In production plants across the globe, lean manufacturing techniques are being used to meet increasing demands placed on manufacturers.

(SCC: Houston) -- The Supply Chain Council (SCC), a global nonprofit management association, will hold two of its annual events simultaneously, enabling attendees to benefit from additional informative seminars while reducing travel costs.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The Baldrige Foundation remains committed to supporting the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program in 2012, despite the elimination of federal funding for the program.

(FDAnews: Falls Church, VA) -- It’s your job to know the FDA’s medical device regulations inside out. But device regulations can be a moving target. Here’s a resource that can help keep them in your sights.

Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old metallurgy technique to produce an alloy that could be the basis for a new class of sensors and micromechanical device

(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has introduced the Type 2869B0 Entry Level CoMo Injection, a four-channel, process-monitoring data acquisition system de

(Delcam: Birmingham UK) -- Delcam has launched a dedicated website for its manufacturing services subsidiary, Delcam Professional Services Ltd.

(Mitutoyo: Aurora, IL) -- The new series of Rockwell hardness testing machines—HR-200/300/400/500—from Mitutoyo America Corp., provider of measurement and inspection solutions, offer enhanced performance with improved frames, better ergonomics, and many other productivity boosting features.

(TraceGains: Westminster, CO) -- Reducing supply-chain disruptions through better supplier collaboration and sharing of information helps both sides lower costs and raise quality.

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