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Shuster Laboratories Expands Food Testing Facilities
Wed, 10/12/2005 - 22:00
Shuster Laboratories Inc. recently expanded its food testing capacity to meet increasing demand from manufacturers, retailers and food service establishments. The company, based in Canton, Massachusetts, invested in state-of-the-art equipment for… ISO General Assembly Focuses on Innovation in Economic and Social Progress
Mon, 10/10/2005 - 22:00
The contributions of international standards to economic and social progress, and their role in disseminating technological innovation, were the focus of the International Organization for Standardization’s General Assembly, held September 19-23 in… Canada Awards for Excellence Recipients Announced
Mon, 10/10/2005 - 22:00
The National Quality Institute announced 13 recipients of the 2005 Canada Awards for Excellence recently. The CAE Quality Award is based on the Canadian Framework for Excellence, used by many organizations as a management model for continuous… Rockwell Automation Announces Educational Courses
Mon, 10/10/2005 - 22:00
Rockwell Automation will host a series of professional education courses for the manufacturing industry through the end of the year. The courses will be held throughout the United States, and include: Motion Control Fundamentals, Oct. 17-18 in… Court Withdraws Judgment in FARO/ROMER Case
Mon, 10/10/2005 - 22:00
The judge presiding over a lawsuit against FARO Technologies Inc. has withdrawn a summary ruling that the company’s use of infinite rotation technology in several of its products infringes on a patent held by ROMER CimCore… Quality Management Keeps the Lights On
Mon, 10/10/2005 - 22:00
The Shanghai Power Co.’s use of quality chain management theory allowed it to keep the electrical grid up and running in the bustling Chinese city all summer last year. The organization recently released a report on the process it used to avoid… New Director for IAF
Mon, 10/03/2005 - 22:00
Henri Pierre Sallé was recently elected as board director of the International Accreditation Forum Inc. Sallé, who is president of KEMA Registered Quality Inc., has been the chairman of the Independent Association of Accredited Registrars since 2002… Conference to Focus on Quality-Process Synergies
Mon, 10/03/2005 - 22:00
An upcoming conference will focus on creating synergy between organizations’ various quality improvement efforts. The SCOR/Six Sigma/Lean Convergence Forum will examine ways to align implementations of quality efforts for maximum benefit. It will… Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen Cleans Up Navy Process
Mon, 10/03/2005 - 22:00
The use of value-stream mapping recently helped the U.S. Navy improve its acquisition processes. The value-stream map was produced by some of the Navy’s top lean Six Sigma practitioners at a kaizen competition designed to improve the Navy’s complex… Vintara Enhances Compliance-Management Software
Mon, 10/03/2005 - 22:00
Vintara recently released a fully integrated tool that allows authorized document editors to revise and save any compliance-related document. The software is useful for easily maintaining and verifying compliance to a long list of standards and…