Ben Margugilio wrote a nice article for Quality Digest Daily outlining how failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and what might be called just good practices could have prevented the Gulf oil spill.

(Camstar: Charlotte, NC) -- Camstar Systems Inc., a leading provider of enterprise solutions to advance product quality, announced that it has released SolarSuite 4.5 for general availability.

(Plex Systems Inc.: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers, has announced availability of live demonstrations of Plex online’s comprehensive ERP solution for motor vehicle suppliers and manufacturers on Tuesday, Aug.

(Delcam: Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam has launched the 2010 R2 version of its PowerINSPECT inspection software.

(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Mettler-Toledo introduces the new SWD440 dual-ended-beam weigh module. The SWD440 weigh modules offer good value for general-purpose weighing of tanks, hoppers, and original equipment manufacturer machinery.

(Smarter Solutions: Austin, TX) -- Everyone understands how lean Six Sigma tools—define, measure, analyze, improve, control (DMAIC)—are beneficial to the practitioner: They provide a system to solve true business problems in a project format.

Fluorescence microscopy requires an intense light source at the specific wavelength that will excite fluorescent dyes and proteins. The traditional method employs a white light, typically from a mercury or xenon arc lamp.

(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. will distribute Lasertec’s Optelics H1200, a real color confocal microscope with unprecedented color separation and high resolution. The two companies have agreed that Nikon will distribute the system in the United States and Canada.

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(Premier: Charlotte, NC) -- To help reduce costs without negative effects on quality, hospitals and health systems in California are joining a labor-related management collaborative managed by the Premier health care alliance.