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(SICK: Minneapolis) -- SICK, a global leader in manufacturing sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, has launched the

How many times have you heard, “Lean is in and Six Sigma is out” from a colleague? The funny thing about this is that I used to hear the same thing 23 years ago. Only then it was, “Lean is in, and quality improvement teams are out.” Little has changed since then.

In my March 24th column, I discussed how you should handle audits that point out a minor or "Mickey Mouse" nonconformance.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time used an apparatus that relies on the “noise” of jiggling electrons to make highly accurate measurements of the Boltzmann constant, an important value for many scientific ca

Understanding a process’ cycle time is extremely important, especially in the context of takt

(NeoMetrix: Lake Mary, FL) -- Air Mobile Ministries (AMM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that does disaster relief all around the world.

The United Kingdom’s Channel 4 flagship television program Time Team, which has been uncovering the archaeological mysteries of the British Isles since 1994, has used 3-D laser scanning technology to create high-definition fly-through animations around Mont

TVL (Toeleveringsbedrijf van Landuyt) in Wetteren, Belgium, has been finishing transmission housings for wind turbines for the past several years.

Story update 4/07/2011: A reference to Rick Nash was changed to John Forbes Nash.