“I’m shocked... shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!”

—Casablanca’s Captain Renault, as he’s closing down Rick’s Cafe... while being handed his gambling winnings

This past week, History premiered a new show called the United Stats of America. No, that’s not a typo. It’s a show hosted by twin brothers who are both stand-up comedians and obsessed with statistics.

If loyalty is defined as being faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution or product, then there seems to be a certain amount of infidelity in the workplace these days.

(ECi: Fort Worth, TX) -- ECi Software Solutions, a leader in industry-specific information technology solutions, has launched an online resource for its manufacturing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, M1.

(MicroRidge: Sunriver, OR) -- MicroRidge Systems will highlight its reliable, flexible and easy-to-use MobileCollect wireless measurement technology at the 2012 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) being held Sept. 10–15, 2012 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

(Industrial Magnetics: Boyne City, MI) -- Industrial Magnetics Inc. (IMI) is now offering a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip as a standard on several types of its magnetic separators designed for the bulk processing industries.

(TÜV Rheinland: Boxborough, MA) -- TÜV Rheinland is hosting a series of no cost international approvals webinars addressing some of the key questions about global compliance programs: planning, readiness, and common pitfalls.

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- There are myriad quality and reliability tools available to corporations worldwide, but the one that shows up consistently in company after company is failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA).