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Standards Play a Supporting Role at the Academy Awards
Tue, 03/07/2006 - 22:00
Standards that relate to the wearability and care of clothes will help even the owners of the glamorous gowns and tuxes seen at the Academy Awards maintain their fancy frocks. Standards developer ASTM International, a member of the American… AeA Announces Hazardous Substance Conference Series
Mon, 03/06/2006 - 22:00
AEA, a high-technology trade group, will host a series of six events focusing on new and upcoming regulations that restrict hazardous substances in electrical and electronic components. The European Union Waste Electrical and Electronic… Ampro Computers and Infor Expand Their Partnership
Mon, 03/06/2006 - 22:00
Ampro Computers recently expanded its investment in software developed by Infor for managing and reporting on key areas of its business. Ampro supplies custom computer boards to allow manufacturers to integrate computers into their products… National Technical Systems Offers Wireless-Device Testing
Mon, 03/06/2006 - 22:00
National Technical Systems Inc.’s Calgary division recently started offering wireless-device testing to FCC standards and European Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE). Original equipment manufacturers… iGrafx Improves Process-Excellence Solutions
Mon, 03/06/2006 - 22:00
iGrafx recently announced the availability of the 2006 version of its process-excellence series of software solutions. iGrafx 2006 has enhanced modeling and simulation capabilities to better support corporate process-excellence initiatives… Wireless Sensors That Detect Part Failure Under Development
Mon, 03/06/2006 - 22:00
European researchers are hard at work developing wireless sensors that will predict when components will fail. The implication of such a sensor has broad implications for just about all sectors of the manufacturing industry. The sensor… The Quality Group Announces Its New Director of Business Excellence
Tue, 02/28/2006 - 22:00
Diane Ritter, a prolific author and former colleague of W. Edwards Deming, recently joined The Quality Group as its director of business excellence. Ritter is a co-author of the popular The Memory Jogger (GOAL/QPC, 1994) series of Six Sigma… Georgia Software Provider Named on ’Most Innovative’ List
Tue, 02/28/2006 - 22:00
Synthis Corp., a provider of enterprise knowledge-management software, was recently named one of Georgia’s most innovative technology companies. The list was compiled by the Technology Association of Georgia, which accepts nominees from the… New Book Illustrates Six Sigma Processes
Tue, 02/28/2006 - 22:00
Dave Rasmusson’s The SIPOC Picture Book: A Visual Guide to the SIPOC/DMAIC Relationship (Oriel Inc., 2006) helps readers use Six Sigma concepts to sort, categorize and organize new concepts and information, and integrate them with what they… Army Awards Multimillion Dollar Lean Six Sigma Contract
Tue, 02/28/2006 - 22:00
Perkins Technical Services Inc. was recently awarded a nearly $500 million contact to provide lean Six Sigma consulting, process management and organizational development throughout the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command. Perkins has…
