Gemba Academy Webinar: Applying Lean Manufacturing to Personal Productivity
(Gemba Academy: Morro Bay, CA) -- Gemba Academy, provider of on-demand online lean training, is offering a new webinar on Tues., April 24, 2012, at 1 p.m. CDT.
Geomagic Acquires Sensable 3D’s Design and Haptics Businesses
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic, a global provider of 3-D software for capturing, creating, and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has acquired Sensable Technology Inc.’s 3-D design and haptics businesses.
Dentro LRX, a Rugged, Nondestructive Industrial Inspection System
(MVG: Horsham, PA) -- Microwave Vision Group, producers of antenna test and measuring systems, introduces the Dentro LRX, which completes the range of nondestructive inspection tools on offer for industrial clients.
3-D Solder Paste Inspection with Process Uplink Function
(Viscom: Hanover, Germany) -- In surface mount technology (SMT) electronic-assembly production, 3-D solder paste inspection (SPI) has established itself as the additional inspection gate to complement optical or X-ray inspection.
Average Tenure of CEOs Declined to 8.4 Years, The Conference Board Reports
(The Conference Board: New York) -- The average tenure of a CEO declined to 8.4 years in 2011 from approximately 10 years in 2000, according to the 2012 edition of The Conference Board’s annual report, “CEO Succession Practices.”
Seven Success Criteria for Hiring (and Working with) a GMP Consultant
The high layoff numbers in the pharmaceutical industry and poor job prospects in a weak economy have flooded the market with would-be consultants to pharma companies that need extra help.
A Frugal and Flexible Approach to Innovation
(Jossey-Bass: Hoboken, NJ) -- Innovation is a key directive at companies worldwide. But in these tough times, we can’t rely on the old formula that has sustained innovation efforts for decades—expensive research and development projects and highly-structured innovation processes.
Magnetic Testing Process Helps Ensure Reliability of Microelectronic Devices
Taking advantage of the force generated by magnetic repulsion, researchers have developed a new technique for measuring the adhesion strength between thin films of materials used in microelectronic devices, photovoltaic cells, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS
A New Chinese Export: Jobs
Bucking the decades-old wave of offshoring manufacturing jobs to China, other parts of Asia, and Mexico, GE said it would move jobs back from these countries to the United States, where it will build water heaters.
Hexagon Metrology Launches New Line of Brown & Sharpe CMMs
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) – Hexagon Metrology has announced the launch of the Brown & Sharpe 4.5.4 SF, the latest generation of shop-floor coordinate measuring machines (CMMs).
