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(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- These days, for many folks, the business section is becoming the first part of the newspaper that they read as the nation struggles to right its economy. And few, if any, other single businesses have made more headlines—or have had as…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- These days, for many folks, the business section is becoming the first part of the newspaper that they read as the nation struggles to right its economy. And few, if any, other single businesses have made more headlines—or have had as…
(Ford India: Chennai, India) -- Ford’s integrated manufacturing facility near Chennai is readying for volume production of its soon-to-be-introduced new car after a comprehensive transformation to double its capacity and become a strategic production hub for Ford Motor Co.
Attracting an…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) invites government and public health care quality professionals to register for two free webinars—one focuses on the process improvement success story of the public health organization, the Network for the Improvement of Addiction…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Ecublens, Switzerland) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., has introduced new analytical packages designed to enhance industry-specific routine X-ray analysis. The packages are based on the successful Thermo Scientific ARL OPTIM’X WDXRF spectrometer, enabling the…
(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global provider of portable electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the industry’s first digital multimeter with a detachable wireless display. Designed by Fluke engineers and manufactured at the Fluke worldwide headquarters in…
(SRNL: Aiken, S.C.) -- Several industries use wireless sensors, which can monitor chemical processes or equipment activity and then transmit the data over a wireless network. Still, many facilities that could benefit from the use of wireless sensors must continue to use a wired network instead…
Recent advances in machine vision technologies and motion control present tremendous opportunities for automated optical inspection (AOI) systems. Thanks to recent developments in these fundamental building block technologies, today’s AOI systems can carry out inspections with a higher…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Come to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) Aerospace Measurement, Inspection & Analysis Conference, Sept. 29—Oct. 1, in Baltimore, at the Baltimore Convention Center.
This three-day event, to be held alongside the Aero & Defense Test 2009, will…
In much the same way the Works Progress Administration of the Great Depression put millions of Americans back to work, there is great hope that green jobs will do the same during these current tougher-than-ever economic times.
What’s more, CareerBuilder.com recently named green jobs as one of…
(ANSYS: Southpointe, PA) -- ANSYS Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announces that software from ANSYS is helping transform the relentless forces of waves into electricity. Green Ocean Energy Ltd, a U.K.-based…
(Bodelin Technologies: Lake Oswego, OR) -- Bodelin Technologies, manufacturer of the ProScope HR (1.3 megapixel imager), the world’s first hand-held USB microscope, has begun shipping their new higher resolution ProScope HR2 (2 megapixel imager).
The new ProScope HR2 features the new state-…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- In a 2008 annual report, the Bahrain Directorate for Standards and Metrology (BSMD) outlines the success of the memorandum of understanding (MOU), an ASTM International outreach program, which was signed with ASTM International in 2008.
As the national…
(Brunson: Kansas City, MO) -- Every day, laser tracker operators risk their accuracy by using their SMR (spherically mounted retroreflector) targets with worn and damaged target holders (nests). Over the course of time, wear and tear on a target nest takes its toll, and undetected error creeps…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The latest edition of ISO 9001, the world’s most widely used quality management standard, is included on a newly launched CD collection of the generic standards in the ISO 9000 family from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
The ISO standards collection,…
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the availability of a new resource for its members that will facilitate enhanced U.S. engagement on standards and conformance in China. The resource was developed jointly with the US-China Business Council (USCBC), the…
(PPT Vision: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. announces the newest addition to the company’s popular series of IMPACT smart cameras, the Right-Angle T-Series intelligent camera. This camera is paired with PPT Vision’s full IMPACT software suite, which solves challenging industrial vision…
(Ultriva: Cupertino, CA) -- Ultriva Inc., the lean leader with an electronic kanban focus, went live in 36 plants last year and is on target to double in 2009.
“Ultriva’s core message of ‘free up the capital tied in the inventory’ resonated very well with our target market. Our ability to…
(CSA Standards: Ontario, Canada) -- CSA Standards, a leading standards-based solutions organization, and The Climate Registry, the leading North American greenhouse gas (GHG) registry, recently announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that more closely aligns the two organizations in their…
While other authors have written about Toyota’s manufacturing principles and the company’s approach to efficiency, Mike Rother is the first to devote six years of study to Toyota’s actual management behavior—revealing the essential kata—in his book, Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement,…
While other authors have written about Toyota’s manufacturing principles and the company’s approach to efficiency, Mike Rother is the first to devote six years of study to Toyota’s actual management behavior—revealing the essential kata—in his book, Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement,…
(Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN) -- Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and imaging.…
(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Billerica, MA) -- Weighing only 2.2 pounds, the USM Go is the lightest and most portable ultrasonic flaw detector available from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies. The USM Go is designed for ease of prolonged operation in the harshest inspection…
(Automation Trainer: Westbrook, ME) -- Automated liquid handling equipment is an increasingly essential component of life science laboratories. Used to boost the productivity and repeatability of volume transfers, automated liquid handlers must be optimized to achieve precision and accuracy in…
Gemba is a Japanese term that has been translated as: place, real place, actual place. Westerners have further defined gemba to include: where the action is, the go-and-see place, where the work is done, the place to go for improvement, and the place where value is added, and more.
The environment…
