The fact that companies are unable to reap the full benefits of innovation has little to do with specific process improvement programs such as lean or Six Sigma.

This is one of those stories that defies logic and common sense.

A key technical challenge of the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) LISA mission has been solved: how to maintain precise pointing of a laser beam across 5 million km of space (figure 1).

(ANSI: Washington) -- The Internet as we know it is about to m

The real battle for quality doesn’t lie in processes; it lies in thinking. The recent rift in the state of Wisconsin and other places caused in part by increasing government costs leads one to ask: “Who is responsible? Is it management or labor?”

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) may possess the secret to baking perfect buns every time.

During the last couple of decades we have seen huge advances in laser trackers, portable arms, structured light scanners, laser scanners, photogrammetry devices, and other 3-D measurement technologies that have made accurate 3-D shop floor measurement more feasibl

If you’re in the business of manufacturing drugs, medical devices, nutraceuticals, or manufacturing or importing any product in the United States that falls under current Good Manufacturing Processes (cGMP) regulations, your facility will be inspected by the U.S.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves communicate with a vibrating mechanical component 1,000 times more vigorously than ever achieved before in similar experiments

Quality improvement people sure love those tools. A particular favorite, of course, is the control chart, of which, I think, seven are usually taught.