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(Kellogg School of Management, Southfield, Michigan) -- The Manufacturing Business Conference is hosted by the Master of Management and Manufacturing program, a joint degree program between the Kellogg School of Management and the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.The MBC…
(AIAG, Southfield, Michigan) -- The Business Continuity Planning seminar and workshop highlighting AIAG’s new publication, Business Continuity Planning Toolkit for the Automotive Supply Chain, features presentations and case studies to help organizations survive and thrive in the event…
(Valeo, Paris) -- Valeo has earned five awards from Toyota Motor Europe, including the Superior Performance Award in Quality. The awards, presented at the Toyota’s Annual Business Meeting in Brussels, are the following: A Superior Performance Award, in the quality category, given to the…
(American National Standards Institute, Washington, D.C.) -- The American National Standards Institute is inviting leaders of the U.S. standardization community to participate in the third Conference on U.S. Leadership in the International Organization for Standardization and the International…
(ANSI, New York) -- On June 11–12, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos M. Gutierrez will host the inaugural Americas Competitiveness Forum in Atlanta. The forum will provide a venue for government ministers from the Western Hemisphere to come together with leaders from the private sector…
(Tejari, United Arab Emirates) -- Tejari, the Middle East’s premier online business-to-business service, has become the world’s first e-marketplace to be certified to ISO 9001. The company was audited by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance Ltd., to assess Tejari’s adherence to a…
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission recently accredited SysTest Labs and iBeta Software Quality Assurance to certify and test voting systems software and equipment against the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. The VVSG are federal standards developed in 2002 by the Technical Guidelines…
Jonathan Spector will become the 10th president and CEO of The Conference Board, a research and business membership organization, on April 16. “Jon Spector has excellent credentials to lead The Conference Board forward,” says Douglas R. Conant, a trustee of The Conference Board, CEO of…
Executives from leading companies will share tactics and strategies for managing and retaining key talent, knowledge and intellectual capital with Global Benchmarking Council members at the conference on Human Capital Management: Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century Workforce, May 30–…
Mtech’s new Internet-based Quality Inspection Console uses hand-held devices to interface with a hotel’s property management system and automate its quality inspection processes. “Quality inspections, when hotel housekeeping departments inspect the work that room attendants do, have the…
Wilshire Conferences Inc., creators of educational conferences for information technology professionals, honored BMO Financial Group with the fifth annual Wilshire Award for Metadata Best Practices. BMO stood out because of its implementation, architecture and executive support. Eight…
e-TQM College recently announced its successful implementation of Visionaire’s e-learning suite, which allows the college to conduct live virtual classes by streaming real-time lectures on the Web with high-quality voice, data and video capability.The school’s approach to education uses…
The first e-sourcing capability model level 4 service provider and Satyam’s business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary—Nipuna Services—recently became the first Indian BPO company to win the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award. Comparable to the European Quality Award, the Deming…
Harte-Hanks Trillium Software Inc.’s TS Quality Software Version 10.5 was recently certified for integration with SAP Master Data Management (MDM) Enrichment Adapter.The integration allows customers to incorporate data-quality solutions within current implementations of SAP NetWeaver MDM,…
TAGSYS recently introduced a software suite—e-connectware—to manage global radio frequency identification (RFID) networks. A comprehensive set of administrative and management tools, e-connectware delivers the highest quality of service levels, and ensures data integrity and data…
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) recently launched a campaign to increase cancer awareness in the United States. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, with 1.4 million cases expected to be diagnosed this year, according to PhRMA.…
QUMAS recently made its QUMAS R&D software suite available to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. QUMAS provides regulatory affairs and quality management solutions, and the new research and development suite is the first of a series for the life sciences that will focus on…
SiberLogic recently introduced SiberSafe Definer (QE Edition), a next-generation quality engineering and requirements management solution for retailers.Quality engineering is an especially critical process for retailers that make products under a private label. Such companies often use…
FlipChip International LLC recently appointed Marcus Crayon vice president of quality for its semiconductor-wafer scale packaging and bumping business in Phoenix.“We are excited to have Marcus Crayon join FlipChip International as our vice president of quality. His experience in product…
Frost & Sullivan’s 2006 Best Practices Awards honored 38 companies that demonstrated outstanding achievement in customer service, technological innovation, strategic product development and leadership. Industry analysts determined best practices by comparing market participants and…
Pitney Bowes’ Group 1 Software recently announced the availability of Address Quality Hub, an address-cleansing software platform. In August 2007, the U.S. Postal Service will begin enforcing stricter regulations regarding postage discounts created to minimize mail that is undeliverable as…
Capella Hotels & Resorts has chosen PAR Springer-Miller Systems’ SMS|Host Hospitality Management System for installation at Capella’s luxury hotels. Schloss Velden in Velden, Austria, and Capella Castlemartyr Hotel and Golf Club in County Cork, Ireland, will be the first to implement…
Exterro Fusion is the first fully integrated discovery management platform available to law firms and corporations. The new software is said to help the legal industry improve responsiveness, control costs and mitigate risk in the discovery process. “During complex litigation,…
HelpIT, which sells data-cleansing software, recently joined with QAS, a supplier of address verification solutions, to provide organizations with tools that standardize and verify addresses, and identify and process duplicate records.Because customers in a multichannel environment can…
For their technical performance and quality, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently bestowed the George M. Low Award on Teledyne Brown Engineering and Barrios Technologies.Barrios, nominated by the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, won the small-business service…
