(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Quest for Excellence XXII is bringing a passion for excellence, innovative practices, engaging conversations, and showcasing world-class results, dynamic leaders, and sustainability to all attendees on April 12–14 at the

I  recently spoke to an executive from a Canadian manufacturing company that supplies Toyota and has several years of experience implementing the Toyota Production System (TPS).

(Keithley Instruments: Cleveland) -- From the most basic applications to the very complex, there is one common element—the best possible measurements need to be made.

(Cognex Corp.:Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. recently announced In-Sight Track & Trace, an add-on software package for Cognex In-Sight vision systems.

(Toyota: ERLANGER, KY) -– Toyota recently announced that it has formed a new North American Quality Task Force led by senior automobile manufacturing executive Steve St.

(John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ) -- Industrial Statistics: Practical Methods and Guidance for Improved Performance, by Anand M.

(CoignAMT: New Brighton, PA) -- Coign Asset Metrics & Technologies (CoignAMT), at the direction of Zoo Film Productions of Hollywood, California, has helped produce IBM’s first globally released TV commercial created entirely from light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data.

(ALG: Santa Barbara, CA) -- ALG Inc., a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings Inc.

Despite double-digit unemployment, advanced manufacturing firms are still searching for highly skilled people to fill open positions. Critical skills are scarce and about to become much scarcer as the skills gap grows and the “Baby Boomers” retire.