(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Many organizations develop strategic plans that gather dust on bookshelves.

(APQC: Houston, TX) -- APQC, the knowledge management and business research organization, has released the results of its latest collaborative benchmarking study,

(Gartner: Stamford, CT) -- Gartner Inc. has released the findings from its eighth annual Supply Chain Top 25. The goal of the initiative is to raise awareness of the supply-chain discipline and how it affects the business.

(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon AB, a global provider of design, measurement, and visualization technologies, has acquired all shares in the Norwegian company My Virtual Reality Software AS (myVR).

(New River Kinematics: Williamsburg, VA) -- New River Kinematics has released SA 2012.03.13, engineering software with surface colorization and offset surfaces feature.

(NSI: Stuttgart/Germany) -- The newly developed X25 computed tomography system from North Star Imaging, designer and manufacturer of digital X-ray equipment and nondestructive testing systems, is a compact system designed for submicron resolution imaging and ultrahigh-accuracy scanning.

(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has launched the Sheffield 4.5.4 SF, a new line of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) built for the shop floor and designed to withstand harsh manufacturing environments.

(MasterControl: Salt Lake City) -- MasterControl has announced two two-day workshops for corrective and preventive action (CAPA) and audit management training. The CAPA workshop will be held June 14–15, 2012, and the audit management workshop will be held June 16-17, 2012.

(LMI: Vancouver, Canada) -- LMI Technologies, a global leader in 3-D laser measurement and control sensor technology, has launched upgraded firmware for its line of Gocator 3-D smart sensors.

(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D’s fifth biannual Measurement Innovation Conference will be held Aug. 21–23, 2012, in Costa Mesa, California.