As of 2008, tens of thousands of video measuring machines are in broad use by manufacturers around the world. It has been just more than 30 years since the first video measuring systems were developed in the United States for dimensional measurement applications in manufacturing quality control.
With products used in the exploration of space and vessels alone on the open sea, Lockheed Martin is well aware of the importance of quality and safety. Join Quality Magazine as we explore Lockheed Martin’s MS2 business unit in Oldsmar, FL, in this exclusive field report.
Most quality programs-actually management initiatives-have been credited for failures at the middle management level. Middle management is the process owner, or the first level of supervision, irrespective of its official glamorous titles in various organizations.
From September 8 to 13, Quality Magazine’s staff will join nearly 100,000 manufacturing professionals from more than 119 countries at IMTS 2008, the largest manufacturing technology show in North America.
In these current economic conditions, many of you have been charged with helping grow the business. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal took a look at mid-level managers who have achieved above-average organic growth in established organizations and markets.
Machine vision technology has changed significantly over the years and is constantly growing and improving. Nonetheless, certain fundamentals must be understood in order to achieve successful specification and implementation of any machine vision application.
When Pilgrim saw a need in the market for Software as a Service (SaaS), the company delivered Pilgrim On-Demand, providing companies with needed software, without the hassles of infrastructure management.