(Lattice Technology: San Francisco) -- Lattice Technology Inc., developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL format, recently released Chapters 11 and 12 of the new book, Improving Lean Manufacturing Through 3-D Data by Hiroshi Toriya.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The scientists and engineers who introduced the world to tiny robots demonstrating soccer skills are creating the next level of friendly competition designed to advance microrobotics—the field devoted to the construction and operations of useful robots whose dimension

The financials of an enterprise are a result of the integration and interaction of its processes, not of individual procedures in isolation. Using a whole-system perspective, one realizes that the output of a system is a function of its weakest link or constraint.

At the 2009 National Association for Healthcare Quality conference, I gave a speech on lean Six Sigma simplified.

Story update 10/23/2009: The link to the prerecorded webinar mentioned at the end of the article has been corrected.

(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) recently presented the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with its highest honor, the 2009 AIAG Chairman’s Award.

(Z Corp.: Burlington, MA) -- When a 30-year-old aircraft arrives in the hangar for retrofitting or repair, the more information engineers have the better.

(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) – Mettler-Toledo, a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services, presents its Excellence

(Mettler Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) – Mettler Toledo, a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services, presents its Exc

The Acme Widget Co. needed to increase revenue and profits, so they undertook an initiative to attract new customers: They launched a new advertising campaign and offered special deals to first-time buyers.