Every once in a while when I’m conducting training, I have the good fortune to have someone ask a particularly atypical question that gets me thinking and helps me to develop more tools and techniques.

Every once in a while when I’m conducting training, I have the good fortune to have someone ask a particularly atypical question that gets me thinking and helps me to develop more tools and techniques.

(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. introduces IMPACT 10.1, the latest release of its machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine-vision inspection solutions.

(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. introduces IMPACT 10.1, the latest release of its machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine-vision inspection solutions.

(Alliance Scale Inc: Canton, MA) -- An analytical balance that is easy to operate and well-suited for a variety of laboratory, industrial, and educational weighing applications has been introduced by Alliance Scale Inc. of Canton, Massachusetts.

(Bruker AXS: Tucson, AZ) -- Bruker has created the DektakXT, a new stylus profiler that is the first production system with sustained repeatability of less than five angstroms.

(Leica Geosystems: Heerbrugg, Switzerland) -- Leica Geosystems ha

(IQL: Ashaway, RI) -- Independent Quality Labs Inc.

(Duke University: Durham, N.C.) -- Want the inside track on predicting a company’s profitability and stock returns for the next six months? Listen closely to the CEO.

When teaching the I-chart, I’m barely done describing the technique (never mind teaching it) when, as if on cue, someone will ask, “When and how often should I recalculate my limits?” I’m at the point where this triggers an internal “fingernails on the blackboard”