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(Smarter Solutions: Austin, TX) -- The newly released book Minitab and Lean Six Sigma, by Forrest W. Breyfogle III, illustrates how to use Minitab statistical software using an integrated enterprise excellence DMAIC road map to ensure that your business metrics, goal-setting practices, and process-…
(Datanomix: Nashua, NH) – Datanomix has announced a major new capability, Automated Downtime Insights, to further its mission to deliver the next generation of production monitoring and expand its lead as the industry’s only hands-free production monitoring platform.
The Datanomix platform is…
(NIMS: Fairfax, VA) -- The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) has developed a new methodology to learn, retain, and transfer knowledge for Geometric Tolerancing & Dimensioning (GD&T) across an organization. NIMS offers the training in a day and a half workshop.…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) -- PQ Systems, the most recommended provider of quality software solutions, has acquired The Elsmar Cove, the leading quality forum for industry professionals.
Elsmar.com was originally launched by standards compliance expert Marc Smith in January 1996 as a free resource…
(InfinityQS: Fairfax, VA) -- InfinityQS International Inc. (InfinityQS), the global authority on data-driven enterprise quality, proudly announces it has been named a Top Software & Technology Provider by Food Logistics magazine for the 11th year in a row. Formerly known as the FL100+, the…
(The ROI Alliance LLC: Longmont, CO) -- The ROI Alliance announces the release of ROIstat, a GUI-based app to make using applied statistics easy via the powerful R statistics programming language.
The value of using statistics in business cannot be overstated. Statistics are how people make…
(Argolytics LLC: State College, PA) -- Following the recent release of TRENDABLE for Data Analysis, Argolytics LLC, has announced the latest addition to its suite of online quality control software: TRENDABLE for Data Collection.
TRENDABLE for Data Collection builds on Argolytics’ commitment to…
(ETQ: Boston) -- ETQ, a leading provider of quality management solutions, released findings from a first-of-its-kind research study–“The State of Quality Management: 2020.” According to the survey, companies are investing more in quality as a strategic business growth initiative that brings a…
(Zontec: Cincinnati, OH) -- Zontec Inc., global leader in statistical process control (SPC) software, is expanding its software purchase options to include e-commerce subscription software. Starting today, Synergy 100 and Synergy 100+ are available to purchase and download without long-term…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- The book, Statistical Process Control for the Food Industry: A Guide for Practitioners and Managers, by Sarina A. Lim and Jiju Antony (Wiley, 2019), provides managers, engineers, and practitioners with an overview of necessary and relevant tools of statistical process…
(Zontec: Cincinnati)-- Zontec Inc., a worldwide leader in statistical process control (SPC) software that improves manufacturing quality, has announced the availability of Synergy 1000 and Synergy 1000+ v. 10.0.
The Synergy 1000 and Synergy 1000+ products are part of an entire suite of Zontec SPC…
Democratizing data science is the notion that anyone, with little to no expertise, can do data science if provided ample data and user-friendly analytics tools. MIT researchers are hoping to support that idea with a new tool for nonstatisticians that automatically generates models for analyzing raw…
(Zontec: Cincinnati) -- Zontec Inc., a leader and innovator of statistical process control (SPC) software, has announced the roll out of the Multi-Function Toolbox version 3.1.
“Because we understand the importance of automation in the manufacturing process for increased productivity and…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) -- PQ Systems has lent its professional support and charting expertise to a software application developed by the Deming Institute in partnership with Acquate.
ED Software provides training for leading organizations as systems—a fundamental principle of W. Edwards Deming,…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) -- PQ Systems has positioned itself as a quality improvement champion with a rebranding that reflects its vision to help organizations optimize quality. PQ Systems provides peace of mind through complete services and solutions to simplify customers’ approach to quality.…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) --The PQ User Community, an online meeting place to connect with peers, launched via the PQ Systems.com website on October 2.
Offering opportunities to learn from others, share common experiences and knowledge, and make connections among industry peers, the user community…
(ETQ: Farmingdale, NY & Palo Alto, CA) -- EtQ, LLC, a global leader in quality management system (QMS) and environmental, health, and safety (EHS) software has announced that it has been acquired by TCV, one of the largest technology focused growth-capital firms. TCV brings significant…
(Juran: Southington, CT) -- Juran is now accepting applications to participate in a new wave of lean Six Sigma Black Belt training. This training utilizes Juran’s self-paced online platform, and includes 10 online group instruction sessions.
This workshop, now enrolling for Sept. 8, 2017, is…
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Citizen satisfaction with the federal government reached a four-year high at the end of 2016, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Three years of eroding citizen satisfaction culminated in an all-time low score in 2015, but over the course of a…
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Manufactured nondurable goods include household products that consumers typically use every day. This sector as measured by the ACSI is comprised of food manufacturing, personal care and cleaning products, soft drinks, breweries, apparel, and athletic shoes. According to…
(MIT News: Cambridge, MA) -- The roadway network is an important part of the nation’s transportation system, but it also contributes heavily to greenhouse gas emissions. A paper published this month in the Journal of Cleaner Production by researchers with the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) -- PQ Systems announces the release of SQCpack 7, a comprehensive update to their best-selling statistical process control (SPC) solution that helps organizations utilize the power of data analysis to improve quality. New Six-Way Analysis presents an at-a-glance overview…
(9001Academy: Zagreb, Croatia) -- The experts at 9001Academy have produced a matrix to help address some of the questions and confusion stemming from the soon-to-be-released ISO 9001:2015 update to the ISO 9001:2008 quality management systems standard. The matrix can be downloaded in PDF form here…
Six Sigma Demystified, Second Edition, by Paul Keller (McGraw-Hill, 2011)
Have you considered implementing Six Sigma in your organization? You may have searched the internet for books about Six Sigma, signed in so you could “look inside,” but that’s as far as you went. All those formulas…