HEADLINES Body Armor Is Safe IAQG Releases AS9100 Revision Do the Math Manufacturers Holding Steady in 2009 New Field Guide for IT Consultants ECCB, ANAB Hazardous Substance Program The Benefits of Lean in Hospital Settings A Really Small Pill to Swallow    Body Armor Is Safe Although the Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) report on body armor ... [Read More]

HEADLINES Never Underestimate a Cat Do the Math The Zero Defects Option-- Book Review Kids Say No to Engineering Baldrige Criteria--New and Improved Not All Manufacturers Hitting Panic Button   A Macquarie Island beach (Photo: M. Murphy/Public domain)   Never Underestimate a Cat Have you ever ... [Read More]

HEADLINES 2008 Baldrige National Quality Award Winners Speaking About the Baldrige: Terry Holliday Interview Do the Math The Manga Guide to Statistics CMM Standard Revision Driving a Green Supply Chain Customer Satisfaction Takes a Dip Short on News 2008 Baldrige National Quality Award Winners The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and ... [Read More]

HEADLINES  2008 Global Productivity Report Survey Seeks to Identify Energy Trends Do the Math New Book: Twenty Things You Need to Know ISO Survey of Certifications-2007 USDA Traceability Business Plan ASQ’s 2008 Fellows Better Emergency Room Care   2008 Global Productivity Report According to the “2008 Global Productivity Report,” the recent annual ... [Read More]

(HHS: Washington) -- Last year, the United States imported more than $2 trillion worth of products, from roughly 825,000 importers, through more than 300 ports of entry. All projections indicate ... [Read More]

Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D., is an educator, implementer, and a researcher with more than 25 years in the field of workplace visuality. Considered by many a leading visual expert, Galsworth is the author of a number of books on organizational improvement and workplace visuality, including Visual Workplace, Visual Thinking (Visual-Lean Enterprise Press, 2005), recipient of the Shingo ... [Read More]

A Different Side to Risk Management A s a result of the ongoing credit crisis, senior managers in financial services firms are reassessing their risk management processes. This is leading to a greater emphasis on enterprise risk management (ERM) or firmwide risk management, according to “The Bigger Picture: Enterprise Risk Management in Financial Services Organisations,” an Economist ... [Read More]

Cequent Transportation Accessories, a division of TriMas Corp., located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, designs and manufactures a broad range of accessories for light trucks, SUVs, recreational vehicles, passenger cars, and trailers. The company has a long history of using enterprise quality management to drive market success. Three years ago, Chinese supplier error levels were ... [Read More]

IMTS Posts Biggest Attendance in Years The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2008, held in Chicago, Illinois, September 8-13, posted its largest attendance since the year 2000. Total registration for the six-day event was 92,450, with 1,803 exhibiting companies. “We are ecstatic that IMTS 2008 not only achieved but exceeded expectations and objectives,” states Peter ... [Read More]

  Henry Troemner LLC has been in the precision measurements and calibration business since 1838. The company’s work is done under the strict guidelines prescribed by ISO/IEC 17025--“General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories,” with a view toward providing its customers with the lowest possible measurement uncertainties. Before undergoing the ... [Read More]