Lean thinkers see the waste in health care when they are at the hospital gemba. I think this is true whether you are a lean person who is new to health care or if you’re a long-time hospital person who has learned lean.

Today’s entrepreneurs and business leaders must tread a tightrope through a universe of distractions. Information pours into our brains in a relentless, never-ceasing deluge.

(IMTS: McLean, VA) -- IMTS 2010 was nothing less than the premier event that everyone has come to expect. The latest installment was the eighth largest edition in its 28-event history.

(Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.

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(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- With the exponential increase in computing power and the broad proliferation of digital cameras, super-resolution imaging is poised to become

(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global provider of portable electronic test and measurement technology, will donate $65,000 worth of test instruments to schools and training programs for use in teaching students to diagnose and repair sophisticated industrial process control systems

(Nikon Metrology Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. has released its new ShuttlePix P-400R Digital Microscope, made for inspection, observation, simple measurement, and recording of high-resolution images. 

(Advanced Inspection Technologies: Melbourne, FL) -Advanced Inspection Technologies (AIT) has introduced the

While watching the local and national news recently, I hearkened back to the 1950s when TV news was void of all the theatrics and proud puffing.