Embrace It or Not, Social Media Affects Your Organization
In an earlier column, I focused on innovation as I pondered the growing importance of the topic to U.S.
FDA Proposes Unique Device Identification System for Medical Devices
(FDA: Washington, D.C.) -- In response to requirements in legislation that passed Congress with broad bipartisan support, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier, or UDI.
Leak Rates—Real and Imagined, Part 1
There has been no shortage of innovations in leak detection design since Uson first developed automated leak testing methods for the U.S. space mission a half century ago and then brought these techniques to various commercial applications.
Optically Diffuse Reflection Material Now in Gray Grades
(Gigahertz-Optik: Newburyport, MA) -- White optically diffuse reflecting material is useful in many lighting design, laser, and reflection and transmission applications, including integrating sphere coating, laser cavities, and reflectance standards.
Verisurf Demonstrates Verisurf X6 at CMSC
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Join Verisurf at CMSC 2012, July 16–20, 2012, as it demonstrates its latest software release, Verisurf X6.
TRIZ Certification Course
(Pivot Management Consulting: Maharashtra, India) -- TRIZ (pronounced “treez”) is a leading innovative problem-solving method based on logic and data analysis, which accelerates your ability to solve difficult problems creatively.
Factory Tours Urged to Raise Awareness of Skilled Career Options
(NIST: Rockford, IL) -- To highlight the importance of manufacturing to the nation’s economy and draw attention to the many rewarding high-skill jobs available in manufacturing fields, a group of public and private organizations announced the launch of Manufacturing Day for Oct. 5, 2012.
Hexagon Debuts PC-DMIS 2012
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has launched PC-DMIS 2012, the popular metrology software.
Will Health Care Professionals Accept the Lean Concept of ‘Standardized Work?’
When I was a guest on Quality Digest Live, co-host Dirk Dusharme asked me about hesitations that some health care professionals might have about the lean concept of “standardized work.