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Well, this is getting interesting. For the past several months, we’ve had relatively partisan folks on each side of the medical device industry vs. the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) debate saying either the 510(k) premarket notification process wasn’t doing so badly (the FDA), or that it was…
(Carl Zeiss: Jena, Germany) -- Carl Zeiss, a global leader of high-tech companies in the optical and opto-electronic industry, and Digital Surf, a developer of topography software and supplier of metrology components, have signed an agreement enabling Carl Zeiss to provide ConfoMap software.…
(STAT A MATRIX: Edison, NJ) -- STAT A MATRIX Institute, a nonprofit educational organization that provides training to industry on quality-related topics, has released its Summer/Fall 2011 training catalog. The institute is a sister organization of the global consulting firm Oriel STATAMATRIX.…
(Taylor Hobson: Leicester, UK) -- Congratulations to Rony Moreno, the winner of Taylor Hobson’s world record competition. Using a Surtronic roundness instrument, Moreno completed the measurement of five precision bearings, in tolerance and including loading and setup, in a staggering 77.77…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, has launched its newest benchtop spectrophotometers, the CM-3600A and the CM-3610A.
The CM-3600A spectrophotometer is a versatile instrument…
(Thomson Reuters: New York) -- Techstreet, a Thomson Reuters business, has signed agreements with a range of construction and safety standards publishers to distribute standards, manuals, and codes online. The online availability of these standards promotes industry compliance, safety, and public…
(ANSI: Washington) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has reopened a public comment period seeking input on regulatory cooperation activities between the United States and the European Union. The comment period is now open through Aug. 8, 2011.
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Since 2009, there has been a recovery in the white-light scanner market, and the manufacturing industry and metrology vendors acknowledge this. However, research indicates that there is still uncertainty among end-user spending.
White-light scanner end-users are increasingly becoming aware and…
A Minnesota-based manufacturer of high-quality ATV, snowmobile, and motorcycle parts and accessories had a design and development problem with a snow blade that created a lot of time-consuming rework. Thanks to 3-D scanning from GKS Global Services, the problem was recently solved.
The…
Toyota has launched a national program to donate its Toyota Production System expertise to help schools, hospitals, and nonprofits improve their operations, extend their reach, and increase their impact. The company will be working with up to 20 community organizations across the United States…
Editor’s note: Quality Digest Live will be featuring an interview with Mikel Harry and Tom Pyzdek on Friday, July 25, 2011. Don't miss it!(Six Sigma Management Institute: Scottsdale, AZ) -- Since Mikel J. Harry spawned the Six Sigma movement nearly 25 years ago, it has become a recognized industry…
(Medline Industries: Mundelein, IL) -- Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Dr. Mark Chassin, president of the Joint Commission; and Aron Ralston, the focus of the academy award-nominated movie 127 Hours, are among the keynote speakers at…
(Edmund Optics: Barrington, NJ) -- Edmund Optics (EO), a provider of optical components, introduces its TECHSPEC Goniometers. These instruments allow for precise angular adjustment of an object about a fixed point located above the center of the mounting surface. The Goniometers provide highly…
(ZweigWhite: Fayetteville, AR) -- With the economic challenges that architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms have faced in recent years, effective project management skills remain a crucial element to business success.
Nevertheless, only 21 percent of project…
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Norman Bodek, author of several best-selling books, including How to do Kaizen: A new path to innovation—Empowering everyone to be a problem solver (PCS Inc., 2010), will be running his “Respect for People” certification course in September 2011 to teach you how to…
(Phenom-World BV: Eindhoven, Netherlands) -- Phenom-World extends the usability of its Phenom G2 desktop scanning electron microscopes (SEM) with its Temperature-Controlled Sample Holder and an improved Fibermetric. The Temperature Controlled Sample Holder allows users to image vacuum-sensitive…
(Reuters: London) -- The volume of research papers published in the field of materials science is currently being driven by Asia, and in particular China, which has overtaken the United States and Japan to become the largest single-country producer in the world, according to a study released by…
(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO international standards offer benefits for just about everyone, and what the standards can achieve is becoming an increasingly useful component of general knowledge. ISO is encouraging this evolution by making freely available a rich source of information on ISO standards,…
Standard: “A document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context” (ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004—“…
(Microscan: Renton, WA) -- Microscan, a global supplier of embedded barcode scanners and imagers for life sciences, has announced its new Vision MINI smart camera. A small, fully integrated vision system, the ultra-compact Vision MINI is designed for reliable vision performance in embedded…
(Sapient Automation: Doylestown, PA) -- What is the value of unused space? It can have significant value for quality-conscious organizations that choose to take advantage of it in storage facilities. Automated storage and retrieval systems, such as vertical carousels and vertical lift modules take…
You’ve heard about “measuring training effectiveness” but aren’t quite sure how to do it. You’ve been filling out training attendance sheets for as long as you can recall, and they have served the purpose. So why is training effectiveness all of the sudden a topic of discussion, and what exactly is…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- According to the results of The Conference Board survey “CEO Challenge 2011,” CEOs around the globe cite business growth as the most critical challenge they face. In this year’s survey, more than 700 CEOs, presidents, and chairpersons from across geographies and…
Jidoka is one of the core principles of the Toyota Production System, one that empowers production workers to stop the assembly line and solve problems at the moment they occur. Jidoka integrates the two guiding principles of the Toyota Way: continuous improvement and respect for people.
Recently…
One of the more dubious outcomes of the French Revolution was the standardization of guillotining as the sole (and oft-employed) manner of capital punishment. Prior to the revolution, only the nobility was entitled to such a humane demise. Commoners received their due by more excruciating means,…