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(Zontec: Cincinnati) -- Zontec Inc., the international developer of statistical process control (SPC) software solutions, announced that its Synergy 3000T v. 3.0 enterprise SPC software has achieved certified integration with SAP Business Suite software. SAP is the world’s largest business…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is now offering professionals the ASQ Master Black Belt Certification, a new addition joining the Society’s 18 certification programs available around the globe.
This newest certification is aimed at individuals who seek a universally…
(Bosch Rexroth: Buchanan, MI) -- Bosch Rexroth is offering advice on how to incorporate lean principles into the design of a new factory, or expansion of an existing factory, in an episode of their lean manufacturing podcast series.
Developed with lean manufacturing expert Jamie Flinchbaugh,…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- ASQ’s Six Sigma Forum is sponsoring a combination expert panel roundtable discussion, featuring guest speaker, long-time Quality Digest contributor Thomas Pyzdek, renown author and founder of Six Sigma Training.org, on May 26, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the World Conference on…
(Business901: Fort Wayne, IN) -- Joe Dager, owner of Business901 has just released a 27-page e-book that provides an overview of the value-stream marketing process. The book, Value Stream Marketing, is an overview of applying lean principles to the marketing process. It also serves as an…
(NAG: Oxford, UK) -- Quality engineers performing data-intensive quality design and analysis modeling who are interested in achieving top performance from graphical processing units (GPUs) in diverse applications using Monte Carlo simulations can now obtain an updated version of NAG numeric…
(Apriso: Long Beach, CA) -- Apriso, a provider of manufacturing software solutions for sustained manufacturing operational excellence, recently announced an expanded partnership agreement with Predisys to deliver advanced statistical process control (SPC) and quality data analytics (QDA) as an…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Infusion 2010 will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Westin Grand, Oct. 24–27. The conference will offer social and networking events that will allow attendees to experience all that this historic location has to offer.
Infusion 2010 will empower participants…
(Productivity Press: New York) -- In an environment of diminishing resources, growing enrollment, and increasing expectations of accountability, Bill Balzer’s Lean Higher Education: Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes (Productivity Press, 2010) provides the understanding…
(SEEBURGER Inc.: Bretten, Germany) -- SEEBURGER Inc. has announced SEEBURGER eKanban Asset Management, an end-to-end electronic kanban solution that enables fully automated replenishment of parts inventory based on consumption as well as enterprise resource planning (ERP) production planning…
(The QC Group: Minneapolis) -- The QC Group, a provider of quality-related inspection, reverse engineering, training, and staffing services for engineering projects, has announced that its QC staffing service is now available in eight states, and its 70-plus different training programs are offered…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS has upgraded the IT infrastructure that supports eSPC, the leading software as a service (SaaS) manufacturing quality control system. The upgrade provides superior redundancy, security, performance, and scalability to companies using eSPC to provide…
Cummins is celebrating 10 years of Six Sigma and $3 billion in annualized savings by recognizing the best work from among the nearly 4,000 projects completed worldwide in 2009.
The top health and safety, and customer-focused Six Sigma projects will be displayed May 11 in an expo on the ground…
(IQPC: London) -- The Lean Leaders Meeting is the first forum to go past the tools and techniques to discuss how lean leaders can truly enable and embed lean within their global business operations and culture, driving the critical transformations learned and needed for 2010 into 2011. Join your…
William G. Hunter
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The Amercian Society for Quality (ASQ) Statistics Division is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for its William G. Hunter Award for 2010.
William G. Hunter was the first chairman of the Statistics Division of…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) — William Wessels wrote the new book, Practical Reliability Engineering and Analysis for System Design and Life-Cycle Sustainment (CRC Press, 2010), for practicing engineers and introduces the interference theory to applications for design-for-reliability.
In…
(Pacifica Endeavors LLC: San Diego) -- Pacifica Endeavors LLC has launched an online directory to simplify the process of finding an ISO standard, Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, CMMI, or Malcolm Baldrige quality consultant in the United States or Canada. Related software can also be readily…
Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T) LLC is a management and operations contractor with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at its Kansas City, Missouri, plant, and several locations on or around Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. The facilities under…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning support technologies, has partnered with the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University (OSU) to present an innovative and affordable Master Black Belt (MBB)…
(Utah State University: Logan, UT) -- See and experience firsthand what is at the heart of the lean business model in Japan through a series of plant tours, workshops, and networking with peers, Sept. 10–18. This will truly be a life- and career-changing trip. Implement just 10 percent of…
(Numerical Algorithms Group: Oxford, UK) -- Quality engineers seeking better use of the processing power of multicore computer systems, in addition to an easy way to migrate existing applications to multiprocessor architectures, can now download the new NAG Library for symmetric multiprocessor…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Covering health care from clinical to nutritional services, Applying Lean in Healthcare: A Collection of International Case Studies (CRC Press, 2010), published April 15, introduces key concepts of lean health care and presents real-life examples to illustrate the…
(Pilgrim Software Inc.: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management software solutions, has partnered with The Winvale Group, a provider of information technology solutions to the United States’ public sector. In conjunction with The…
(emergn: New York and London) -- emergn, a global professional services and business agility firm, has announced that the company is launching its lean and agile training series, emergnEducation, in North America. After strong success in Europe, emergnEducation will offer a rich curriculum based…
(HSM Americas Inc.: New York) -- The world’s greatest thought leaders in the field convene at the World Innovation Forum, June 8–9, at the Nokia Theatre in New York City, to provide actionable insights into the central issues at the heart of innovation today—marketing, Web 2.0, health care, social…