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(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- The International Six Sigma Institute and Secret Society for Imperious Professionals of Process Improvement (ISSISSIPPI) has announced a breakthrough in the controversy surrounding lean Six Sigma certification standards.
The ISSISSIPPI now will guarantee…
(Shingo Prize: Logan, UT) -- Learn from the best as Shingo Prize Award-winning companies from all over the world come together in Salt Lake City, to share best practices, lessons learned, and how the Shingo Model and guiding principles are helping them meet each challenge with continuous…
(Cincom: Cincinnati) -- Worldwide software and services provider Cincom Systems, IBM, and Shaun Smith, expert in customer experience management (CEM) and brand loyalty, will host a web cast on how retailers can invest in more immersive customer experiences by re-engineering processes to deliver…
(FDANews: Falls Church, VA) -- FDAnews has announced details for its 7th Annual Medical Device Quality Congress to be held June 2–4 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Changes affecting medical device firms in 2010
The year 2010 has begun with a bang. A new director at the Center for Devices and…
(CMSC: Reno, Nevada) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the preeminent membership association for measurement professionals, recently announced it will present the 26th Annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) July 12–16 at the world-class Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.…
Toyota Motor Corp. will approach its worldwide quality assurance efforts from the standpoint of customers, and by keeping in mind the need for strengthened global communication and for ensuring transparency, the newly formed Special Committee for Global Quality has decided on various improvement…
(MetricStream Inc.: Palo Alto, CA) – AIB International, one of North America’s largest providers of third-party food safety audits, recently selected MetricStream, a provider of enterprisewide governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, for implementing an audit management system to automate…
(ECHA: Brussels, Belgium) -- Vice president Tajani and commissioner Potočnik are taking action to make progress toward the registration of chemicals and the management of substances of very high concern. Of particular importance, is the smooth implementation of the registration of high-volume…
(Vision Engineering: England) -- The new Falcon 300, a powerful three-axis noncontact video measuring system, incorporates more than 50 years of proven optical experience.
Vision Engineering has packed massive technical capabilities into a compact, small footprint system, suitable for shop…
(USPS: Washington) -- When it comes to customer service, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) doesn’t rest on its laurels, so it recently launched a new measurement system designed to better understand customers’ total experience doing business with USPS at every level of the organization.
The…
(Rapid News Communications Group: Chicago) -- Micro Manufacturing (MM) Live USA is a global showcase for everything to do with the mass manufacture of small to micro precision parts for all sectors of manufacturing, whether a company can make them to order or supply the machinery to mill, cut, or…
(Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta) -- By combining a new generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators with two types of nanowire sensors, researchers have created what are believed to be the first self-powered nanometer-scale sensing devices that draw power from the conversion of…
(Olympus: Central Valley, PA) -- Olympus, a precision technology designer and provider of innovative solutions in medical and surgical products, life science imaging systems, industrial testing instruments, and cameras and audio products, recently announced the 2010 winners in the Olympus…
(PerkinElmer Inc.: Waltham, MA) -- PerkinElmer Inc., a global provider focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, recently announced that the company’s inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) technology can help ensure that traditional Chinese herbal medicines…
(George Products Co.: Middletown, DE) -- Industry leaders frustrated with high cost of inspection push for speed in the quality department without sacrificing accuracy or adding complexity. These days, equipment is only as good as the software that runs it. “Customers don’t want a collection of…
(Fluke Corp. Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global provider of portable electronic test and measurement technology, recently announced the new Fluke 233/A Wireless Remote Display Automotive Digital Multimeter Kit, the industry’s first digital multimeter with a detachable wireless display, designed…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is now offering quality professionals lean certification, as part of the Society’s 17 certification programs. ASQ is the newest sponsor of the lean certification program along with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Project management as a discipline grew out of the need during WWII for a system to manage the schedule, cost, and specifications of large projects. In recent decades the use of project management techniques in general business methods (planning, scheduling, and controlling…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Quest for Excellence XXII is bringing a passion for excellence, innovative practices, engaging conversations, and showcasing world-class results, dynamic leaders, and sustainability to all attendees on April 12–14 at the Hilton Washington in Washington D.C…
(Keithley Instruments: Cleveland) -- From the most basic applications to the very complex, there is one common element—the best possible measurements need to be made. Keithley’s Guide to Understanding Electrical Test & Measurement has been compiled to help you analyze your applications and the…
(Cognex Corp.:Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. recently announced In-Sight Track & Trace, an add-on software package for Cognex In-Sight vision systems. In-Sight Track & Trace delivers a ready-to-deploy data capture and verification solution designed to help pharmaceutical and medical device…
(Toyota: ERLANGER, KY) -– Toyota recently announced that it has formed a new North American Quality Task Force led by senior automobile manufacturing executive Steve St. Angelo, who is executive vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America (TEMA). He will guide the…
(John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ) -- Industrial Statistics: Practical Methods and Guidance for Improved Performance, by Anand M. Joglekar, guides readers through 10 practical statistical methods that have broad applications in many different industries for enhancing research, product design…
Wheelchair accessible van modified using 3-D scanning services
(The QC Group: Burnsville, MN) -- Rollx, the only manufacturer and direct seller of new and used mini and full-size wheelchair-equipped vans has a mission—deliver freedom to the wheelchair community. In…
(CoignAMT: New Brighton, PA) -- Coign Asset Metrics & Technologies (CoignAMT), at the direction of Zoo Film Productions of Hollywood, California, has helped produce IBM’s first globally released TV commercial created entirely from light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data. LIDAR is an imaging…
