Polynesian Navigation Device; Portable Yes, Bells and Whistles, Not So MuchImage of the day for May 18, 2012
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:31
Polynesian navigation device showing directions of winds, waves, and islands. Traditionally understood and used by only a chosen few, these charts were made known to the western world circa 1890s by German naval officer, Captain Winkler. A Not-So-Portable TheodoliteImage of the day for May 17, 2012
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 16:13
Wild Heerbrugg (now Leica Geosystems) produced the Theodolite T4, which was developed by Dipl. Ing. Berchtold in the 1940's. The T4 was mainly used, up until the 1970s, to establish astronomical latitude and longitude of geodetic points by… T-Rex: I'm Not Mean, I'm Just Scanned That WayImage of the day for May 16, 2012
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 14:39
MAGLEV Inc. used 3-D scanning technology to capture the Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) fossil skeleton depicted in this poster. Working in the Dinosaur Hall at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, a team of metrology experts scanned… Byrd Transit Breaks the IceImage of the day for May 15, 2012
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:34
This transit, modified by A.N. Brunson to operate in the extreme cold, accompanied Admiral Richard Byrd to the South Pole during his 1939 expedition. Thanks to Brunson’s engineering, Brunson received a telegram back from the explorer indicating… An Arm and a LegImage of the day for May 14, 2012
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 14:41
Direct Dimensions Inc. scanned “The Awakening,” a 70 ft long sculpture from J. Seward Johnson. The sculpture depicts an enormous man struggling to rise out of the earth, which was a fixture at Washington D.C.’s Hains Point for decades. In a single… Quality Digest Interview with H. James Harrington‘We can’t blame Chinese manufacturers for building products that meet their customers’ requirements’
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 15:20
On Oct. 7, 2011, Dr. H. James Harrington appeared on our live streaming video program Quality Digest Live, where we talked about China and quality. Harrington has 30 years of experience in working with the Chinese on quality issues. Below are some… Haiku UReaders wax eloquent about quality
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 09:43
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Wild craziness
No one knows diddly here
Going homeward bound
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We have an issue!
Looking for the root cause?
Go to the gemba!
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5 Whys finds root cause
Corrective action needed
Must sustain changes
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My quality plan… Haiku UThe quality world in 17 syllables
Thu, 09/01/2011 - 09:25
This month we’re challenging readers to create quality poems in the three-line haiku format. The first line should be five syllables, the second line seven syllables, and the third line five syllables for a total of 17:
Standards are key… I’m All Shook Up!What do you get when you cross Elvis with Six Sigma?
Thu, 07/28/2011 - 17:22
Ever feel like your brain has been put in a jar, “all shook up,” then poured out? That’s what we did with a list of 18 quality words and terms that you would hear at a Six Sigma training class. Unscramble them and e-mail your answers to us by Aug… “Respect for People” Certification Course Coming in SeptemberBe the first to learn the Harada Method from Norman Bodek
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:35
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Norman Bodek, author of several best-selling books, including How to do Kaizen: A new path to innovation—Empowering everyone to be a problem solver (PCS Inc., 2010), will be running his “Respect for People”…
