Top executives in Europe and the U.S.

(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The Vision Show, North America’s largest vision and imaging trade show and conference, will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Hynes Convention Center, May 8-10, 2012.

(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- How do you take talented engineers and surround them with the elements needed to create brilliant designs that lead to market-changing products? A lean production preparation process (3P) is how.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a free public workshop on best practices in federal conformity-assessment activities Wed., April 11, 2012, at NIST’s Gaithersburg, Maryland, site.

(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced the Type 9211BE miniature quartz force sensor with single-wire technology, designed for hi

(Chromasens GmbH: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The improved performance of modern camera systems has increased their value as image-capturing solutions.

(BSI: London) -- The 2012 Business Continuity Management Survey, “Planning for the Worst” published this month by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) examines how prepared organizations were for unexpected and damaging disruptions to

(Jossey-Bass: Cross Point, IN) -- At the top of every organization chart lies a myth: that a senior management team makes a company’s critical decisions.

During the the mid-1980s, two great schools of investigation were put up against each other. Each were immensely popular, and still are today, with fans firmly seated in one methodology or the other. One school was led by a disheveled, cigar-smoking character.

I am 100-percent certain that on the day they asked me to manage at Minitab, they did not tell me I would have to do so much process work.