(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw, an engineering technologies company that develops products to advance operational performance, has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 201

(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- Artel, manufacturer of precise systems for ensuring data integrity in any laboratory process requiring liquid handling, is introducing two new applications that use the Artel Multichannel Verification System (MVS) to verify key steps in the assay workflow that are critic

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On April 15, 2012, U.S. Commerce Department Secretary John Bryson presented 11 U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence.

(JAI: San Jose, CA) -- JAI, developer and manufacturer of high-quality industrial and machine vision cameras, has introduced the AD-130GE, a new 2-CCD multispectral camera, offering significantly great

(Koslow: Englewood, NJ) -- Declaring a major advancement in verifying the passivity of stainless-steel equipment used in processing and transporting pharmaceuticals, food, and other products, Koslow Scientific Co.

(Newport: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global supplier of laser and photonic solutions that make, manage, and measure light, has expanded the scientific-grade (SG) series Vision IsoStation vibration isolation workstation.

(XIMEA: Munster, Germany) -- XIMEA GmbH, developer, manufacturer, and supplier of integrated machine vision systems, inspection systems, and advanced cameras, will demonstrate two firsts for the machine vision industry at The Vision Show in Boston, held May 8–10, 2012.

3P, or “Production Preparation Process,” is a method introduced to the United States during the mid-1980s by Chihiro Nakao, a contemporary of Taiichi Ohno, and a founder of the consulting firm Shingijutsu Ltd.

Just a few reminders to start with: In the automotive supply chain, process failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) must be based on—or at least must take into consideration—design FMEA.

Has this ever happened to you? You’re talking to a client, or perhaps your boss, and you realize the conversation has gotten off on absolutely the wrong foot.