A coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is a device for measuring the physical geometrical characteristics of an object. This machine may be manually controlled by an operator or it may be computer controlled. Measurements are defined by a probe attached to the third moving axis of this machine. This probe touches the part of interest and allows collecting discrete points on the objects surface. -Wikipedia

Personal involvement with CMM machines currently are with programming and using data generated by the machine for continuous improvement and problem solving. Software used in conjunction with these are the PC-DMIS software, and multiple hardware configurations bridge horizontal to vertical dual arm.

As with the CMM machines above a Faro arm does the same thing but in a portable package. The applications for the faro are are slightly less accurate but can be put into any area at any time for any measurement reasons. Problem solving tooling quickly is something that makes this guy stand out.

my current involvement with these machines are again programming, and using the generated data for continuous improvement and problem solving. Software used here is the CAM2 Measure.

Perceptron is an automated in-line vision measurement system. My current involvement with these systems are the correlation/comparison studies, programming and hardware reconfiguration and using the data generated for heading up containments, problem solving, and continuous improvement.

Minitab is a statistics package. It was developed at the Pennsylvania State University by researchers Barbara F. Ryan, Thomas A. Ryan, Jr. and Brian L. Joiner in 1972. Minitab began as a light version of OMNITAB, a statistical analysis program by NIST. Minitab is distributed by Minitab Inc, a privately owned company headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania, with subsidiaries in Coventry, England (Minitab Ltd.) Paris, France (Minitab SARL) and Sydney, Australia (Minitab Pty.). Today, Minitab is often used in conjunction with the implementation of Six Sigma, CMMI and other statistics-based process improvement methods. Minitab 15, the latest version of the software, is available in 6 different languages (English, French, German, Korean, Simplified Chinese, & Spanish). -wikipedia

My involvement with this software is used for problem solving and continuous improvement and usually invloves the data generated from the aforementioned devices.

Web design and information technology is kind of second in my line of work but I do use these skills to help me with my current job. In the quality field we record a lot of data including rejects, containments, process adjustments, gage tracking, and document control. In the past there was work done in excel spreadsheets, and other flat file methods of recording and reporting this data which took extensive work to get anything usefull out of it.

One of my tasks was to make this easier, so a website data repository was created that handeled each one of these areas. Now most of the reporting is done instantly and easily with little or no training by anyone in the plant. Best of all its web based using pre existing servers so the development of the system was basically free.