Reassessing GDP Growth with Data and Statistics, Part 2
This is part two in a three-part series where we assess what information we can obtain from the various estimates of quarterly GDP growth using statistical analysis and a control chart.
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Turning the Third Edition of IEC 60601-1 to Your Advantage
There are substantial changes in the third edition of IEC 60601-1, and understanding all aspects of them is the key to turning the standard into a benefit for medical-device manufacturers.
Frustrated by Glacial Improvement Progress?
As I’m sure most of you have discovered, transformation is not a linear, predictable process. People have insights and breakthroughs in fits and starts, and growth is full of individual, inner personal transformational phenomena.
Reducing Inspection Time of Precision Tubing Components
When the parts you manufacture pass through numerous processes such as deep hole drilling, machining, hobbing and grinding, and coating, a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is essential when your customers require 100-percent in-process and final inspection.
Production in the Innovation Economy
Not long ago, MIT political scientist Suzanne Berger was visiting a factory in western Massachusetts, a place that produces the plastic jugs you find in grocery stores.
Misguided FDA Food Regulations Will Hike Costs, Not Safety
This year will mark another push for aggressive food regulation at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On tap, salt regulations and industrywide regulations dictating which foods can be advertised on television.
How to Create a Stronger Manufacturing Sector in a Volatile Market
Like most industries, the manufacturing sector is transforming rapidly. Because of recent technological advances and globalization, U.S.
Standard Work Is Like Food: Taste Before Seasoning
During a recent trip to the great state of Texas, I heard some down-home wisdom: “Before you season your food, why don’t you taste it first?” The person who uttered that question was not talking about food.
Four Measures That Produce Workplace Learning and Vitality
Although it may come as little surprise that happy employees are more productive, a high-performing workforce needs more than just a feeling of contentment. Workers need to thrive, says a researcher at the University of Michigan.
Fifty Observatories Worldwide Unite to Capture Single Image of Black Hole
Astronomers, physicists, and scientists from related fields across the world convened in Tucson, Arizona on Jan. 18, 2012, to discuss an endeavor that only a few years ago would have been regarded as nothing less than outrageous.