In the manufacturing industry, an andon is a status display device used to alert the work team—by sound or visually—that assistance is needed immediately, or to identify where they need to concentrate their efforts.

Lean Six Sigma methodologies have been around since Henry Ford’s creation of the assembly line in the early 1900s.

Automakers worldwide are showing continuous improvement in terms of long-term dependability and quality of their vehicles, according to results of the 2010 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS), recently released by J.D. Power and Associates.

(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Ellison Technologies Inc., the largest distributor of computer numeric control (CNC) machine tools and metal cutting solutions on the U.S.

The rapid expansion of the Chinese auto manufacturing industry has become a concern for the Chinese government, especially after the latest episodes with Japanese automaker Toyota, whose CEO has admitted to the world that the company’s fast growth damaged the safety

More than 90 percent of all food manufacturers have less than 200 employees. Yet, these small food manufacturers are held to the identical regulatory quality and safety standards as organizations with tens of thousands of employees.

(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) --  Hexagon Metrology Inc.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Baldrige National Quality Program (BNQP) has announced that four state quality programs will receive funding for the development of Bal

(AIT: Melbourne, FL) -- Advanced Inspection Technologies Inc.

Toyota is in the news daily for its safety-related recalls. It’s sad… no, tragic. How could a company’s quality reputation be diluted so quickly? The pundits are saying that it will take many years to regain its lost quality reputation.