(ANSYS: Southpointe, PA) -- ANSYS Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announces that software from ANSYS is helping transform the relentless forces of waves into electricity.

(Bodelin Technologies: Lake Oswego, OR) -- Bodelin Technologies, manufacturer of the ProScope HR (1.3 megapixel imager), the world’s first hand-held USB microscope, has begun shipping their new higher resolution ProScope HR2 (2 megapixel imager).

(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- In a 2008 annual report, the Bahrain Directorate for Standards and Metrology (BSMD) outlines the success of the memorandum of understanding (MOU), an ASTM International outreach program, which was signed with ASTM International in 2008. 

(Brunson: Kansas City, MO) -- Every day, laser tracker operators risk their accuracy by using their SMR (spherically mounted retroreflector) targets with worn and damaged target holders (nests).

(ISO: Geneva) -- The latest edition of ISO 9001, the world’s most widely used quality management standard, is included on a newly launched CD collection of the generic standards in the ISO 9000 family from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the availability of a new resource for its members that will facilitate enhanced U.S. engagement on standards and conformance in China.

(PPT Vision: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc.

(Ultriva: Cupertino, CA) -- Ultriva Inc., the lean leader with an electronic kanban focus, went live in 36 plants last year and is on target to double in 2009.

(CSA Standards: Ontario, Canada) -- CSA Standards, a leading standards-based solutions organization, and The Climate Registry, the leading North American greenhouse gas (GHG) registry, recently announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that more closely aligns the two organizations in their

While other authors have written about Toyota’s manufacturing principles and the company’s approach to efficiency, Mike Rother is the first to devote six years of study to Toyota’s actual management behavior—revealing the essential kata—in his book,