(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- High voltage… biohazard… wet floor… radioactive materials… the effectiveness of safety signs like these relies on consistency and bold, graphic impact to warn people against specific hazards and personal injury.

In 1985, when I transferred to an operations role, I inherited a production-only suggestion program. I recall that we received 16 ideas that year, of which one was awarded $1,600 calculated as a percentage of one year’s savings.

A readily portable miniature microscope weighing less than 2 grams and tiny enough to balance on your fingertip has been developed by Stanford University researchers.

FARO Technologies, Inc., a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announces the debut of CAM2 Measure 10, its newest software for the FaroArm, ScanArm, and FARO Laser Tracker.

As of 2008, the war for good jobs has trumped all other leadership activities because it’s been both the cause and the effect of everything else that countries have experienced. This will become even more real in the future as global competition intensifies.

The nonprofit Reshoring Initiative enables U.S.

Recently, I was working with a committee of leaders, support staff, and line personnel interested in encouraging and soliciting suggestions from their firefighters in an effort to improve their operations and service.

(Jossey-Bass/Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- The Future of Value: How Sustainability Creates Value Through Competitive Differentiation, by Eric Lowitt (Jossey-Bass, 2011) re

(Paul N. Gardner Co.: Pompano Beach, FL) -- The pH/ORP TesTrode is perfect for general purpose, environmental, aquaculture, or other pH and temperature measurements.

(CSA: Cleveland) -- CSA Standards, a leading standards-based solutions organization, has announced the recipients of the 2011 Awards for Outstanding Achievement.