A Tough Calculation
Why don’t more women enter the male-dominated profession of engineering? Some observers have speculated it may be due to the difficulties of balancing a demanding career with family life.
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FDA inspections of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in the U.S. is on the rise.
A serious challenge is to deliver safe, profitable products on-time, every time. Strict FDA oversight intensifies the pressure to get products to market while fully meeting regulatory requirements.
Geomagic Delivers Updates to its 3-D Imaging and Metrology Product Line
(Geomagic: Morrisville, NC) -- Geomagic, a leading provider of 3-D software for creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has announced the first service release of the Geomagic 2012 product lines.
Global Implications of Reshoring in America
It’s getting to be an almost daily mantra for me to say, “We live in exciting times, and they’re getting more so every day.” Although the term “exciting” is usually associated with joy, it can be a double-edged thing.
Close the Loop with the Customer, Part Two
In “Close the Loop with the Customer, Part One,” we left off with Amla, the CEO of a large company, laying down what he called “commandments” for dealing with any problem bro
Close the Loop with the Customer, Part One
Sometimes, customer issues or complaints get tagged as “resolved” without actually resolving them from the customer’s perspective. At times, the customer doesn’t even know that their complaint has been tagged as resolved because no one from the company told them.
What My Email In-Box Taught Me About Lean
My husband said to me the other day, “You talk about being lean all the time, but your email in-box is definitely not lean!”
Supply-Chain Executive Conference 2012 Series
(Gartner: Stamford, CT) -- Now more than ever, the supply chain is being buffeted by forces nearly impossible to predict. The global economy remains in limbo. Natural events are a source of disruption. And change in markets as well as technology is constant.
Career Fair Offers Opportunities for Mobility Professionals
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Companies seeking automotive engineering professionals will be able to meet with prospective candidates at the SAE 2012 World Congress Career Fair in Detroit.
Help Design the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The first of a planned series of regional workshops to design a proposed $1 billion federal initiative, the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), will be held on April 25, 2012, at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
