A Legendary Retirement
June 3, 2013, marked the retirement of one of the legends in the quality arena, namely Harry Hertz, director of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
Machine Cycle Time
Machine cycle time (Tcm) represents the actual time it takes for one machine to complete all of its operations on one piece, product, patient, file, etc. It is applicable for both single-piece and batch processing.
A Mommy’s Look at Lyme Disease Statistics
I spend the majority of my time entrenched in statistics. Using statistics. Studying statistics. Developing and testing statistical software. Statistics guide many of my decisions at work and in life. That’s the world of an engineer.
The Birth of Quality
My granddaughter recently asked the inevitable birds-and-bees question: “I know a baby comes from inside the Mommy’s stomach, but how did the baby get there in the first place?” I deflected the question with, “That’s a great question.
Open Beta Program for CAPA and Action-Item Management System
(Source4Quality: Morgantown, PA) -- Source4Quality has announced an open beta program for its corrective and preventive action and action-item management system (CAPA-AIMS).
Keyence Speeds Up and Simplifies Inspections for Timex
Timex is the United State’s leading watchmaker and is present in more than 80 countries.
The Better to See You With
For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses ultraviolet (UV) light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that
How Many Measurements Are Needed?
The measurement of a component’s surface texture may be described by many texture parameters. The question often arises: How many measurements do I need to make for a given parameter to obtain a particular level of confidence in the result?
Doctoring, Life-saving, Policing—and a Little Teaching
Not a day goes by that we don’t hear about the quality of our nation’s educational system. Test scores are lower. Enrollment in the sciences is not up to expectations. Our students are lagging behind students in other nations.
Don’t Miss the NACMA @ NIST Workshop and Conference
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting and co-organizing the 2013 North American Coordinate Metrology Association (NACMA) meeting, Aug. 27–30, 2013, at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland.