In the not-so-distant past, manufacturers using laser scanners and conventional area-scan image-based readers had to put up with inherent technology limitations.

(Ford: Dearborn, MI) -- Ford Motor Co. is putting design in the hands of enthusiasts with a new customizer website that features the 2012 Mustang.

(Taylor Hobson: Leicester, UK) -- The Ultra Precision Benchtop 3D Optical Profiler from Taylor Hobson brings high-performance optical measurements within the reach of both precision manufacturing and research companies.

(FODIS: Lustdorf, Switzerland) -- FODIS, a leader in the market for high-speed panoramic camera equipment, presents FODIS Measure 3D with new features, a combination of a fast, high-resolution, 360° panorama camera with innovative software packages.

(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Few industrial sectors have such stringent quality requirements as the pharmaceutical industry. To meet these exacting specifications, companies are increasingly utilizing intelligent vision systems.

When a wedding invitation comes in the mail, my gut instinct is to leave it in the mailbox and have the mailman take it away to someone else who might actually want to attend.

Ask someone with her hands in her lap to pick up a coffee mug on the table she’s sitting at, and she’ll extract her hand from under the table and stretch her arm out toward the mug.

(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), a nonprofit education, publishing, research, and conference organization, will run a program of 11 lean management workshops in Atlanta, Oct. 18–20, 2011, in one of LEI’s biggest and broadest lean learning sessions of the year.

(AMETEK: Berwyn, PA) -- Land Instruments International, a unit of AMETEK that designs and manufactures instruments for industrial infrared temperature measurement, combustion efficiency, and environmental pollutant emissions, has announced efficiency and accuracy improvements to its Cyclops por

Some lies you can see a mile away: “The check is in the mail.” “Your table will be ready in a few minutes.” “I didn’t say that.” “This won’t hurt a bit.” Add to this rather long list some lies of the lean variety. I’ve heard more than my fair share.