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(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a provider of portable 3-D measurement and imaging solutions, and Airbus, one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers, have signed a five-year agreement for FARO to be a key supplier of laser trackers and measurement…
(IQPC: New York) -- IQPC Exchange is pleased to announce that the 2010 Business Process Excellence in Financial Services Exchange will take place September 21–22 at the Hilton Tower Bridge, London.
The sixth annual Exchange is designed purely for senior executives leading process excellence,…
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc. invites you to attend a live online demonstration on model-based definition (MBD) technology titled “Model Based Definition in the Manufacturing Enterprise.” Attend this webinar on June 17, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. PDT and witness how implementing MBD will…
(High Technology Seminars: Cold Spring, NY) -- High Technology Seminars will present a seminar in human error prevention Oct. 26–27 in San Antonio. Anyone whose objective is to improve productivity, safety, and quality will benefit from this two-day event. The principles and practices of human…
(Cambridge Viscosity Inc.: Medford, MA) -- A full line of lab and process viscometers that offer faster throughput with a new standard for all aspects of oil processing, product manufacturing, and control are available from Cambridge Viscosity Inc.
Cambridge viscometers, used for laboratory…
(QAI LLC: Indianapolis) -- Realizing that companies must lower costs in all areas, national quality training provider QAI LLC is introducing an instructional video series, which provides the most critical ISO standards certification tools to help individual employees support the ISO standards…
(Quality Assurance Solutions: Camarillo, CA) -- Quality Assurance Solutions announces the release of Snap Sampling Plans! software for establishing sampling plans for inspection quality control. Every manufacturing company needs to inspect product to ensure it meets requirements. The inspection…
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is informing all stakeholders that ISO 50001—“Energy management systems—Requirements with guidance for use,” a standards development initiative of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has been recently…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Eighty-three organizations are in the running for the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence through innovation and improvement. Applicants include three manufacturers, two service…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- A valuable tool for establishing and maintaining system reliability, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) has proven to be effective in reducing unscheduled downtime for companies around the world. So much so that OEE is quickly becoming a requirement for improving…
(Methods Machine Tools Inc.: Sudbury, MA) -- Methods Machine Tools Inc., a supplier of innovative precision machine tools, has announced that it is the exclusive distributor of New VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparators throughout North America. These digital optical comparators, developed by…
(Spar Point Research LLC: Danvers, MA) -- Spar Point Research LLC invites presentation abstracts for the SPAR Europe 2010 conference, which will be combined with Plant-Tech 2010, Dec. 7–8, at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center. Deadline for abstracts is Friday, July 2.
The conference focuses…
Nearly 30 years ago, Autodesk led the charge to bring computer-aided design (CAD) to the masses, winning over millions of users. Some of the company's success is attributable to engaging the hearts and minds of entrepreneurial, third-party developers who built software businesses on top of the…
(APICS: Chicago) -- The 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo, “Excellence in the New Normal,” sponsored by APICS (The Association for Operations Management), is the highest quality educational experience for professionals in supply chain and operations management. Due to the spring…
(API: Rockville, MD) -- Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully deployed the Volumetric Error Compensation (VEC) service from Automated Precision Inc. (API) to achieve higher accuracies on its large volume machine tools. Seeking greater machine-tool accuracy for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter…
(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) --Fluke Corp., a global provider of electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the new Fluke 5080A calibrator, engineered to accurately and easily calibrate analog and digital test instruments. International quality standards such as ISO 9001, as well as…
(Destination CRM: New York) -- Customer relationship management (CRM) is a companywide business strategy designed to reduce costs and increase profitability by solidifying customer satisfaction, loyalty, and advocacy. True CRM brings together information from all data sources within an…
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- With the latest version of its standard measuring software CALYPSO, Carl Zeiss offers additional functions with outstanding properties for users of measuring technology. CALYPSO 5.0 further improves measuring efficiency, whether it's generating measuring plans…
(Devista: Amstelveen, The Netherlands) -- Devista released Teamwork Planner 2.0, its Gantt chart planning tool for Windows XP and Vista 7. Teamwork Planner targets project managers of teams of two to 12 people and replaces the spreadsheets that many project managers use to do their planning.…
(Keithley Instruments Inc.: Cleveland) -- Many people need to make electrical measurements but are not necessarily experts in that field. Countless applications such as current, voltage, resistivity, and temperature often require measurements to a quality level that is not easily achievable.…
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- Carl Zeiss presents CALIGO, the new measuring software specially developed for car-body parts and free-form surfaces. Its optically impressive design and clearly structured interface make this measuring software very intuitive. Modular system architecture…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Filling a gap in current Bayesian theory, Murray Aitkin’s Statistical Inference: An Integrated Bayesian/Likelihood Approach (CRC Press, 2010) presents a unified Bayesian treatment of parameter inference and model comparisons that can be used with simple diffuse…
(Spectronics Corp.: Westbury, NY) -- The Spectroline FC-150 ultrahigh intensity UV inspection lamp has a built-in fan that reduces operating temperatures and prevents the lamp from becoming too hot to handle. This ensures greater comfort and safety for nondestructive testing (NDT) inspectors.…
(DrScore.com: Winston-Salem, NC) -- Patients’ interest in directing their own health care, combined with increasing comfort using online sources to seek and share information, are reasons why the physician-rating website DrScore.com has experienced a dramatic increase in traffic and physician…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The 2010 Baldrige Regional Conferences are set for Sept. 14 in Newport Beach, California, at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa; and Sept. 28 in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs. The conferences will showcase the best practices of 12 or…
