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(TEMA: Erlanger, KY) -- Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America Inc. (TEMA) has broadened the scope of its successful on-site SMART evaluation process. This decision follows an 80 percent drop in customer concerns about acceleration that have been reported to the company,…
(Intertek: Oak Brook, IL) -- Intertek, a provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries globally, has been certified as the first training provider and examiner for the new Safe Design Professional (Saf-D-Pro) Certification Scheme, enabling the company, which pioneered…
Quality auditor, engineer, and Quality Digest Daily columnist Mike Micklewright will present his entertaining and informative impersonation, "What Would Deming Say?" during his keynote address at the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Silicon Valley Quality Conference, Oct. 21–22. Micklewright…
(Berrett-Koehler: San Francisco) -- Connect with 2,044 registrants from more than 50 countries for The Enlightened Business Summit, a free teleseminar, Oct. 25–29, and engage with top thought leaders, business executives, and authors sharing their secrets to creating successful businesses with…
(Lean Enterprise Institute: Cambridge, MA) -- The books Follow the Learner: The Role of a Leader in Creating a Lean Culture, by Sami Bahri, DDS, and The Lean Manager, by Michael Ball and Freddy Ballé, both published in 2009 by the Lean Enterprise Institute Inc. (LEI), will be honored at the 23rd…
(National Quality Forum: Washington, D.C.) -- To improve health care safety, the National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed a framework for the public reporting of patient safety events. The framework provides guidance that will standardize an approach to capture and present information about a…
(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global provider of portable electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced iFlex flexible current probes, designed to make current measurement easier, more convenient, and more precise for electricians and industrial technicians.
The iFlex…
(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp. a global provider of laser and photonic solutions, has released the Confocal Height Sensor for use with the company’s MRSI Dispense Systems. The chromatic confocal sensor allows measurements in a single axis, providing access to deep cavities, confined…
(Perceptron Inc.: Plymouth, MI) -- Perceptron Inc., a global provider of noncontact measurement and inspection solutions, has introduced its groundbreaking Helix 3D Metrology Solution.
Helix is an innovative and versatile 3-D metrology platform that enables manufacturers to perform their most…
(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc Inc., a designer and manufacturer of noncontact laser and ultrasonic measurement systems, has released the Triton331, a new laser scan micrometer.
The Triton331 has a 30 mm measurement window, like LaserLinc’s Triton330, but is much faster—up to 12,000…
One of Maclean Vehicle Systems’ (MVS’s) many automotive fastener products is stainless steel capped wheel nuts. The nuts are assembled on an index machine that processes two parts simultaneously at each station. The fasteners must be inspected to verify the nuts are properly threaded. MVS…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The A3 format was developed by Toyota for telling the story of improvement. It provides a way of communicating a proposed idea or a problem on a single A3-sized sheet of paper, encouraging efficiency, clarity, and disciplined thinking. A3 problem solving identifies a…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America jumped 60 percent in the second quarter of 2010 over the same period in 2009, according to new statistics from the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the industry’s trade group.
Second quarter sales were…
(ISO: Geneva) -- To ensure that medical devices do not irritate the skin or eyes, or cause other adverse reactions, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a testing standard for checking their safety prior to marketing and use.
ISO 10993-10:2010—“Biological…
(GSI: Melbourne, FL) -- Geodetic Systems In. (GSI), a global designer and manufacturer of industrial 3-D measurement systems, recently added a new line of V-STARS systems based on its new series of “DynaMo” cameras.
The new “V-STARS/D” systems incorporating the DynaMo retain all the features…
With the recession finally in our rearview mirror (so they say), most companies are beginning to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and at least try to get back to business. But the past year has left its mark: Employees are in a funk. They are fearful, overworked, distrustful, and have less…
(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- With the new TS 249, HEIDENHAIN Corp. offers an extremely compact touch probe primarily for use in numerical-controlled grinding machines and lathes. This small device is based on well-proven HEIDENHAIN sensor technology, providing immediate connection to all common…
Story update 10/7/2010: We edited the last sentence of the first paragraph to reflect an amendment from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
Known for the past 23 years as the Baldrige National Quality Program, the nation’s public-private partnership dedicated to performance excellence…
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(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a…
You can check a person’s vital signs—pulse, respiration, and blood pressure—manually or by attaching sensors to the body. But a student in the Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Health and Sciences Technology program is working on a system that could measure these health…
(Pilgrim Software: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a global provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management (ERCQM) software solutions, is the recipient of business analyst Frost & Sullivan’s 2010 North American Best-In-Class Customer Value Enhancement Award in the ERCQM…
(Buker Inc.: Antioch, IL) --The Lean Manufacturing Assessment, a new booklet produced by Buker Inc., offers manufacturing companies the opportunity to benchmark themselves in their lean efforts against the “best in class” lean manufacturing standards. The Lean Manufacturing Assessment focuses on…
(Spectronics Corp.: Westbury, NY) --The MAXIMA ML-3500 series ultraviolet lamps use advanced micro-discharge light (MDL) technology, plus a unique filter and bulb/reflector, to deliver up to 10 times the UV-A (365 nm) output of conventional high-intensity discharge (HID) inspection lamps. With…
(Six Sigma Management Institute: Scottsdale, AZ) -- Business leaders, improvement experts, Six Sigma professionals, and consultants are cordially invited to attend “The Social Convergence of Six Sigma,” a two-day leadership event to be held Oct. 27–28 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Discover new…
(Summit Optimization Group LLC: Lizella, GA) -- Summit Optimization Group LLC (Summit OG), a woman-owned consulting firm specializing in the implementation of process improvement methodologies, has announced HEART and HEARTRx for change management with new deployment strategies and leadership…
