Reassessing GDP Growth with Data and Statistics, Part One
If you combine tough economic times with a presidential election year, you get a heightened interest in how the economy is changing. Is it growing faster or slowing down?
Reassessing GDP Growth with Data and Statistics, Part 2
This is part two in a three-part series where we assess what information we can obtain from the various estimates of quarterly GDP growth using statistical analysis and a control chart.
Turning the Third Edition of IEC 60601-1 to Your Advantage
There are substantial changes in the third edition of IEC 60601-1, and understanding all aspects of them is the key to turning the standard into a benefit for medical-device manufacturers.
<em>The Trustworthy Leader</em>
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- For 20 years, the Great Place to Work Institute has been compiling annual rankings of the best companies to work for in 38 countries. In the United States, the institute produces The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America.
Lean Enterprise Institute Wins Shingo Research Award for Workbook
(Lean Enterprise Institute: Cambridge, MA) -- Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream, a workbook published by the Lean Enterprise Institute on how to apply le
SAE and Nissan Partner to Expand STEM Learning at Primary Schools
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- SAE International and Nissan Americas have unveiled the newest component of SAE International’s A World in Motion (AWIM) program during the North American International Auto Show, which took place Jan.
Frustrated by Glacial Improvement Progress?
As I’m sure most of you have discovered, transformation is not a linear, predictable process. People have insights and breakthroughs in fits and starts, and growth is full of individual, inner personal transformational phenomena.
Meggitt Offers Endevco Radiation-Hardened Accelerometers
(Meggitt : San Juan Capistrano, CA) -- Meggitt Sensing Systems, designer and manufacturer of high-performance sensing and monitoring systems for air and land-based machinery in extreme environments, has introduced the Endevco model 2273A series, a family of radiation-hardened piezoelectric accele
Reducing Inspection Time of Precision Tubing Components
When the parts you manufacture pass through numerous processes such as deep hole drilling, machining, hobbing and grinding, and coating, a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is essential when your customers require 100-percent in-process and final inspection.
<em>Optical, Acoustic, Magnetic, and Mechanical Sensor Technologies</em>
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Light on physics and math, with a heavy focus on practical applications, Optical, Acoustic, Magnetic, and Mechanical Sensor Technologies, edited by Krzysztof Iniewski (CRC Pres
