassault…
Mettler-Toledo
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO was approached by a leading gelatin capsule manufacturer to optimize its capsule counting system. With expertise in hard gelatin capsules, this capsule manufacturer also produces a range of soft gel capsules in a wide variety of shapes, sizes,…
American National Standards Institute ANSI
(ANSI: New York) -- A limited number of seats are still available for the American National Standards Institute’s first-ever workshop on accreditation of certificate-issuing bodies. The Feb. 11–12 event will introduce the American National Standard ASTM E2659-09, "Standard Practice for Certificate…
The Pyzdek Institute
(The Pyzdek Institute: Tucson, AZ) — The Pyzdek Institute is currently offering Six Sigma Black Belt and Six Sigma Green Belt training at a substantial discount. If you act before the new year you will save $600 on Six Sigma Black Belt training, or $300 on Six Sigma Green Belt training.
With…
Airloc
(AirLoc: Franklin, MA) — Coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are subject to floor disturbances from nearby production equipment, such as stamping presses, and forklift traffic, which affect the measuring accuracy of these sensitive machines. AirLoc provides isolation pad systems for smaller CMMs…
Raissa Carey
Just as many industry sectors have been experiencing this year, the machine tools industry has seen a slow period in consumption and distribution of manufacturing technology.
Manufacturing technology consumption data is relevant because it provides a reliable economic indicator of how…
Delcam
(Delcam: Windsor, ON, Canada) -- Delcam International Inc., a global specialist supplier of machining software, will demonstrate its integrated CAM system for SolidWorks at the SolidWorks World 2010 exhibition to be held in Anaheim, California, Jan. 31 to Feb. 3. The initial version of Delcam for…
