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Navy Medicine Implementing Lean Six Sigma
Tue, 11/20/2007 - 22:00
(NOVACES: New Orleans) -- The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery recently presented a contract to NOVACES to implement lean Six Sigma throughout the Navy Medical Logistics Command.As a provider of business process improvement methodologies, NOVACES… A New Shigeo Shingo Book
Tue, 11/20/2007 - 22:00
(Enna Products Corp.: Bellingham, Washington) -- Enna Products Corp. and Norman Bodek have published a new hardcover book by Shigeo Shingo, Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking. Along with Taiichi Ohno, Dr. Shingo codeveloped the Toyota… Radiation May Help Knock Out Malaria
Mon, 11/19/2007 - 22:00
How are physicists helping to eradicate malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than a million people annually? Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology helped a young company create weakened, harmless versions… Search for Lead Successful
Mon, 11/19/2007 - 22:00
(Consumers Union: Yonkers, New York) -- Lead hazards in consumer products aren’t limited to the millions of toys recalled so far this year, according to Consumer Reports magazine.Consumer Reports lab tests detected lead at widely varying levels… Reviewers Wanted for 2008 Baldrige Award
Mon, 11/19/2007 - 22:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- Each year the Baldrige National Quality Program recruits experts from businesses, education organizations, health care providers, nonprofits, and other groups to serve as members of the Board of Examiners for… RFID-Based Reel Detection
Wed, 11/14/2007 - 22:00
(Cogiscan Inc.: Bromont, Quebec) In collaboration with strategic partners, Fuji, Juki, and Siemens, Cogiscan Inc., introduced its RFID Smart Reel Detection system at Productronica, in Munich, Germany. The development project, announced earlier… Fourth Annual Ultrasound World Conference
Wed, 11/14/2007 - 22:00
(UE Systems: Elmsford, New York) -- Ultrasound World IV, January 27–30, 2008 at the Clearwater Hilton in Clearwater, Florida, offers numerous lectures and workshops for maintenance and plant operations professionals. Presented by international… Automated XRF Online Test for Fast Alloy Quality Control
Wed, 11/14/2007 - 22:00
(Innov-X: Woburn, Massachusetts) -- Innov-X has installed two systems for online quality control testing of stainless steel tubes at Sandvik Materials Technology in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The FOX-IQ on-line X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer is a… Improved Quality in the New Leica TPS1200+ Total Station
Wed, 11/14/2007 - 22:00
(Leica Geosystems Inc.: Atlanta, Georgia) -- The TPS1200+ Total Station introduces Leica’s most precise automatic positioning ever, along with several other accuracy improvements. Users can combine pointing accuracy with the convenience of… Shingo 101 Workshop Coming Up
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 22:00
(GBMP: Boston) -- The Shingo Prize criteria and model have been developed to provide companies with a blueprint for attaining world-class excellence. Workshop participants will gain an understanding of the criteria and the underlying principles…