To continually improve operations, satisfy customers, and successfully achieve universally recognized accreditations such as the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap), it is important to have a company culture that is focused on qu
Complex systems inhabit a “gray world” of partial failures: While a system may continue to operate as a whole, bits and pieces inevitably degrade. Over time, these small failures can add up to a single catastrophic failure, incapacitating the system.
There you are, in the middle of an internal or external audit, and the auditor asks you a question that you are truly not sure about. What do you do?
1. Hit the panic button.
2. Ask the audience for a hint.
3. Phone a friend.
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. will feature innovations in measurement automation at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 (IMTS) being held at McCormick Place in Chicago from Sept. 10–15, 2012.
Micropipettes are the most important and latest technical tool for the laboratories. There are so many different types of laboratories and in all of them people have to work with liquids and semi liquids. For getting perfect volume of them they need something which can carry the material in perfect volume and can release it at any required place.
(INUS: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology, a provider of technology and services in 3-D scanning and developer of Rapidform software, a well-known name in reverse engineering, inspection, and scan data processing, has announced a strategic agreement with Basis Software, developer of the Surph
(RealVision: Eagle, ID) -- When everyday operations take precedence for a company, it’s difficult to carve away the time or energy to focus on the maintenance of the equipment, tools, or machines.
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The AIA director of standards development, Bob McCurrach, will give an overview of the current global vision standards landscape and provide the latest updates on the AIA vision standards in a free webinar, “What’s New in AIA Vision Standards,” on June 27, at 10 a.m. EDT.
(Omek: Givat Ella, Israel) -- Omek Optics of Israel exhibited at the Optatec Show in Frankfurt, Germany, which was held May 22–25, 2012.
I recently met a good friend who works as a junior member of a cabin crew for a well-known airline. I won’t disclose its name or hers for obvious reasons; you’ll see why as you read on.