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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The 25th anniversary year of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will see 39 organizations vying for the honor of becoming an award recipient. Applicants for the Baldrige Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence through…
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published an international standard addressing business continuity management to help organizations in both public and private sectors become more resilient.
ISO 22301:2012—“Societal security—Business continuity management systems—…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has released the latest volume in the Product Quality Lifecycle Implementation (PQLI) series, Change Management System as a Key Element of a Pharmaceutical Quality System. The guide, which is part three of the PQLI…
(Creaform: Lévis, Québec) -- Creaform, a leader in portable 3-D measurement solutions and 3-D engineering services, has unveiled its redesigned and optimized website, as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. The new website has been aligned with Creaform’s revitalized visual identity and will…
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- Social Business by Design: Transformative Social Media Strategies for the Connected Company, by Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim (Jossey-Bass, 2012), is the definitive management book on how to rethink the modern organization in the social media era. Based on…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- H. James Harrington was honored by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) when it presented him with the Ishikawa Medal on May 20, 2012. He was selected to receive the medal in recognition of his many contributions in promoting the understanding of process improvement and…
(National Instruments: Austin, TX) -- Experience NIWeek, August 6–9, 2012, is the 18th annual global conference and exhibition on graphical system design from National Instruments (NI), developer of software and hardware solutions for engineering. Join more than 3,000 decision makers from…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- In many testing laboratories, it can be necessary to qualify a new test method, instrument, or the lab itself with respect to one or more performance characteristics. One such characteristic is bias, or mutual agreement of average test results run on the same…
(Qualitest: Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- The 2000kN Universal Testing Machine, Q2000, by Qualitest, a developer and manufacturer of high-technology testing products and solutions, is fully loaded with many advanced technical features and state-of-the-art design. It meets the highest demands for quality…
(UL: Northbrook, IL) -- UL Knowledge Services, a business unit of Underwriters Laboratory (UL) and an authorized educational partner of The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, is offering a two-day workshop on the Shingo model and the principles behind the Shingo Prize philosophy and approach…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- For almost every sensationalized media report of product failure, a closer look often determines these failures occurred due to inadequate reliability theory and methodology. Current theories and practices cannot solve these problems, mainly because test…
(GDO: Eygelshoven, Netherlands) -- GDO BV is a designer and builder of production automation and visual inspection systems based in The Netherlands. In 2007 a major European stent manufacturer came to GDO with a request: Could the company develop a system to automate stent inspection?
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(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex, the a global supplier of machine vision systems, has released SensorView 2, a smart display for Checker machine vision sensors. With SensorView 2, production engineers can fully configure, test, and monitor Checker 4G vision sensors without a PC being required at any…
(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has introduced the Type 4550A KiTorq system, designed to add greater measurement flexibility of the highly dynamic torque…
(DCS: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems (DCS), a provider of quality management software solutions and consulting services, has announced that DCS vice president Donald Jasurda will address product design and manufacturing professionals at the 2012 International Forum on DFMA. The event will…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On Thurs., May 24, 2012, the Obama Administration announced a $26 million federal funding opportunity for the multiagency Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge. The National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension…
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- For managers and business leaders who want to enhance performance, Engaged: Unleashing Your Organization's Potential Through Employee Engagement, by Linda Holbeche and Geoffrey Matthews (Jossey-Bass, 2012), is an easy-to-use guide offering real solutions for getting…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- There is a secret inside health care, and it’s this: We can do health care for a lot less money. The only way to do that is to do it a lot better. We know it’s possible because it is happening now. In pockets and branches across health care, people are…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp., a global leader in industrial ID, has added liquid lens optics for the DataMan 300 series of fixed-mount barcode readers. The new accessory allows any DataMan 300 reader to be easily upgraded from fixed focus to autofocus. Liquid lens variable autofocus…
(Capture 3D: Farmington Hills, MI) -- The ATOS ScanBox from Capture 3D, manufacturer and provider of the services of 3-D industrial measurement solutions, is an innovative optical measuring system for 3-D coordinate measurement that offers a comparable investment volume to traditional coordinate…
(IMEC: Peoria, IL) -- The Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center (IMEC) is launching a lean Six Sigma Green Belt training series beginning on June 8, 2012, in southern Illinois. The series is designed to help small and midsized manufacturers learn how to integrate concepts of lean and Six Sigma to…
For the better part of five decades, commercial access to space has been limited by the high cost of flight operations. However, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has rewritten the rules by adopting a new business model and cutting-edge technologies to enhance reliability and reduce the…
(TÜV SÜD: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America now provides Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Formed in 1993, the FSC is an independent, nonprofit organization tasked with promoting responsible and sustainable foresting…
(Setra Systems: Boxborough, MA) -- With more than 20 years of successful field-proven experience, Bios International Corp. (Bios), a designer and manufacturer of flow calibration products equipment and solutions for primary gas flow measurement, and a recently acquired division of Mesa Laboratories…
(Taylor Hobson: West Chicago, IL) -- Taylor Hobson, a global leader in ultraprecision measurement instrumentation, plans to unveil the latest addition to its line of autocollimators at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) at Chicago’s McCormick Place, Sept. 10–15, 2012.
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