There is a lot of controversy about whether energy-intensive businesses should make extraordinary efforts to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide.

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Manufacturers realize that feature location in part design and production is crucial. To produce interchangeable parts in a manufacturing environment, the design must be sound enough to allow mating parts to work correctly.

Drugs produced in offshore manufacturing plants—even those run by U.S. manufacturers—pose a greater quality risk than those prepared in the mainland United States, a new study suggests.

So you have been in the quality world for many years. Admit it, you are the underdog. No matter if the whole company revolves around your statistics and process controls, you are not the operations manager, and neither are you the sales leader.

No leader can be blamed for thinking how wonderful a week would be if it didn’t have any meetings—or any “I just need a minute” conversations in the hall or interruptions of any kind—basically, a week with a to-do list and without people.

As we approach the 10th anniversary of the event that changed our nation’s psyche forever, the “9-11 attack,” all of us have memories and recollections of where we were on that fateful day. For me, I was in my office at a local university. Shortly after 8:45 a.m.

What if electricity and heat could be generated simultaneously? Think about energy generation on a small scale, like your household. Imagine if the same source that powered your lights and turned on your television would also heat your water and home.

In April 1989, the first Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Excellence had just been awarded at Utah State University.