In today’s manufacturing plants, the division of labor between humans and robots is quite clear: Large, automated robots are typically cordoned off in metal cages, manipulating heavy machinery and performing repetitive tasks, while humans work in less hazardous areas

The Charleston Police Department in South Carolina is working with IBM to assist the city’s more than 400 police officers to more accurately evaluate and forecast crime patterns.

Four-dimensional computed tomography, or 4-D CT, is the latest development in the realm of industrial X-ray inspection for the nondestructive testing industry.

The production and provision of any product or service requires many activities to be performed. The pattern of activities that a firm adopts to create and deliver value to customers is commonly called the value chain (or value stream).

An optimist would say a glass is half-full, while a pessimist would say it’s half-empty. Someone with a mind for physics would say, “The volume of this cylinder is equally composed of a colorless, odorless liquid and a colorless, odorless gas.

(GBMP: Boston, MA) -- The Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership (GBMP), educational partner of The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, has released the agenda for the 8th annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference.

(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International Inc., a leading provider of real-time quality control software solutions, has announced that its 6th annual user conference, Infusion 2012, will be held Sept. 23-26, 2012, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Denver.

(FDA: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a long history of working with patients and patient advocates, beginning with the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- On Wed., June 20, 2012, MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning technology, will sponsor the Houston Lean Six Sigma Professionals (HLSSP) first roundtable discussion event at the Westin Oaks in Houston, Texas from 5:30–7

(DIS: Clinton Township, MI) -- Dynamic Intelligent Solutions (DIS) recently outfitted an automotive customer’s paint bake oven with ChamberCam, allowing the customer to obtain optical 3-D thermal expansion and displacement data of an aluminum roof while attached to a full-body vehicle during the