Analysis: Emerging Recovery Looks to be “Weak and Laced With Uncertainty”
(MAPI: Arlingon, VA) -- “The disappointing report on August durable goods activity supports the belief that the emerging U.S.
Product News: Green Laser for High-Throughput Micromachining
(Coherent Inc.: Santa Clara, CA) -- The new MATRIX 532-8-100 is a Q-switched, diode pumped, solid state laser designed to deliver the best cost-to-performance rati
Ten Pitfalls of Pitiful Meetings and How to Fix Them
If your team members (or you) hear “Meeting at 3:00” and think, “Here comes another waste of my time,” then it’s time for a meeting overhaul at your organization.
Company News: TrackWise Software Chosen to Optimize Customer Complaint Handling
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- Sparta Systems Inc., the maker of TrackWise software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance solutions, announces that Ascent Healthcare Solutions Inc., a Phoenix-based leader in delivering health care resource sustainability, has selected its
Mandatory Reopening of Takeover Bid of Nikon on Metris
According the Metris web site, as a result of a mandatory reopening of the takeover bid of Nikon Corp. (through NIMD SPRL, a wholly-owned Belgian subsidiary) on Metris, NIMD SPRL holds 11,980,911 shares and thus holds 95.04 percent of the Metris shares.
The Only Reason to Collect Data Is to Take Action!
While I have been saying this for decades, and while K’ung Fu-tzu implied it millennia ago when he called for a balance of knowledge and action, it takes a while to sink in. W. Edwards Deming showed how simply taking a pencil with paper and plotting the data makes action possible.
Updated NIST Master Plan Sent to Capital Planning Commission
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Planned and potential expansions and new facilities across campus, the addition of 400–500 kilowatts in power from solar panels, and increasing the already heavy use of alternative transportation by employees to a daily rate of 40 percent are among the highlights of a
Company News: Kraft Foods Standardizes on InfinityQS Quality Control Software
(Infinity QS International: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International, a provider of real-time statistical process control (SPC) software, recently announced that Kraft Foods has selected InfinityQS ProFicient 4 for the global rollout of SPC, Hazard Analysis and Critical Contro
Free Webinar: Optimizing Supply Chain Using Leaner Business Practices
(SigmaQuest: Sunnyvale, CA) -- MetricStream, a provider of governance, risk, compliance (GRC), and quality management solutions, and SigmaQuest Inc., the provider of on-demand scalable solutions for product quality management, are hosting a free webinar titled, “Optimizing Your Supply Chain Usin
Unique Challenges to Measuring Microparts
There are several challenges that can arise when you start the process of measuring micro and meso scale parts. Some important factors to consider before you begin the actual part measuring are: part handling, cleaning, and fixturing.