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During the late 1990s, Marilyn vos Savant, holder of the Guinness Book of Records’ highest recorded IQ of 228, received an avalanche of hostile responses, many from Ph.D.s in math and statistics, when she correctly solved the controversial “Monty Hall Problem.” This concerns whether a contestant on…
Every once in a while when I’m conducting training, I have the good fortune to have someone ask a particularly atypical question that gets me thinking and helps me to develop more tools and techniques. This serves to not only augment my own bag of tricks but also increases my capacity to serve my…
Every once in a while when I’m conducting training, I have the good fortune to have someone ask a particularly atypical question that gets me thinking and helps me to develop more tools and techniques. This serves to not only augment my own bag of tricks but also increases my capacity to serve my…
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. introduces IMPACT 10.1, the latest release of its machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine-vision inspection solutions. IMPACT 10.1 software can be used with any PPT VISION smart camera system, including the M…
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. introduces IMPACT 10.1, the latest release of its machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine-vision inspection solutions. IMPACT 10.1 software can be used with any PPT VISION smart camera system, including the M…
(Alliance Scale Inc: Canton, MA) -- An analytical balance that is easy to operate and well-suited for a variety of laboratory, industrial, and educational weighing applications has been introduced by Alliance Scale Inc. of Canton, Massachusetts.
The Alliance/OHAUS Pioneer Series analytical…
(Bruker AXS: Tucson, AZ) -- Bruker has created the DektakXT, a new stylus profiler that is the first production system with sustained repeatability of less than five angstroms. This major milestone in stylus-profiler surface metrology performance is the culmination of Dektak’s 40-year legacy of…
(Leica Geosystems: Heerbrugg, Switzerland) -- Leica Geosystems has announced the HDS7000, a new phase-based laser scanner that allows users to take advantage of ultra-high-speed scanning for more as-built survey applications on more sites. The HDS7000 features key enhancements over…
(IQL: Ashaway, RI) -- Independent Quality Labs Inc. (IQL) is offering Machine Tool Metrology 101, a seminar that provides in-depth understanding of machine-tool positioning accuracy and its effect on manufacturing-process capability and on-machine measurement. The three-day session…
(Duke University: Durham, N.C.) -- Want the inside track on predicting a company’s profitability and stock returns for the next six months? Listen closely to the CEO.
Whether it’s excitement about an unpublished research result in biotech or disappointment over an order cancellation in…
When teaching the I-chart, I’m barely done describing the technique (never mind teaching it) when, as if on cue, someone will ask, “When and how often should I recalculate my limits?” I’m at the point where this triggers an internal “fingernails on the blackboard” reaction. So, I smile and once…
By the time a consent decree comes along—which happens when a firm repeatedly violates current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) forces it, through legal channels, to make specific changes—it’s no longer a discussion about responses to…
By the time a consent decree comes along—which happens when a firm repeatedly violates current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) forces it, through legal channels, to make specific changes—it’s no longer a discussion about responses to…
(Leap Technologies: Naperville, IL) -- On Wednesday, March 23, at the 2011 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, Carle Foundation Hospital’s chief operating officer John Snyder and Beth Edrington, director of internal consulting and performance improvement, will explain how Carle Foundation has used…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Atlanta) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a global leader in serving science, has launched the ARL PERFORM'X X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer for advanced materials characterization.
The ARL PERFORM'X integrates bulk elemental analysis capabilities with…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal Inc. will be featuring the next generation of its well-established µMaxµm line of digital indicators at EASTEC 2011, May 17–19, at the Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Mahr Federal will occupy booth No. 3019.
The enhanced…
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Today’s top manufacturers rely on machine vision systems and image-based ID readers to deter counterfeiting, improve product quality, reduce costs, and increase manufacturing efficiency. As such, accurate inspection is key to their success.
Captured inspection…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts, has announced that 32 global teams have been named finalists in the 26th annual International Team Excellence Awards. The teams will be part of live project presentations May 16…
(DALSA Corp.: Ontario, Canada) -- Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, will launch its new BOA IDR product at booth 1019 at the Automate 2011 show on March 21–24, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Teledyne DALSA’s BOA IDR is ideal for part…
(WCBF: Chicago) -- The 10th annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement in Healthcare Summit will take place at the New Orleans Marriott, in New Orleans, May 10–13. The health care sector is a key area where lean Six Sigma processes are making a tremendous impact. Health care organizations are…
(Renishaw plc: Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw’s new Equator system, a software-driven comparative gauge, is starting to soften up the cost for multiple hard gauges at aero-engine component maker Meyer Tool Inc. of Cincinnati. In its prelaunch application, one Renishaw Equator gauge has eliminated…
Forty or 50 years ago, when you sat down in front of, or picked up, a dimensional measurement tool, you immediately recognized that a certain amount of knowledge and skill was required to use it. The measurement operation was almost always completely manual, and even reading and interpreting the…
(Renishaw plc: Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw’s new Equator system, a software-driven comparative gauge, is starting to soften up the cost for multiple hard gauges at aero-engine component maker Meyer Tool Inc. of Cincinnati. In its prelaunch application, one Renishaw Equator gauge has eliminated…
Forty or 50 years ago, when you sat down in front of, or picked up, a dimensional measurement tool, you immediately recognized that a certain amount of knowledge and skill was required to use it. The measurement operation was almost always completely manual, and even reading and interpreting the…
Many writers, including me, have claimed that a lot of our business headaches and hurdles can be solved by simply unifying people within the organization and generating contribution. The catch is that this may be the single most difficult obstacle for business leaders and managers to overcome. In…