How Investors Are Viewing Manufacturing in 2011 and 2012
During the Robert W. Baird 41st annual Industrial Conference, which was held Nov. 8–9, 2011, in Chicago, teams from Baird Equity Research put together macro-sector comments based on presentations and breakout sessions from more than 100 public companies.
Webinar: How to Implement ISO/IEC 27001:2005
(IS&BCA: Zagreb, Croatia) -- Most of the companies that have implemented ISO 9001 have no idea they can implement ISO/IEC 27001:2005—“Information technology—Security techniques,” this increasingly popular information security standard, with much less effort than they initially anticipate.
Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 91.9% in 2011
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- September U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $606.56 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA) and The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S.
Greater Application Versatility with P-Series Flow Meters
(Parker Hannifin: Hatfield, PA) -- The Porter Instrument Division of Parker Hannifin, a global provider of motion and control technologies, has unveiled the expanded P-Series variable area flow meter product line, a new range of flow meters that provides significantly greater application vers
New Edition of <em>Lean Hospitals</em> Released
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Building on the success of Mark Graban’s Shingo Prize-winning first edition in 2009, Lean H
Eight-Megapixel Camera with GigE Vision Interfaces
(JAI: San Jose, CA) -- JAI, manufacturer of high quality, industrial-grade cameras for machine vision, has introduced new GigE Vision versions of its eight-megapixel, industrial-grade, charge coupled device (CCD) camera series.
Lower Production Costs with Nondestructive Radiography
Whenever manufacturing nonconformances are discovered, immediate action is required to ensure that a flawed product is quickly identified, contained, and corrected at the suppliers’—and often the customers’—locations.
Change? Why Change?
Suppose you came upon a man in the woods, working to saw down a tree. He is exhausted from working for hours. You suggest he could take a break to sharpen the saw because it will help the work go faster. “I don’t have time to sharpen the saw!” he exclaims.
The Bad Apple Syndrome
It is well-known that negative interactions have a bigger impact than positive ones, and that people tend to remember a person’s unfavorable qualities more vividly than their positive traits.
