Five Key Principles of Total Quality Management
It’s easy to think of quality as a niche responsibility, requiring only the involvement of those working in quality-based roles.
Coding? Your Brain Doesn’t Have an App for That
This story was originally published by MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL).
First Permitted 3D-Printed House to Hit the Market
‘For sale: 3 bd, 2 ba, 1,407 sq ft home in Riverhead, NY,” the groundbreaking listing on Zillow reads. “Own a piece of history!
Are Lean Supply Chains Responsible for Shortages?
Lean supply chains are designed based on several key principles. First, the general philosophy of lean is to reduce or eliminate nonvalue-added waste. The concept of reducing waste is always beneficial to organizations.
Siemens Extends Xcelerator Portfolio With Enterprisewide QMS
(Siemens : Plano, TX) -- Siemens Digital Industries Software announces Teamcenter Quality software, a new suite of solutions that provide a closed-loop approach for quality management, from design to manufacturing on the shop floor and back again.
Three Simple Rules for Easy, Transparent, Positive Performance Discussions
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"Must work harder!" Credit: Mark Dyer
Have you ever dreaded having a conversation with an employee who wasn’t meeting performance expectations? Maybe you avoided it, hoping it would improve on its own? If so, you are not alone.
What Are Lean and Six Sigma? Part 1
The manufacturing world, across industry sectors, has witnessed significant improvements in productivity and competitiveness during the past couple of decades as a result of continuous improvement (CI) methodologies.
Teams in Evolution—and Revolution—After the Pandemic
Right now it seems far away, but a post-Covid world is coming. Is it closer to us than the start of the pandemic? We can’t say with any certainty, but we must think about how we will work in the future.
NewTek Announces RV Series of Rotary Position Sensors
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek Sensor Solutions offers the RV series of rotary position sensors that measure and provide feedback on the rotary displacement of rotating elements in industrial benchtop and test and measurement applicat
Less Scatterbrained Scatterplots
This story was originally published by MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL).
