From the executive summary: 'Innovation and quick new product design and development are crucial for companies to be competitive in a global market. Manufacturing literature indicates organizations that have been successful in implementing their Just-In-Time JIT system have also been successful in their New Product Development NPD process. The primary...
Firm interests; how governments shape business lobbying on global trade. Woll, Cornelia. Cornell U. Press 2008 186 pages $39.95 Hardcover Cornell studies in political economy HF1713 "Tell me what a businessman manufacturers,"...
INTRODUCTION Carbon nano-tubes CNT are single atom layers of carbon rolled up into tubes with nano-scale diameter. They have wide variety of applications ranging from manufacturing composite fibers for better thermal, electrical and mechanical properties to several varied applications in electronics and optics (1). Popular techniques...
1. Introduction Conventional Statistical Process Control SPC methods developed for quality and productivity improvement in industrial and service industries are typically designed for single-stage processes. Considerable research efforts have been expended on SPC and the resulting literature is surveyed in Lowry and Montgomery (1995), Woodall and Montgomery (1999)...
1. Introduction A warranty policy is an agreement between a manufacturer and consumer in which the former agrees to repair failures in a purchased product for an agreed period of time. Customers value these policies for their time-limited protection against product failures, and manufacturers value them for their...
Millathane 76, a millable polyester polyurethane rubber, is highlighted in this 28-page brochure. All Millathane polyurethanes can be compounded and processed by the use of conventional rubber manufacturing equipment to produce high quality, abrasion resistant polyurethane parts, according to the literature. Millathane 76 is said to offer improved processing properties...
Going Lean: How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovations, and Maximize Profits By Stephen A. Ruffa (AMACOM, 263 pp., $27.951 There is a growing literature on improving business during today's trying economic times. But theory and conjecture only move you so far. How...
This company has updated its product guide to provide engineers with the latest relevant information on its materials and processes developed to help manufacturers transform their ideas into reality. Zetpol HNBRs are said to show much higher resistance than NBRs to heat, sour gasoline and ozone. Zetpol is said to...
A six-page, four color brochure describes this manufacturer of gantry robotic systems. All system design, mechanical and electrical engineering, fabrication and assembly, programming and testing are done in-house for total project control from start to finish, according to the literature. This company is said to have gained broad...
This 12-page, four-color brochure describes the capabilities of this rubber products manufacturer. Included is a description of the company's special expertise in formulating, mixing, molding and extruding products from traditional elastomers, such as urethane and silicone, and advanced elastomers, such as fluoroelastomers and fluorosilicones. Also highlighted are the company's specialized...
The Synergy 2000 multi-function toolbox, described in company literature, is a data integration program that interfaces its SPC software with a variety of multi-vendor hardware platforms and manufacturing systems. Zontec www.zontec-spc.com...
ElastomerExpress software, designed to increase efficiency in both production quality testing and laboratory testing, is highlighted in the company's four-page, four-color brochure. This flexible software package is said to provide users with the highest level of confidence. The manufacturer is said to have the largest installed base of systems in...
Literature describes this provider to customers in every major market sector of top quality Custo-Mix rubber compounds to fit individual manufacturing and supply chain needs. With two modern factories to serve the industry, this company is said to have automated, state-of-the-art, computer-controlled facilities featuring a Krupp GK-250E intermeshing rotor mixer...
Athletic fields and playgrounds constructed with ground rubber made from scrap tires pose no adverse human or ecological health effects, according to a comprehensive report commissioned by the Rubber Manufacturers Association RMA. The report evaluated the health and ecological risks associated with the use of recycled tire rubber...
Peterson Machine Tool, an engine rebuilding equipment manufacturer and distributor has initiated a new website. The new site features more product information, accessed through a flash animated, interactive menu, along with complete product descriptions, specifications, more pictures of used equipment and product literature for each machine offered. A search function...
Transtracheal Systems is a medical device manufacturing company that specializes in the design and production of innovative oxygen therapy products. Each product in our line is designed to improve oxygenation, ambulation, and quality of life for patients requiring continuous supplemental oxygen. Our core product since 1986 has been the SCOOP...
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to identify industry-level new product development NPD critical success factors CSFs that influence the idea screening and project selection processes used by small-to-medium SMB medical device manufacturers. Understanding CSFs may assist business executives and NPD managers in improving their processes so as...
Cambridge Systematics, of Cambridge, MA, USA, has formed a new business unit focused exclusively on servicing its clients' freight transportation needs. For more information on this business unit, visit www.camsys.com/pressreleases/pr_ jun08_Freight.pdf. Signal Service Inc., of West Chester, PA, USA, has installed illuminated street signs in West Chester, utilizing an...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/288b67/new_directions_in) has announced the addition of the "New Directions in Histology And Cytology Markets: A 9-Country Market Survey" report to their offering. The report, "New Directions In Histology and Cytology Markets", was prepared in order to assist the diagnostics industry executives in...
Miraculins Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MOM), a medical diagnostic company focused on developing and commercializing diagnostic tests for unmet clinical needs, is pleased to announce that the Company has completed development of a prototype assay for PSP94 Prostate Secretory Protein on the Luminex Bio-Plex 200 Protein Array System and plans to...
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