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,

(Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN) -- Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and imaging.

(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Billerica, MA) -- Weighing only 2.2 pounds, the USM Go is the lightest and most portable ultrasonic flaw detector available from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies.

(Automation Trainer: Westbrook, ME) -- Automated liquid handling equipment is an increasingly essential component of life science laboratories.

Gemba is a Japanese term that has been translated as: place, real place, actual place. Westerners have further defined gemba to include: where the action is, the go-and-see place, where the work is done, the place to go for improvement, and the place wh

(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., the global leader in hand-held electronic test and measurement technology, has announced a Cash for Clunkers rebate program to encourage thermographers to trade their old infrared cameras for new Fluke instruments.

(Active Communications International: Chicago) -- Join Active Communications International, November 12–13, 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts, for an interactive, executive symposium of hospitals and health care facilities. Learn from the hospitals and health care facilities that have been profitin

What seemed to be a lucrative as well as a burgeoning market in the European Union (EU) for textile and apparel manufacturers will not be the same again.

(Norbar Torque Tools Ltd.: Oxfordshire, UK) -- Norbar, a global specialist manufacturer of torque tools, has launched the ultimate torque measurement, calibration, and data archiving system.

(RWJF: Princeton, NJ) -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently announced the selection of 15 hospitals to participate in two new quality improvement programs as part of its ambitious Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative. The AF4Q is the foundation’s signat