During your career, it can be tempting to fall into comfortable patterns, turn autopilot on, and coast from project to project.

I n my February column, "Avoiding Company Decline," I described how part of a corporation's economic slide could be attributed to organizational scorecards or dashboa

(Delcam: Salt Lake City) -- Delcam will highlight the strengths of its PowerSHAPE CAD software in data repair and modeling for manufacture at amerimold, the international trade fair for moldmaking and tooling, and design and application development, to be held in Novi, Michigan, on June

(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has joined with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) to deliver an integrated learning conference focused on industry and regulatory viewpoints concerning current good manufacturing practices (CGMP).

(Pinpoint: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems, which designs, manufactures, and sells measuring and alignment tools and solutions, has released an improved version of its 4-Axis Precision Mount for the Microgage Laser line. It is lighter and has finer accuracy and control.

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- The Mississippi Polymer Institute (MPI) helps smaller companies in the polymer industry succeed by using an NVision MobileScan laser scanning system to reengineer or inspect parts to a high level of accuracy.

The process of problem solving can at first blush appear relatively simple: The difficulty is defined, facts and evidence are collected and analyzed, and a solution agreed upon.

Recognizing that advancement in the way things are made is critical to the success of manufacturing, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) announces its 2012 list of Innovations That Could Change the Wa

(Gemba Academy: Mukilteo, WA) -- In the upcoming webinar, “Using SPC to Make Better Management Decisions,” Mark Graban, author of the Shingo Prize-winning book, Lean Hospitals, will show how simple statistical process control (SPC) methods can be used by managers and leaders to make bett

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Do you find yourself being asked to lead others but have no idea where to start? Do you lead a team spread across different offices or even continents? In this no-nonsense guide to leadership, you will find answers to crucial questions like: What is leadership?