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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and partner organizations of the federal interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) are sponsoring the second in a series of regional public workshops to gather ideas and suggestions on the…
In today’s manufacturing plants, the division of labor between humans and robots is quite clear: Large, automated robots are typically cordoned off in metal cages, manipulating heavy machinery and performing repetitive tasks, while humans work in less hazardous areas on jobs requiring finer detail…
(GBMP: Boston, MA) -- The Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership (GBMP), educational partner of The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, has released the agenda for the 8th annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference. This year’s theme is “Learning to Share,” emphasizing continuous improvement…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International Inc., a leading provider of real-time quality control software solutions, has announced that its 6th annual user conference, Infusion 2012, will be held Sept. 23-26, 2012, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Denver. The premier, three-day event will…
(FDA: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a long history of working with patients and patient advocates, beginning with the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Its interactions with patient groups have evolved since then, and the agency now works with patients representing a…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- On Wed., June 20, 2012, MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning technology, will sponsor the Houston Lean Six Sigma Professionals (HLSSP) first roundtable discussion event at the Westin Oaks in Houston, Texas from 5:30–7 p…
(DIS: Clinton Township, MI) -- Dynamic Intelligent Solutions (DIS) recently outfitted an automotive customer’s paint bake oven with ChamberCam, allowing the customer to obtain optical 3-D thermal expansion and displacement data of an aluminum roof while attached to a full-body vehicle during the…
Written by Masaaki Imai, the renowned quality management expert who introduced the concept of kaizen to the English-speaking world, this innovative guide is filled with hundreds of international gemba kaizen success stories and examples from a wide range of industries. These examples illustrate how…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- On Wed., June 20, 2012, MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning technology, will sponsor the Houston Lean Six Sigma Professionals (HLSSP) first round-table discussion event from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Westin Oaks in…
Competitive swimmers this summer can streamline performance thanks to Speedo’s revolutionary Fastskin Racing System, which was designed using engineering simulation software developed by ANSYS. When worn together as a complete system, a Fastskin suit, cap, and goggle can reduce full-body passive…
(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) is offering a course titled, “ISO 15189 and Accreditation” on Sept. 24–25, 2012, at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. This course will use lecture, discussion, and interactive exercises to assist you in understanding the…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- April U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $410.42 million, according to The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) program, was down 17.0 percent from March…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) just concluded its two-day current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) conference, which was co-sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Held June 4–5, 2012, in Baltimore, the conference met with…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Out of the Present Crisis: Rediscovering Improvement in the New Economy, by Terence T. Burton (Productivity Press, 2012) provides a rediscovered but practical view of improvement for readers across a wide range of industries—including CEOs and their executive…
(SGS: Rutherford, NJ) -- SGS North America has launched the PREP+ Program, which supports SGS clients through the precertification, certification, and post-certification processes for any standard that SGS is accredited to. The program has been created to simplify the implementation process and…
Chief information officers and IT leaders must address three key implications of the “post-PC” era, as workforces and consumers increasingly access IT applications and content through mobile devices, according to Gartner Inc., an information technology research and advisory company.
“The release…
(Spectronics: Westbury, New York) -- Spectronics Corp., manufacturer of UV, UV/blue, and LED products for inspection, testing, monitoring, diagnostics, has introduced the OPTI-LUX 365 Series UV-A (365 nm) LED flashlights, which are perfect for a wide variety of nondestructive testing (NDT)…
(Methods Machine Tools: Sudbury, MA) -- Methods Machine Tools, supplier of precision machine tools, automation, and machine tool accessories, has introduced the new 300 Series VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparators, developed by Vision X, based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada.
The 300 Series…
(5SToday.com: Lake Oswego, OR) -- 5SToday.com, which provides products and services relating to 5S, the Japanese process for minimizing errors and mistake-proofing, is offering customers a free 5S guide for the proper implementation of the process.
Frequently used for implementing and maintaining…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Design for Six Sigma in Product and Service Development: Applications and Case Studies (CRC Press, 2012), written by chapter authors, is edited by Elizabeth Cudney, Ph.D., and Sandra L. Furterer, Ph.D.
The book discusses how DFSS is linked to organizational…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- AIAG will release the results of a first-of-its-kind Global Quality Survey it is commissioning through J.D. Power and Associates at AIAG’s inaugural Quality Summit in September. The summit, “The Future of Quality: Performance Rules,” will feature keynote addresses by…
(Fischer: Windsor, CT) -- The MMS NICKELSCOPE, from Fischer Technology, a manufacturer of coating thickness measurement and materials testing instrumentation, is a multimeasurement system that uses the Hall Effect test method for nondestructive coating thickness measurement of electroplated nickel…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- In order to succeed in today’s increasingly competitive environment, corporations, companies, governments, and nonprofit organizations must be conversant with modern project management techniques. This is especially true for individuals looking to remain…
(KVH Industries: Middletown, RI) -- KVH Industries, designer and manufacturer of communication and sensor systems for mobile applications, has introduced the Series 1750 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), an advanced six-degrees-of-freedom sensor designed to integrate easily into the most demanding…
(Intergraph: Madison, AL ) -- Intergraph, developer and creator of industry-specific engineering and geospatial software, has released Validation, Transformation and Loading (VTL) 2012, a comprehensive SmartPlant Enterprise solution capable of managing data import from multiple sources. This…
