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AM2 PAT Inc.
(AM2 PAT Inc.: Angier, North Carolina) -- A nationwide recall of Heparin and Saline prefilled flushes manufactured by AM2 PAT was issued by AM2 PAT. These products are distributed under two brand names, Sierra Pre-Filled Inc. and B. Braun. These products are sold in 3-ml and 5-ml sizes for Heparin…
Calypte Biomedical Corp.
(Calypte Biomedical Corp: Portland, Oregon) -- Calypte Biomedical Corp., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of HIV diagnostic tests, recently announced that the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA)—the equivalent of the U.S. FDA—has notified Calypte’s Chinese manufacturing…
Advanstar
(Advanstar: Iselin, New Jersey) -- The Institute of Validation Technology, a division of Advanstar Communications, will host the “Computer Systems Validation in FDA-Regulated Industries” conference in Baltimore, Maryland, April 29–May 2. The conference will provide updated interactive…
Unigene Laboratories Inc.
(Unigene Laboratories Inc: Fairfield, New Jersey) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a modification for a key enzyme, the first of two proposed improvements for Unigene Laboratories Inc.’s patented manufacturing process for calcitonin, the active ingredient in Fortical, a…
Quality Digest
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- Satisfaction with the goods and services that people in the United States buy declined in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to a report recently released by the University of Michigan’s American customer satisfaction index (ACSI). The index fell to 74.9 on the…
Quality Digest
(ISO: Geneva) -- Equipping pedestrian street crossings with acoustic and tactile signals to help disabled persons was a step forward. The problem is that they vary from one country to another. Now, a new ISO standard provides the basis for harmonizing such signals on a worldwide basis.The aim of…
Quality Digest
(NCQA: Washington) -- Two new measures focusing on obesity in children and adults highlight the additions to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, released recently for public comment by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Two other additions to the 2009 edition of HEDIS…
Douglas C. Fair
I was hiking in the Smoky Mountains National Park with a colleague, and we happened upon fellow hikers. Being the friendly sorts that we are, we stopped to take a breather and chat with our new female friends. We enjoyed resting and speaking with the women until my friend Bob smiled and asked one…
Rina Molari-Korgel
Welcome to the second issue of CMSC World—the place to catch up on the latest happenings in portable 3-D metrology and imaging. This is the official newsletter of the Coordinate Metrology Society, and once again we are gearing up for our Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference—“the” conference…
InnovMetric Software
(InnovMetric Software Inc.: Quebec, Province of Quebec, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software Inc. released an intermediate version of PolyWorks, its universal metrology software platform, in November 2007. With PolyWorks 10.1, InnovMetric significantly increases the productivity of its sheet metal…
FARO
At rare moments, an idea comes along that makes people rethink how jobs are done from that point on. The engineers at Falk PLI Engineering & Surveying have hit on such an idea for one of the most basic concepts of all: measuring.
The larger-than-life nature of steelmaking would seem to belie…
Metris
(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- Metris has recently announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement with the shareholders of X-Tek Group for the purchase of 100 percent of the X-Tek stock. The X-Tek purchase fits in the Metris acquisition strategy to strengthen its product portfolio with…
Metronor
(Metronor AS: Nesbru, Norway) -- BAE Systems has awarded Metronor AS an additional Harmolign boresight system contract. The contract covers development and supply of a new configuration of the Harmolign boresight system for BAE Systems’ Hawk jet trainer. The system will replace a legacy…
With the ever-growing demands of energy, the demands on high value-added vessels, such as container vessels, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, and crude oil carriers, have skyrocketed in recent years. As of 2006, shipbuilding orders received by South Korean shipbuilders accounted for 42…
Automated Precision Inc.
(API Technical Services LLC: Newport News, Virginia) -- API Technical Services LLC is pleased to announce that it has formally started operations as of January 2008. API Technical Services is a new metrology services company, wholly owned by Automated Precision Inc. (API) and is based in Newport…
Geomagic
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) -- Geomagic is now shipping Geomagic Studio 10, the latest version of its digital reconstruction software, and offering a free 90-day trial through it’s web site, www.geomagic.com.Geomagic Studio 10 features an optional surfacing module called…
Delcam
(Delcam plc: Birmingham, United Kingdom) -- Software from Delcam and support from AZtech have helped VMP Team Audi to a successful season.VMP Team Audi has entered into a partnership with Delcam’s South African reseller AZtech covering the supply of software, hardware, and support. Following…
Multi Metrics
(Multi Metrics Inc.: Menlo Park, California) -- Multi Metrics Inc., a global provider of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) technology, training, and support, recently announced the launch of its SmartGD&T Machine Shop Partner Program, delivering affordable, on-demand, GD…
WNS Global Services
(WNS Global Services: Mumbai, India) -- WNS Global Services, a provider of business process outsourcing services has launched a Green Lean Sigma program as a companywide initiative to address energy conservation and the lowering of the company’s carbon footprint. The program is the company’s…
Gallup Press
(Gallup Press: Washington, D.C.) -- Six Sigma changed the face of manufacturing quality, creating excellence by reducing variation in finished goods, revolutionizing businesses, and boosting profits. Now, human Sigma is poised to do the same for sales and service organizations.
Human Sigma(Gallup…
Steven Ouellette
Last month, I described a simple problem to determine which gear material resulted in longer wear. We reviewed the extremely powerful technique called Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and found a statistically significant and important effect on the average wear due to gear material. I also…
University at Buffalo
(University at Buffalo: Buffalo, New York) -- A continuous improvement program developed at a Pennsylvania hospital in partnership with The Center for Industrial Effectiveness in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has already saved the hospital $500,000 and…
NQCA
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently launched a new version of its physician practice connections (PPC) program designed to assess how medical practices are functioning as patient-centered medical homes. The new PPC—patient-centered medical home (PPC-PCMH)…
Quality Digest
(ASQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- Ever wonder how quality relates to a slice of New York-style pizza? Or how to use lean tools at home? The American Society for Quality is offering innovative “After 5” sessions that cover topics on how to incorporate quality in day-to-day life at the 2008 World…
Quality Digest
(ERAI: Naples, Florida) -- The first Electronic Industry Supply Chain Conference (EISCC) will be hosted May 1–2, 2008, in Las Vegas by ERAI Inc., a global trade association for the electronics industry. The event will focus on essential procurement and quality concerns and on regulatory issues…
