(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- As the economy continues to show signs of improvement, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) is leading an effort to provide career transition guidance to quality professionals.

(Navitar Inc.: Rochester, NY) -- Navitar Inc., a supplier of high magnification imaging optics for machine vision and biomedical applications, has announced the launch of its second generation interactive online lens selector tool, the Optical Wizard 2.0, now available at

A quality management system is a framework of processes and procedures that are used to ensure that an organization can fulfill all tasks required to achieve its goals, strategies, and objectives.

(Apriso: Long Beach, CA) --  Apriso, a provider of adaptive software solutions for global Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), recently announced an expanded focus on supporting global ma

(Keithley: Cleveland) -- With Keithley's Low Level Measurements Handbook, you get measurement advice that's critical to making accurate, low-level measurements. Request a copy today, and Keithley will send you a copy in the mail and grant you online access at no charge.

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Cameron Compression Systems used NVision HandHeld laser scanners to produce a solid model of an existing large engine in one-tenth of the time that would have been required using conventional methods.

Story update 10/22/2009: We added a reference to Toyota Kata in the first paragraph.

(SigmaQuest: Sunnyvale, CA) -- SigmaQuest recently announced that Aspen Avionics has signed a multiyear purchase agreement for its SigmaSure product quality management software as a service (SAAS) offerings.

(Nikon Instruments Inc.: Melville, NY) -- Nikon Instruments Inc. recently announced the availability of the iNEXIV VMA Automeasure Version 2.5 software specifically designed for the iNEXIV VMA-2520 multisensor measuring system.

When you think about equipment that is used for measuring and test activities, you think about important equipment that is used to pass or fail product but may not necessarily see its correlation with a supply chain.