The business world seems fascinated with the story of how Toyota “invented” lean manufacturing.

With stakeholders tha

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(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The creator of the triple-bottom-line concept is one of two featured keynote speakers at the first American Society for Quality (ASQ) Pathways to Social Responsibility Conference, June

(Automated Imaging Association: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Machine vision, a critical automation technology used for inspection, part tracking, robot guidance, and process control, will be featured at Automate 2011, to be held March 21–24, at

The USM Vision innovative, ultrasonic weld inspection system, from the Inspection Technologies business of GE Measurement & Control Solutions, allows nonultrasonic trained specialists to gather reliable and accurate pipe-weld inspection data, for subsequent re

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Heather, a manager at a publishing company, prides herself on her extremely high standards, even jokingly referring to herself as a “perfectionist,” but she has difficulty meeting deadlines.