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(BSI: Reston, VA) -- BSI announces its next webinar in its free ISO/IEC 20000 Series, “Requirements for Service Level Management and Service Level Reporting,” which happens on Thursday, June 17, at 1 p.m. EDT.
Increasingly, organizations and government agencies are turning to ISO/IEC 20000 to…
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- If your organization is registered to ISO 9001 or any other management system standard, you’ve got an internal audit process. Are you making the most of it? Is it a value-adding exercise? William A. Stimson’s new book, Internal Quality Auditing, Second Edition (…
(Claromentis Ltd.: Brighton, UK) -- The release of a comprehensive, customizable quality management suite by Claromentis addresses information and audit management in an integrated web-based suite that can fit seamlessly into existing information frameworks.
The Claromentis Quality Management…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In an advance that sounds almost Zen, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have demonstrated a new type of pulsed laser that excels at not producing light…
(IAF: Sydney, Australia) -- It would not be an exaggeration to say that the ISO 9001 standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) brought about a revolution in the field of quality assurance. When initially published in 1987, the standard set a benchmark for evaluating…
(EDAX Inc.: Mahwah, NJ) -- EDAX Inc., part of AMETEK Inc.’s Material Analysis Division, a provider of X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation, continues to lead the industry with its recent release of OIM 6.0. The software is the first microanalysis package written for 64-bit…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- The Vision Show, held in Boston, May 25–27, had double the attendees of 2009’s show and conference. The positive response to the show and conference parallel the recovery of the market and growth in the industries that are seeking vision and imaging solutions. The…
(Veeco Instruments Inc.: Plainview, NY) -- As part of its ongoing series of live webinars on 3-D, noncontact surface profilometry, Veeco Instruments Inc. will be hosting a free online seminar on “NonContact, 3-D Optical Surface Profilometry for Ophthalmic Manufacturing.” Andrew Masters, Ph.D.,…
(SICK: Minneapolis) -- Join SICK product experts in West Chester, Ohio, at the 2010 SICK Solutions Forum, June 23, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Cincinnati Marriott North Union Center to take part in hands-on product demonstrations and interactive displays as well as in-depth application and…
(Smarter Solutions: Austin, TX) -- Smarter Solutions Inc. presents the webinar, “Design of Experiments in Multi-Industry Processes: Reducing Lead Times and Defective Rates,” on Wednesday, June 16, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT.
Design of experiments (DOE) provides a structured approach where a…
(MRPC: Butler, WI) -- MRPC, a single-source provider of medical device components and assemblies, continues its commitment to product quality and responsiveness by advancing the application of scientific molding across multiple manufacturing processes.
Scientific molding is a disciplined…
(DALSA: Billerica, MA) -- DALSA Corp., a global provider of machine vision technology, recently announced a new gigabit Ethernet (GigE)-ready vision appliance called GEVA, which stands for GigE Vision Appliance. Compatible with the full range of DALSA Genie and Spyder3 cameras, GEVA offers a cost-…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society invites you to join them for the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), July 12–16, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.
Why attend?
The latest in cutting-edge portable coordinate metrology systems, software, and…
Companies that apply heijunka to their production system understand the true meaning of the proverb, “Slow and steady wins the race.”
Heijunka is the concept of ending any variation of volume and/or product mix in the production system. This means that a company that applies heijunka doesn’t…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- American actor and humorist Will Rogers once said, “A man only learns in two ways—one by reading and the other by association with smarter people.” Combining both those methods at its award-winning Manufacturing is Cool website, the SME Education Foundation seeks to…
(CMS: Benbrook, TX)-- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has announced the organization has chosen 25 technical white papers to be presented at its annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), July 12–16, at the world class Grand Sierra Resort located in Reno.
White paper…
(Buehler: Lake Bluff, IL) -- Buehler’s new OmniMet 9.5 image acquisition and quantitative analysis software improves lab efficiency and increases operator appeal compared to previous generations of the product. Specific improvements include browsing the database using a typical PC-style folder…
(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) recently announced that its first U.S. medical testing laboratory has earned accreditation in accordance with the stringent international requirements of ISO 15189—“Medical laboratories—Particular requirements…
(Sparta Systems Inc.: Holmdel, N.J.) -- Sparta Systems Inc., the maker of TrackWise software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, has announced the general availability of version 8 of its TrackWise enterprise quality management solution (EQMS). Already…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently granted patent rights to MoreSteam.com for inventions developed by MoreSteam’s president, Bill Hathaway. The patent covers advances introduced by MoreSteam several years ago in its popular EngineRoom data analysis…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Mettler-Toledo introduces the new VLM3 ‘A’ series dual-ended-beam weigh module. The VLM3 is now available in painted carbon steel or glass bead blasted stainless steel mounting hardware. Carbon steel assemblies are provided with the nickel plated alloy steel…
(Verisurf Software: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software and Mastercam resellers will present a Master3DGage webinar that will introduce the new affordable, portable Master3DGage coordinate measuring machine (CMM) designed for rapid machine-shop inspection.
Unlike expensive fixed CMMs with 2-D…
(U.S. Army Research Laboratory: Adelphi, MD) -- As the need for chemical, biological, and explosive detection becomes more relevant in today’s world, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is leading the effort in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), which is capable of highly advanced…
(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,…
