Ask someone with her hands in her lap to pick up a coffee mug on the table she’s sitting at, and she’ll extract her hand from under the table and stretch her arm out toward the mug.

(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), a nonprofit education, publishing, research, and conference organization, will run a program of 11 lean management workshops in Atlanta, Oct. 18–20, 2011, in one of LEI’s biggest and broadest lean learning sessions of the year.

(AMETEK: Berwyn, PA) -- Land Instruments International, a unit of AMETEK that designs and manufactures instruments for industrial infrared temperature measurement, combustion efficiency, and environmental pollutant emissions, has announced efficiency and accuracy improvements to its Cyclops por

Some lies you can see a mile away: “The check is in the mail.” “Your table will be ready in a few minutes.” “I didn’t say that.” “This won’t hurt a bit.” Add to this rather long list some lies of the lean variety. I’ve heard more than my fair share.

(CCP: Beavercreek, OH) -- Certified Comparator Products has announced plans to move to a new, larger facility in early 2012.

(Kistler: Winterthur, Switzerland) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has introduced the Type 9260AA, a portable multicomponent force plate, designed to measu

(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Manufacturers of solar radiometers, and testing laboratories for solar energy, materials and durability testing will be among the primary users of a new ASTM International standard that outlines procedures using indoor test methods to calibrate radiometers with

(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has introduced a new feature for its In-Sight vision systems that allows manufacturers to easily and automatically test the vision system and verify that it is functioning correctly.

(SAE: Warendale, PA) -- Project management (PM) and advanced product quality planning (APQP) are two critical techniques used in product development in the mobility industry.

(J.D. Power: Westlake Village, CA) -- More than two-thirds of owner-reported, new-vehicle interior problems are design-related issues rather than defects or malfunctions, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Interior Quality and Satisfaction Study.