(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- Siemens PLM Software, a global provider of product life-cycle management (PLM) software and services, has launched a supplier parts catalog web portal, the Solid Edge PARTcommunity, which provides access to a massive number of components, assemblies, and certified produ

It’s a pattern that no doubt repeats itself daily in hundreds of millions of offices around the world: People sit down, turn on their computers, set their mobile phones on their desks, and begin to work.

(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Tough times require searching for things that we can change and making them better. But so often problems are solved with Band-aids and not root-cause solutions. This approach is getting too expensive and at best only helps companies tread water.

Making a lasting change is usually easier said than done. Most of us spend more time talking about that next exercise program we plan to start than we do actually going through with it.

(Concurrent Technologies: Johnstown, PA) -- In an effort to save costs in ship construction and maintenance, the Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) is conducting a Navy ManTech project that is developing a prototype system for inspecting tapers

(Jossey-Bass/Wiley: San Francisco) -- Based on leadership expert Mike Figliuolo’s popular “Leadership Maxims” training course, One Piece of Paper (Jossey-Bass, 2011) teaches decisive, effective leadership by taking a holistic approach to

(U.S. Dept. of Commerce: Washington) -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank have announced a partnership to encourage the creation of domestic manufacturing jobs and opportunities for U.S. suppliers through transportation investments.

(CMM Dynamics: Apollo, PA) -- CMM Dynamics Inc., a leader in the precision fixture design and manufacturing industry, has designed and patented a precision universal fixture, the Vision Slide, which will reform the methodologies of fixture setup allocation on vision systems.

(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and ASTM International have signed an agreement to increase their cooperation in developing international standards for additive manufacturing—which refers to the process of joining materials to manufactured objects, us

When a nasty strain of E. coli flooded hospitals in Germany this summer, it struck its victims with life-threatening complications far more often than most strains—and the search for an explanation began.