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Denise Robitaille
Many of us quality professionals have been teased by our families on more than one occasion for applying quality principles to everyday life. “I know you said you did your homework, but I’d like to see the evidence.” Admit it; many of you have been caught using quality speak around the house.…
Quality Digest
(ASTM International: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania) -- Chemical plants and contract and research laboratories will all be likely users of a new ASTM International standard, D 7183—“Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals by Ultraviolet…
Quality Digest
(ANSI: New York) -- National governments and companies around the world have recognized the strategic and economic value of a workforce that is well-versed on standardization principles. Many industry sectors, associations, and countries have already begun to introduce standards and conformity…
Peter A. Quinter
The recent rash of highly publicized recalls and alerts on Chinese-made toothpaste, tires, and toys has shaken confidence in the safety of Chinese imports, with the media calling for consumer boycotts and stricter trade regulations to discourage U.S. businesses from dealing with China.
The danger…
Quality Digest
Would you like to win a Baldrige award? Well, first you have to say so. The Examiners aren’t mind readers, you know. The PDF version of the Baldrige Award Application Forms booklet will tell you whether your organization is eligible to apply and how to go about the two-phase application…
Quality Digest
Emirates Bank, an Emirates NBD company, has been awarded the 2006 JPMorgan Chase Quality Recognition Award in acknowledgement of its consistent, high quality performance and standards in funds transfer operations management.Emirates Bank exceeded the stringent criteria for the MT103 Elite…
Quality Digest
(ISO:Geneva) – The International Organization for Standardization, the World Resources Institute, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development have signed a memorandum of understanding under which they have agreed to jointly promote the ISO 14064 standards and the WRI and WBCSD…
Neven Jeremi
Dirk Noffke, a metrology technician at DaimlerChrysler Bremen, inspects the dimensional accuracy of the left fender on a Mercedes SLK body-in-white. The comparison between the actual and CAD data is displayed in real time on an application PC running the PolyWorks…
Rina Molari-Korgel
The CMSC is proud to sponsor this inaugural issue of CMSC World, an electronic information guide for users of industrial, high-precision, 3-D measurement technology. This quarterly e-newsletter will deliver the latest metrology industry news, best practices, new techniques, product and personnel…
CMSC
(The Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference Society: Redmond, Washington) -- The CMSC is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2008 conference in Charlotte-Concord, North Carolina, near Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the heart of NASCAR Country. The 24th gathering of the CMSC will be held at…
CMSC
(Exact Metrology Inc.: Algonquin, Illinois) -- Exact Metrology Inc. has recently acquired Berding 3D Scanning, a reverse-engineering and laser-scanning services firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The acquisition further strengthens Exact Metrology as one on the nation’s leading metrology services…
CMSC
(Creaform 3D: Levis, Quebec, Canada) -- Creaform is proud to present the EXAscan, a third-generation self-positioning hand-held 3-D laser scanner equipped with three high-definition cameras which produce very high scanning resolution and data-acquisition accuracy.
The EXAscan is a self-positioning…
CMSC
(Hexagon Metrology Inc.: North Kingston, Rhode Island) -- Hexagon AB has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of CogniTens Ltd., a leading provider of shop floor noncontact dimensional measurement solutions. The company will be integrated into Hexagon…
Belinda Jones
The 23rd Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference convened at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, July 16-20, 2007. The CMSC Society hosts this gathering each year. The organization is comprised of 3-D measurement technology professionals, service providers, and original equipment…
CMSC
(Hexagon Metrology Inc.: North Kingston, Rhode Island) -- ROMER Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, has released the ultra-portable INFINITE 5012, a 1.2-meter (4-foot) model of its flagship measuring arm line. With all the performance and flexibility of its larger siblings, the 5012 excels at…
CMSC
(Brunson Instrument Co.: Kansas City, MO) – Brunson Instrument Company is proud to announce that Ray Ryan has joined the company as senior metrology consultant. Ryan’s expertise is in assisting clients with the development, implementation, and documentation of solutions for their high-accuracy…
Quality Digest
(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 the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.…
Quality Digest
Tim Solso, Six Sigma CEO of the Year (Global Six Sigma Summit: Las Vegas, Nevada) -- Texas-based Valley Baptist Health System collected three accolades—the highest number ever collected—at the Global Six Sigma Summit & Industry Awards.As well as receiving…
Quality Digest
(Avery Point Group: Atlanta) -- According to an annual study by executive search firm The Avery Point Group, there are increasing signs that lean and Six Sigma are finally achieving parity in the job market.“Trends in industry are often telegraphed into candidate requirements in job postings, and…
Praveen Gupta
Imagine you decide to learn a new language and never make a mistake while learning it. No typos, no misspellings, no grammatical errors, everything turns out perfect. The first reaction is, “How can this happen?” Perfection isn’t believable. Similarly, if everything one tries doesn’t work, usually…
Quality Digest
(ISO: Geneva) -- The 14 ISO International Standards currently making up the ISO 9000 family of generic quality-management standards are now available in new paper and compact disc editions of The ISO Standards collection. Two standards now at the final draft stage, plus a technical…
Quality Digest
Navin S. Dedhia of San Jose, California, received the Harrington-Ishikawa Quality Professional Medal for 2007 during the international conference of the Asia Pacific Quality Organization in October in Shanghai.Dedhia has served many distinguished professional and civic organizations and was…
Quality Digest
(ANSI: New York) -- The International Organization for Standardization today announced that the development process has begun on ISO 21500, a new international standard for project management.The first meeting of the project committee, ISO PC 236—“Project management,” drew fifty delegates to…
Bill Kalmar
Sitting in my home office contemplating the upcoming holidays reminds me that I have yet to submit my wish list to Santa. It’s a long list, crammed with lots of items for me, and I have included some requests for you, the readers. Of course it’s also an opportunity for me to rant about some…
Quality Digest
(Cardinal Health: Dublin, Ohio) -- Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care, recently announced a new service to help hospitals combat methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections that are responsible…
