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A manager who wishes to communicate effectively must receive and impart reliable and honest input by observing, questioning, and opening up productive two-way dialogue. Feedback is a major part of the total communication process that requires presenting ideas, thoughts, and messages clearly and…
Perhaps I am overendowed with self-confidence; or perhaps nothing more than plain old hubris. Then again, maybe some things are just as obvious as they seem to me. Take 5S, for instance. Really? There’s a place for everything and everything in its place. If you got it out, you put it back.
Six…
(Creaform: Lévis, Québec) -- Creaform, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of portable 3-D measurement technologies, will unveil its new lineup of MetraSCAN 3D optical coordinate measuring machine (CMM) scanners. The scanners are the most accurate scanning solutions on the market, whether in the…
(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- With the stateside release of its newest opto-digital micro-imaging and metrology solution, Olympus is bringing the future of technology to today’s inspection, test, and quality control facilities. The DSX Series imaging system delivers a completely new type of…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- In response to a growing need to establish and protect intellectual property, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) will present “Pathways to Innovation: Intellectual Property Rights in Additive Manufacturing” at its RAPID 2012 Conference & Exposition on Thurs.,…
(AME: Rockford, IL) -- Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) has updated its “Fixturing Solutions” CD. Included is a brief fixturing overview and video along with detailed information about AME’s fixturing products and services, links to complete online catalogs, CAD models, company overview…
(BSI: Reston VA) -- Just one year ago, BSI America Professional Services introduced its Supply Chain Risk Exposure Evaluation Network (SCREEN), a web-based intelligence tool for supply chain security. Since then, SCREEN has been adopted by leading enterprises in the high-tech, retail, and…
(Accenture: Dublin, Ireland) -- Business process management (BPM) is a powerful discipline for driving efficiency and innovation as well as achieving strategic imperatives. When you develop a business strategy that is supported by a pragmatic application of BPM, your processes become important…
Sure, the Italians have better food, the English richer royal culture and accents, and French women don’t get fat, but we in America regulate medical devices better, don’t we? Not so fast, says the European Union.
They apparently aren’t happy that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is writing…
Located in Victor, New York, Surmotech is a full-service electronics contract manufacturer. For more than 20 years the company has provided a complete range of manufacturing, design, and engineering services to the military, medical, industrial, and telecommunications industries and consumer…
Long ago, W. Edwards Deming warned us about the use of what he called “arbitrary numerical goals.” Targets are another name for these. They are so commonplace that governments, service, and manufacturing organizations all use them. Targets have become accepted in all organizations, but this…
(Mahr: Providence, RI) -- In the world of high-precision metrology, all parts are elastic, which means they will deform to some extent under applied force, even if only by a few millionths of an inch. But certain parts, like thin-walled bearing rings, deform much more readily than others, to the…
(WASP: Plano, TX) -- KDL Pathology specializes in dermatopathology and is trusted by physicians, patients, and other laboratories for the most accurate and reliable pathology services. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, KDL has expertise in inflammatory and neoplastic skin disorders, ocular disease,…
(Cognex: NATICK, MA) -- Cognex Corp., developer, manufacturer, and marketer of machine vision systems, surface inspection systems, and industrial ID readers, has released the Cognex Explorer control center, available at no cost to all Cognex customers. This unique utility displays a graphical view…
(PwC: London) -- Even with new generation capacity plans, power-industry executives expect blackout risks to rise in Europe and North America as the industry confronts the challenge of energy affordability, efficiency, and energy security policies not meeting demands. There are also worries that…
(Third Dimension: Filton, UK) -- Third Dimension, developer and supplier of industrial 3-D measurement solutions, invites you to visit its booth at CONTROL 2012 for a first look at its new GapGun+ range of products. Chat to GapGun experts and request a demonstration to see how the company can help…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released the version 1.1 firmware update for the Leica AT401 Absolute Tracker. The AT401 now features a full-speed digital read out for dynamic laser tracker measurement processes and free-form surface inspection. The ultra-portable 3-D laser…
(API: Rockville, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. (API), developer and manufacturer of advanced measurement solutions, has released its latest generation handheld scanning and probing device, the I-360, a lighter and easier-to-handle instrument that eases the problems of obtaining complex…
(Advise Analytics: Chicago, IL) -- Advise Analytics, a Chicago-based scientific software company, has launched a new system for statistics called AdviseStat, an intelligent analytics advisor. Unlike most statistics software, which relies on the user’s expertise to analyze data correctly, AdviseStat…
When the data come along one value at a time, we tend to put them on a chart for individual values (an XmR chart). Since virtually all business and managerial data occur one value at a time, the primary chart for service-sector data is the XmR chart. Yet the original process behavior chart was the…
Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part video interview with Juran Institute’s CEO, Joseph DeFeo, and hosted by Quality Digest’s CEO, Jeff Dewar. View part one here, and part two here.
Imagine this conversation....
Mary: “You still have to listen to the customer.”
Bob: “But we’re certified…
What customers value most changes constantly, and the pace of change has increased exponentially with the economic recession.
One year ago people were looking at the financial stability of a company before purchasing its products, according to surveys conducted by my company, Smart Advantage. No…
(Edmund Optics: Barrington, NJ) -- Edmund Optics, developer of optics, imaging, and opto-mechanical components, has introduced its new TECHSPEC Optical Cage System. Offering a high-precision alternative to complex optical alignment systems, these versatile optical bench components are designed for…
(Microscan: Renton, WA) -- Microscan Systems Inc., developer of precision data acquisition/control systems including machine vision and barcode solutions, will offer a machine vision lighting course and product demonstrations at The Vision Show. Organized by AIA (formerly the Automated Imaging…
(Gartner: Stamford, CT) -- The Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit 2012 is the premier conference and meeting place for IT and business executives responsible for creating, implementing, and managing a proactive and comprehensive IT strategy for information security, risk management,…
