Developing a Standardized Approach to Work, Part 1
In this four-part series, we take an in-depth look at how to design an effective work environment. Part one discusses the elements of continuous-flow work cells.
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3-D Scanning Helps Make Faster Bikes
A major manufacturer of high-tech bicycles with a worldwide distributorship and many professional endorsements to its name used 3-D laser scanning to maintain its competitive edge.
Hexagon Metrology Launches Online Store
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. has announced the official opening of HexagonStore.com, an e-commerce portal for the United States that offers online purchase of training classes, parts, and accessories for metrology systems.
Quick Change Artistry
What can you do when your organization has a critical mission—e.g., to help more transplant patients live longer, healthier lives—and you know your processes desperately need improvement?
Laser Scanners Ensure Safety for a Tricky Excavation
Moles are invading Seattle. Not the small, furry mammals often reviled for destroying lawns, but the specialized boring machines used to excavate tunnels in urban environments.
Event: DMIS 5.2 / I++DME Training Workshop
(DMSC Inc.: Arlington, TX) -- The next DMIS Training Workshop is scheduled for the week of Aug. 9–12 and will include the new Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard (DMIS) 5.2 as well as the I++DME specification.
Report: Nation’s Manufacturing Sector to Bounce Back in 2011–2012
(Ball State University: Muncie, IN) -- Manufacturing will recover to prerecession levels during the next two years in states with low tax rates, a diverse collection of manufacturing industries, and strong government services, says a report from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
Assessing Your Footprint on the Carbon Trail
Industrial organizations face numerous compliance regulations such as management system certification, information security, corporate social responsibility compliance, and limiting the content of hazardous substances in products.
A Lean Office Eliminates Waste and Saves Time
Higher customer expectations, cost-cutting pressures, thinner margins, and shorter lead times are some of the daily challenges that organizations face.
Motion Analysis: From Figure Skaters to Factory Workers
Ideas for quality and continuous improvement can come from the most unconventional sources. As an automotive supplier, improving competitiveness, quality, and productivity are always top of mind.