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Lean Deployment Checklist

Posted May 17, 2012 by Visual Workplace in Editorial

Evaluate Your Visual Factory, Lean Teams, Changeover Process and Pull Systems This PDF is designed to give the user an at-a-glance look at their current processes and evaluate them against lean pro...

Floating Robots use GPS-enabled Smartphones to Track Water Flow

Posted May 17, 2012 by Eng-Tips in News

By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley Media Relations A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River today (Wednesday, May 9) in a field test organized by engineers at the University of...

ERP: Uniting Manufacturing and Inventory in Lean Times

Posted May 17, 2012 by Focus Enterprise in Editorial

Tough times call for greater efficiencies. But is ERP your best weapon to achieve leaner production and inventory? Find the answer in the free guide from Focus Research, ERP: Uniting Manufacturing ...

Full Control of Plastic Transistors

Posted May 16, 2012 by Eng-Tips in News

Transistors made of plastic can be controlled with great precision, according to an article in PNAS by Loïg Kergoat, a researcher at Linköping University in Sweden. The Organic Electronics Resea...

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ERP Buyer’s Guide – Top Vendors Compared 2012

Posted May 16, 2012 by CompareBusinessProducts.com in Editorial

Easily compare ERP solutions for Enterprise, Mid-Market and Small business solutions in our new ERP Buyer's Guide. With the latest improvements in ERP your financial, accounting, human capital, and op...

Scientists Generate Electricity from Viruses

Posted May 15, 2012 by Eng-Tips in News

Imagine charging your phone as you walk, thanks to a paper-thin generator embedded in the sole of your shoe. This futuristic scenario is now a little closer to reality. Scientists from the U.S. Depart...

How Today’s Flexible Digital Servo Drives Help OEMs Build a Better Machine, Faster

Posted May 15, 2012 by Kollmorgen in Editorial

High-performance digital servo drives can increase machine throughput, support more sophisticated functionality and reduce commissioning time. In this white paper, Carroll Wontrop, Kollmorgen's senior...

Portable Diagnostics Designed to Be Shaken, Not Stirred

Posted May 9, 2012 by Eng-Tips in News

By Hannah Hickey, University of Washington, News and Information As medical researchers and engineers try to shrink diagnostics to fit in a person's pocket, one question is how to easily move and ...

10 Strategies for Choosing a Midmarket ERP Solution

Posted May 9, 2012 by Inside-ERP in Editorial

These days, midsized companies looking to implement an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system have more options than ever, as big-name vendors move in to a space previously occupied by smaller vend...

New Battery System Could Reduce Buildings’ Electric Bills

Posted May 8, 2012 by Eng-Tips in News

The CUNY Energy Institute, which has been developing innovative low-cost batteries that are safe, non-toxic, and reliable with fast discharge rates and high energy densities, announced that it has b...

2011 Trends Report: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Posted May 8, 2012 by Focus Enterprise in Editorial

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) automates many aspects of an organization's operations, cascading across traditional boundaries of operations, finance, manufacturing and more. As such, changes in t...

Troubled Waters

Posted May 7, 2012 by Eng-Tips in News

by Janet Wilson, UC Irvine Communications UC Irvine professor Jay Famiglietti sits with his arms politely crossed, watching an irate Central Valley farmer wrest a microphone out of a conservationis...

Computerized Maintenance Management Solution Buyers Guide

Posted May 7, 2012 by CompareBusinessProducts.com in Editorial

If you run an organization the requires many machines to function, you might find it difficult at times to keep a handle on what needs maintenance or exactly what might need to be fixed to bring part ...

Testing vintage US bridges for vulnerability – and finding ways to protect them

Posted May 4, 2012 by Eng-Tips in News

It took only 13 seconds for the bridge to collapse into the Mississippi River in a thunderous rain of concrete and steel. When the Minneapolis I-35W bridge - an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge - ...

Direct Drive Technology Improves Flexo Printing Quality and Throughput

Posted May 4, 2012 by Kollmorgen in Editorial

The highest quality flexographic printing machines use direct drive rotary motors to control and synchronize the motion of the anilox roller and plate cylinder. Tom England, Kollmorgen's director of ...