Optical character recognition (OCR) is a vision system tool that is widely used in the packaging industry. Like bar code technology, OCR is a data-capture methodology.

(ROMER: North Kingstown, RI) -- ROMER Inc., a brand of Hexagon Metrology, has launched the CMS108, a high-precision, noncontact laser scanner available for the company’s portable coordinate measuring machines (CMMs).

(Jenoptik: Jena, Germany) -- Light and compact in design, easy to operate with long-lasting battery power, the Hommel-Etamic W5 surface roughness measuring system is ideally suited for measurements on the production line.

(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the release of its Software Development Kit (SDK) for the recently introduced FD-Series spectrodensitometers.

The additive manufacturing industry will greatly benefit from a new ASTM International standard that will allow computer-aided design programs, scanners, and 3-D graphical editors to communicate with 3-D printers and additive manufacturing equipment.

(KPMG: New York) -- Demand is increasing for shared services models and internal process improvement as organizations look to enhance business performance, according to the KPMG 2Q11 Sourcing Advisory Pulse Surveys.

(ISO: Geneva) -- A new international standard detailing the level of competency required by those responsible for verifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been published.

(Deloitte: New York) -- Pricing is a powerful and proven strategy for improving profitability, yet few organizations know how to do pricing well.

You are in the kitchen, surrounded by ingredients, and are asked to prepare a meal. As you look around, you notice that you have the usual: flour, sugar, eggs, milk, butter, meat, veggies, and fruit. You think, “No problem.