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Traditionally, 3-D dimensional inspection was performed in the quiet, stable, spotless, and controlled environment of quality labs.

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Well, this is getting interesting. For the past several months, we’ve had relatively partisan folks on each side of the medical device industry vs.

Since 2009, there has been a recovery in the white-light scanner market, and the manufacturing industry and metrology vendors acknowledge this. However, research indicates that there is still uncertainty among end-user spending.

A Minnesota-based manufacturer of high-quality ATV, snowmobile, and motorcycle parts and accessories had a design and development problem with a snow blade that created a lot of time-consuming rework.

Toyota has launched a national program to donate its Toyota Production System expertise to help schools, hospitals, and nonprofits improve their operations, extend their reach, and increase their impact.

Standard: “A document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of ord

You’ve heard about “measuring training effectiveness” but aren’t quite sure how to do it. You’ve been filling out training attendance sheets for as long as you can recall, and they have served the purpose.

Jidoka is one of the core principles of the Toyota Production System, one that empowers production workers to stop the assembly line and solve problems at the moment they occur.