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Like many of his predecessors and Super Bowl stars, the New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning repeated the iconic words, “I’m going to Disney World” following his team’s victory in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. The phrase signifies the successful culmination of an NFL season. However, the process that led to that championship began when the Giants held their first minicamp in 2011, or more likely, in the years prior to that. Companies implementing kaizen events can learn how to achieve long-term success in process improvement from the NFL’s best teams.
By Satya S. Charavorty and Richard M. Franza
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Today, companies are faced with pressure to increase variety in product offerings. While increasing variety and choices pleases customers and increases market share, the costs of doing so can be significant. Industry/university collaborations can take on the challenges of variety and complexity head-on. This article describes such a collaboration that led to a comprehensive, quantitative method to support design decisions. By Nihal Orfi, Asli Sahin-Sariisik and Janis Terpenny
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Just like you regularly clean your eyeglasses so you can see, the photoelectric sensors must be kept clean to ensure optimal performance. In some cases, modifications to PLC programs are made without complete understanding of the whole program, causing many accidents that can be traced to a lack of expertise or PLC training.
By Don Fitchett
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With the most advanced technologies and resources and billions of dollars spent on healthcare, does it make sense that the U.S. trails four dozen countries around the world in life expectancy? This article presents an answer: Americans are living longer than reported by the CDC.
By Hoang Pham
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