If you are buying two or three complex assemblies per month from a contract manufacturer, it would be reasonable to check every one carefully; there’s a lot that could go wrong.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Finally, an optical frequency comb that visibly lives up to its name.

The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) posted a notice of draft guidance that will require all medical device adverse-event reports to be submitted electronically.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Finally, an optical frequency comb that visibly lives up to its name.

Product certifications have exploded in recent years. Products ranging from pine lumber to children’s toys carry some sort of certification, and the organizations issuing certifications are as diverse as the products themselves.

(CRC Press: New York) -- Improving supply chain efficiency, especially in today’s unsettled business climate, requires that managers go beyond doing business as

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- In today’s challenging economy, providing quality service can be a major competitive advantage—but it can be difficult to define and measure.

(Edmund Optics: Barrington, NJ) -- Edmund Optics (EO), a provider of optical components, recently announced that it greatly expanded its line of TECHSPEC imaging and machine vision lenses, adding more than 30 EO designed and manufactured lenses including TECHSPEC fixed focal length and telecent

(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Groby, England) -- The hand-held DPI 620 advanced multifunction calibrator from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies now incorporates full HART capability, making it the only combined HART communicator and calibrator currently on the market.

(ANAB: Milwaukee) -- Randy A. Dougherty, vice president of the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB), has been elected chair of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), the world association of national accreditation bodies for management systems, products, and personnel.