The Three Gates
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Answer three ancient questions before you speak.
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
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Like a TV test pattern, nothing changes if nothing changes
Remembering the Seabees
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High-res 3D scan allows the CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation to render any size monument, from table-top size up to full-scale
New CDER Guidance Could Affect Quality Management Efforts
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There are more than a dozen CDER guidances that pharmaceutical manufacturers should keep an eye on.
Cartwheels
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Too often, rather than rethinking the cause of the waste, we automate around it.
Most often when we think of a wheel, it’s in the context of transportation, one of the more obvious and ever-present of the 7 wastes in lean. In fact, the first likely use of a wheel and axle was not for transport but for processing—actual work.
How Taguchi Designs Differ From Factorial Designs
Genichi Taguchi is famous for his pioneering methods of robust quality engineering. One of the major contributions that he made to quality improvement methods is Taguchi designs.
Use a Variable-Height Desk to Improve Productivity and Health
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Standing desks may offer some interesting health benefits
‘Sitting is the new smoking” is a common new adage.
Why U.S. Trade With Mexico and China Could Not Be More Different
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No matter how you stack it, Mexico is a better trading partner than China
Credit: Blake Thornberry
Depending on whom you ask, it’s either the best of times or the worst of times for global trade. Protectionists villainize trade as damaging to U.S.