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(Zeta Instruments: San Jose, CA) -- For more than a century, there has been lingering debate surrounding the health of Abraham Lincoln and whether his unusual height and the length of his limbs were indicative of a genetic disorder that would have eventually proven fatal had he not been…
(University at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY) -- University at Buffalo’s (UB) Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Blended Format course is a unique way to become a Green Belt. This hybrid course combines hours in the classroom with online learning that can take place anywhere, at any time. Green Belt training…
(Aven Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Precise, immediate measurement of parts is simplified with Aven’s new high-definition (HD) microscopy camera with built-in calibration software.
The 1.3-megapixel color inspection camera, one of two C-mount models introduced by the optical instruments manufacturer,…
(Hexagon Metrology: Cobham, United Kingdom) -- Hexagon Metrology, the world’s largest metrology group, has significantly enhanced its capabilities by entering into a commercial cooperation with GE Measurement & Control Solutions. This collaboration will see the first computed tomography system…
(Delcam North America: Salt Lake City, UT) -- Delcam Professional Services will promote its range of software and services for the aerospace industry at booth No. 1518 at this year’s Aero Def Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference to be held April 5–7 in Anaheim, California. A special focus…
(GBMP: Boston) -- The purpose of “The Dice Game: Gambling with Your Company” is to simply and easily illustrate the difference between “push” and “pull” processing using poker chips and dice.
In a push system, processes in the value stream are not well synchronized and the ability to satisfy…
(Yokogawa Test & Measurement: Tokyo) -- Yokogawa Meters & Instruments actively supports energy-saving efforts by offering customers a variety of products that enhance the measurement of power consumption and improve efficiency in the development and evaluation processes.
The WT1800…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts, and Manpower Professional have partnered to develop resources to guide organizations to create a strategic road map for social responsibility. This innovative approach calls…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities have the potential to enhance customer value in many ways, The Conference Board Inc. said in a recently published report.
“Investing in CSR to Enhance Customer Value,” the most recent installment in The Conference…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- During about 30 percent of all heart attacks, people experience no symptoms. However, unmistakable signs of the attack remain in the bloodstream for days. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers, working with Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH)…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In a paradox typical of the quantum world, scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have eliminated collisions between atoms in an atomic clock by packing the atoms…
President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins in October, includes funds to keep the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) ticking over, after a fashion, for another year. The $7.7 million currently on the table is less than the $9.9 million he requested and…
(SAE International: Warrendale, PA) -- Don’t miss this year’s SAE 2011 World Congress, to be held April 12–14 at the Cobo Center in Detroit.
This is the essential automotive technology event, which elicits not only enthusiasm but also willingness as a community to expand the industry’s knowledge…
(Appian: Reston, VA) -- Appian Corp., a global innovator in enterprise and cloud-based business process management (BPM) software, announces the the latest version of the Appian BPM Suite, a simple and powerful BPM platform for process improvement. The release delivers a new way to extend…
(GUARDUS Solutions AG: Ulm, Germany) -- With 300,000 revolutions per minute and temperatures up to 1,050°F, the exhaust gas turbochargers
of Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems (BMTS) glow red while performing their
function. To ensure that the maximum quality standards in these
conditions…
(Insite Solutions LLC: Wake Forest, NC) -- Because OSHA requires that industrial floors be clearly marked, most facilities use paint to mark lines on the floors. However, painting lines is a messy, time-consuming process that requires the shutdown of work in the area being painted.…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global not-for-profit association of 22,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, released the GAMP Good Practice Guide: A Risk-Based Approach to GxP Process Control Systems…
(SmartDraw Software: San Diego) -- SmartDraw Software LLC has announced a new solution for businesses that want to capture their most valuable asset: the knowledge of employees and the processes they perform.
Visual process management (VPM) leverages SmartDraw VP, the world’s first visual…
(AIIM: Silver Spring, MD) -- Document capture has been around for awhile. But if you want to use it to its fullest, you need to attend the webinar Already Tried Capture and Expecting More? Production Imaging to the Rescue. The webinar will be held on February 23, from 2–3 p.m. Eastern Time.…
(International Organization for Standardization: Geneva) -- International standards could help reduce the dangers of “driver distraction”—caused by using mobile phones and other communication equipment at the wheel—which can have lethal consequences.
“Managing driver distraction”…
(Bruker Corp.: Tucson, AZ) -- Bruker Corp. has launched the NPFLEX-LA, the first noncontact, 3-D surface metrology system to provide quantitative lead angle and surface-texture measurements for the controlling and reducing fluid leaks of rotary dynamic sealing surfaces.
The NPFLEX-LA combines…
(University at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY) -- Scheduled for March 8, 2011, this three-day, ISO 9001:2008 Internal Auditor Training course provides auditors with the skills necessary to perform process audits that result in findings for continual improvement. The training focuses on process performance…
(SAKOR Technologies Inc.: Okemos, MI) -- SAKOR Technologies Inc., a recognized leader in manufacturing instrumentation products for dynamometer testing, has introduced its Accudyne family of AC Motoring Dynamometers. The Accudyne offers an extremely flexible dynamometer system that is readily…
(PPT Vision: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION introduces 26 new IMPACT M-Series color cameras with dedicated color IMPACT software tools for sorting, monitoring, and identifying color objects. The IMPACT M-Series Embedded Vision System is one of the fastest and most robust factory automation…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget submitted to Congress for the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes a funding level of $1.001 billion, an 8.9-percent increase over the president’s FY 2011 budget request…
