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(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Ecublens, Switzerland) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a world leader in serving science, announces a new and powerful addition to its range of automated optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometers.
Process control laboratories are often required to…
(APICS: Chicago) -- Advancing Productivity, Innovation, and Competitive Success (APICS) has released the 13th edition of its APICS Dictionary, the standard for core terminology and emerging definitions in the operations and supply-chain management professions. APICS is the global leader and…
(Instron: Norwood, MA) -- Instron, a leading provider of testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, announces the new “Plastics Testing Solutions” brochure, a 40-page, applications-focused and standards-based brochure.
Polymers are…
(Harvard Medical School: Boston) -- Researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMA) and Massachusetts General Hospital have found wide disparities among four common measures of hospitalwide mortality rates, with competing methods yielding both higher and lower-than-expected rates for the same…
I got one of those mass e-mails the other day, the ones with inspirational stories promising good luck and eternal salvation, provided you forward it to 10 people immediately. I chose to delete it and take my chances with the Almighty, betting that He was not really a party to an agreement linking…
A colleague, friend, and lean leader in health care related a story awhile back that I think is worth sharing. Joanne Marqusee, COO at Hallmark Healthcare System, was standing in line at a grocery store checkout. While she waited, Joanne recalls, she noticed that the cashier had added an unusual…
(SAE International: Warrendale, PA) -- More than 5,000 historical automotive and aerospace standards are now available from SAE International.
Part of SAE International’s website enhancements, these standards are previous versions of technical standards that have since been revised. They are…
(SAE International: Warrendale, PA) -- More than 5,000 historical automotive and aerospace standards are now available from SAE International.
Part of SAE International’s website enhancements, these standards are previous versions of technical standards that have since been revised. They are…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- The year 2011 is shaping up as a prime year for MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies. Not only is the number 2011 a statistically fascinating convergence of prime numbers, but the new year…
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION’s recently released IMPACT M-Series Embedded Vision System features power over Ethernet (PoE) support, delivering network reliability and simplifying the installation and maintenance of networked devices. Using standard CAT 5 Ethernet cables, system…
(Wilson Hardness: Norwood, MA) -- Wilson Hardness, an Instron company and the originator of the Rockwell Hardness Tester, announces the release of its new Brinell hardness test block. Made in the United States by Wilson Hardness, which is accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory…
(Gexcel: Brescia, Italy) -- FARO, a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, and Gexcel, a software and solutions provider in the geomatics sector, announce the release of the JRC 3-D Reconstructor and FaroArm, a Gexcel software solution fully optimized for the FARO Laser…
(TÜV SÜD America: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America Inc. announces that it has been granted accreditation to offer certifications to AS9100:2009 Rev. C and AS9120:2009 Rev. A.
The revised standards were issued in 2009 and requirements for the transition to the new versions were published by the…
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understand on a philosophical level that everyone owns “quality.” Much like safety, everyone has responsibility for following safe practices and calling attention to potentially unsafe conditions. However, there are also safety departments responsible for establishing safety policies and…
Strategic quality planning (SQP) is a systematic approach to defining long-term business goals, including goals to improve quality and the means (i.e., the plans) to achieve them. Many organizations have created a vision “to be the best,” toward a goal of outperforming competitors. Many of these…
From time to time there are advances in technology that merit recognition. From the invention of the measurement ruler, to the first electric light bulb, to the creation of the first transistor, which led to the invention of the computer—such devices have advanced our abilities to manufacture…
(Hubbs Machine & Manufacturing: Cedar Hill, MO) -- Introduced as a new Hubbs product at the 2010 CMSC in July, 2010, the Sphere Fit Extension (SFX) efficiently provides only the necessary geometric features required for use in a sphere fit hidden-point routine—and nothing more.
By…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Miniaturization and nanotechnology have become inextricably linked to traditional surface geometry and metrology. This interdependence of scales has had profound practical implications.
Updated and expanded to reflect many new developments, Handbook of Surface and…
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announces the DataMan 500 image-based barcode reader. It’s designed to achieve higher read rates, offer improved online visualization, and be more reliable than laser scanners currently in use in the logistics, postal, and retail distribution markets…
(AMETEK: Largo, FL) -- AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments, a leader in temperature calibration, has added the JOFRA RTC-158 and RTC-250 to its line of advanced dry-block reference temperature calibrators. Both calibrators offer a host of innovative features.
The calibrators combine a…
Richard Muller is a guy who thinks spouting fun physics facts will make you the life of the party. And his new book, The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide (W.W. Norton & Co. Inc., 2011), may just convince you he’s right.
Who knew, for example, that liquor, by law, must be radioactive…
Imagine yourself seated in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center awaiting a concert by the New York Philharmonic. The orchestra’s musicians are on stage warming up, producing a cacophony of sound. The concertmaster raps his stand for the orchestra to tune to the principal oboist’s A. A few minutes…
In sports, you will find athletes who mentally prepare themselves for competition. Politicians prep vigorously before big speeches, interviews, and debates. The same is true for entertainers, news anchors, teachers, community leaders, and others in business. Those who are committed to their craft…
Missed opportunities for improvement represent a 20–60 percent chunk carved out of the bottom line. Scores of programs and projects that claim improvement but never materialize in the financials are a travesty. The Wall Street Journal reports that more than 60 percent of improvement efforts fail.…
(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Swiss-based Metalor Technologies, a global leader in precious metals and advanced materials, is a supplier to electronics companies and manufacturers of medical and electrical equipment.
Metalor’s skill in creating reliable technology has earned the company a…
