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NQI No Longer Offering Auditor Certification
Mon, 02/20/2006 - 22:00
Effective this month, Canada’s National Quality Institute will no longer offer auditor certification. The organization, which is Canada’s leading nonprofit quality training and recognition organization, reports that it wants to focus its… New Quality Software Targets Health Care Industry
Mon, 02/20/2006 - 22:00
HealthGate Data Corp. has released a new version of its popular Quality Architect software, a product that features innovative tools for continuous improvement in health care environments. The new release includes an expanded library of… Northrop Grumman Achieves Record CMMI Level 5 Rating
Mon, 02/20/2006 - 22:00
Northrop Grumman Corp. recently achieved its 25th Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) level 5 rating, the highest possible rating for benchmarking commercial and defense industry best practices for… Conference Consensus: Digital Homes Need Standards
Mon, 02/20/2006 - 22:00
Delegates at the World Standards Cooperation (WSC) workshop agreed that futuristic, digitally connected home networks need an international standard by which to comply. Household connectivity is growing rapidly, with more and more electronic… Genpact to Drive Six Sigma for Wachovia
Tue, 02/14/2006 - 22:00
A new business-process–outsourcing contract Wachovia recently made with Genpact will allow Genpact to drive Six Sigma deeply into the banking giant. Genpact, which was established as a financial services subsidiary of GE Capital and broke… Six Sigma Adds to Cessna ’s Bottom Line
Tue, 02/14/2006 - 22:00
Cessna Aircraft Co. reports that the implementation of lean and Six Sigma helped it make significant gains last year. The company delivered 249 Citation jets, 822 single-engine pistons and 86 Caravan single-engine turboprops, and won FAA… Conference to Focus on Six Sigma in Health Care
Tue, 02/14/2006 - 22:00
The 4th Annual Six Sigma in Healthcare Conference will be held March 29–31 at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. James G. Springfield, president and CEO of Valley Baptist Health System, will share Valley Baptist’s Six Sigma… U.S. Army Announces Six Sigma Awards
Tue, 02/14/2006 - 22:00
Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey recently announced three recipients of the Army Performance Excellence Awards. The winners are: the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey (Gold… London Six Sigma Summit Speakers Selected
Tue, 02/14/2006 - 22:00
six sigma IQ recently announced the speaker panel for its upcoming Six Sigma Summit in London.The panel includes Sir John Harvey-Jones, from the BBC television series Troubleshooter and former chairman of ICI; Dieter List, Alstom Power… Bangalore Hospital Receives National Quality Award
Mon, 02/13/2006 - 22:00
Manipal Hospital of Bangalore, India, recently received that country’s prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality Award. The 15-year-old hospital has 600 beds and is India’s first multi-specialty tertiary care center to be registered to…