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(Messagemind: New York) -- Messagemind Inc. announces its commercial launch of PRISM, a first of its kind—total quality management and Six Sigma analysis for e-mail communication. PRISM's intelligent software works in the background and automatically gathers e-mail data and user actions within…
(Extensible CAD Technologies: Raleigh, NC) -- Extensible CAD Technologies announces the release of their new product, InspectionXpert for Pro/ENGINEER. InspectionXpert for Pro/ENGINEER is inspection report automation and ballooning software that works directly within the Pro/ENGINEER interface to…
Stanley A. Marash, founder of STAT-A-MATRIX, a noted leader in the performance improvement field, and long-time columnist for Quality Digest magazine, died Dec. 17 at the age of 71.
Quality was Marash’s hallmark. As chairman and CEO of STAT-A-MATRIX, which he founded in 1968, he was a…
(IQS: North Olmsted, OH) -- IQS announces the availability of IQS Problem Solver module that enables organizations to standardize problem solving processes with easy-to-use questioned-based reasoning software. Failure to standardize problem solving, capture reasoning, and effectively use your…
How unique is unique? The answer to this riddle is central in determining which work breakdown structure (WBS) methodology most accurately explains project deliverables and how they should be estimated, controlled, and completed. The quality strategy used to segregate and decompose WBS…
The year 2009—it was a year to be relegated quickly into obscurity. Nothing seemed to go right. Automotive sales were in the dumper. Home foreclosures continued to be in the news wreaking havoc on millions of people. The health care debate divided the country into vociferous groups in a verbal war…
Today virtually everyone uses software to create process behavior charts, yet the available software is notoriously unreliable in terms of the way the limits are computed. This column will explain and illustrate the difference between the correct and some of the incorrect ways of computing three-…
(Progressive Business Audio Conferences: Malvern, PA)-- How do today’s top managers maximize job productivity and employee satisfaction? Learn how by attending the audio conference: “Becoming the Manager Everyone Wants to Work For,” on Wednesday, Jan. 20, from 1 p.m.– 2 p.m. EST.
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(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology announces the release of DataPage+, a completely new version of the long-running DataPage product, which provides seamless integration with PC-DMIS, the de facto standard measuring software. DataPage+ provides meaningful, actionable,…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Philadelphia) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , the world leader in serving science, will unveil a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution at booth No. 2757 at PITTCON 2010 , being held from Feb. 28 through March 5 at the Orange County Convention…
Gregory H. Watson is presented the W. Edwards Deming Medal by Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Deming Prize Committee.
(JUSE: Tokyo) -- Gregory H. Watson, chairman of Business Excellence Solutions Ltd. and president of the International…
(Hexagon Metrology: London) -- Following on its recent acquisition of Mahr Multisensor and further expanding its already large footprint in the international metrology market, Hexagon has recently acquired all outstanding assets and intellectual property of Mycrona GmbH, a manufacturer of state-of…
The majority of marine vessels in service today do not have digital documentation or CAD models. Despite the fact that vessels currently under construction are designed based on 3-D data, they suffer the same lack of documentation of their true as-built geometries. Due to the inherent inaccuracy…
The world is changing so fast today that it is almost impossible to keep up with the latest trends in your own profession. If you are not spending at least two hours per day updating yourself in your chosen profession, you probably are behind the current state of the art. It has been estimated that…
Every organization today is in a frenzy to innovate and differentiate itself.
A realization seems to have set in that quality and low cost can no longer provide the sustainable advantage. Organizations seem to be increasingly coming around to the idea that conformance to specifications is not…
(Nikon Metrology Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Following the announcement in late October of Metris becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon Corp. (and a name change to Nikon Metrology NV in Europe), the corporate name of Metris USA has now changed to Nikon Metrology Inc. Under the Nikon brand, Nikon…
(Exact Metrology: Cincinnati) -- Exact Metrology Inc. introduced the new MH 3D Scanner from Artec. The lightweight, ergonomic design of this hand-held 3-D scanner allows the user to easily scan target objects from any angle.
“Artec 3-D scanners are well known for their ease of use and the…
(EAGLE Registrations: Dayton, OH) -- EAGLE Registrations Inc., a third-party certification body which audits businesses to international standards, is now accredited by ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to offer AS9120 certification. The AS9120 quality management system standard includes…
(KMSA: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the U.S. launch of its next generation color measurement instrument, the CM-5 Spectrophotometer.
“The CM-5 is an excellent blend of both…
(IMTS: McLean, VA) -- The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) will host the first ever Industry Inspiration Day as part of the Sept. 13 kick off for the all new IMTS Industry & Technology Conference. IMTS is one of the largest industrial trade shows in the world, with thousands…
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), in collaboration with Pfizer, the world’s largest biopharmaceutical company, has released a new publication providing practical examples of how health information technology (HIT) can be used to improve health care quality…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, the leading global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and support technology, announces its release of a new lean Six Sigma Green Belt e-learning course designed specifically for service professionals and organizations. With more than 70 hours of…
(Productivity Press: New York) -- The new book, 5S for Healthcare, by Thomas L. Jackson (Productivity Press, 2009), based on Hiroyuki Hirano’s classic 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace: The Sourcebook for 5S Implementation (Productivity Press, 1995) and modeled after Productivity Press books in…
(Dolan-Jenner Industries: Boxborough, MA) -- Dolan-Jenner Industries of Boxborough, Massachusetts, a leading manufacturer of fiber optic components and fiber optic illumination systems that serve the microscopy, imaging, and machine vision industries, introduces the Fiber-Lite LMI-6000 LED fiber…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- There’s no denying it. Manufacturing is changing and in ways you probably never imagined: new economic forces, stiff competition advances in technology, demands to work lean and green, emerging industries, and global markets.
WESTEC’s been there. For more than four…