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(John Wiley & Sons Inc.: Hoboken, New Jersey) -- Medical Device Design for Six Sigma: A Road Map for Safety and Effectiveness, by Basem S. El-Haik, Ph.D., and Khalid S. Mekki (John Wiley and Sons Inc., May, 2008) presents the complete body of knowledge for Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), as…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The Baldrige National Quality Program strives to continuously improve all aspects of the program to deliver greater value to its customers and stakeholders and to improve the effectiveness of our processes. To that end, the program is offering opportunities for…
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new edition of ISO 9001 is being submitted for voting as a final draft international standard. Subject to formal approval by the ISO membership, the publication of the revised version is expected to be published this fall.
The proposed ISO 9001:2008 doesn’t introduce additional…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality now offers an advanced online Knowledge Center to help web users find and access all things quality. The Knowledge Center provides a unique and user-friendly venue where web visitors can learn about quality, explore quality hot topics, and easily…
(The Joint Commission: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois) -- The Joint Commission recently announced the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for each of its accreditation programs and its Disease-Specific Care Certification Program.
The National Patient Safety Goals promote…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Organizations of all types are very concerned by threats that could compromise their information security and managing this aspect has become a primary concern for their information-technology (IT) departments. The new international standard ISO/IEC 27005, which describes the…
(NOVACES: New Orleans) -- In the evolution of process improvement methodologies, the Velocity World Conference held in April 2008 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, marked a milestone to move beyond process improvement to continuous system improvement (CSI). The event focused on the…
(Gulf Extrusions Co.: Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Gulf Extrusions, one of the largest aluminum extrusion plants in the Persian Gulf, has announced that it's in the final stages of implementing Six Sigma at its production plant in Dubai. The move is in line with Gulf Extrusions’ strategy of…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, Ohio) -- MoreSteam.com has announced a new strategic partnership with ISSISSIPPI.org to apply advanced technology to elevate the lean Six Sigma certification process. Using proprietary Internet-based brain scan technology developed by ISSISSIPPI researchers, lean Six…
(US Oncology: Houston) -- A new oncology practice management model adapted from a successful manufacturing process is yielding substantial results for enhancing patient access to advanced cancer care while improving efficiency.
The model, developed by the US Oncology Practice Quality and…
(ANSI: New York) -- In auto-tune programs, notes are altered to match the nearest exact pitch. If a singer hits a note that’s just a little flat, or a little sharp, auto-tune will pull that note into the accurate pitch with the touch of a button. Generally, auto-tune is used in a way that is…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The Baldrige National Quality Program strives to continuously improve all aspects of the program to deliver greater value to its customers and stakeholders and to improve the effectiveness of our processes. To that end, the program is offering opportunities for…
(The Joint Commission: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois) -- The Joint Commission recently announced the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for each of its accreditation programs and its Disease-Specific Care Certification Program.
The National Patient Safety Goals promote…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality now offers an advanced online Knowledge Center to help web users find and access all things quality. The Knowledge Center provides a unique and user-friendly venue where web visitors can learn about quality, explore quality hot topics, and easily…
Time is running out to submit an entry on behalf of your company, individual, or project for WCBF’s 2008 Global Six Sigma and Business Improvement Awards. The awards will be presented at WCBF’s Global Lean, Six Sigma, and Business Improvement Summit in Orlando, Florida, October 14–17.
Awards to…
(GAO: Washington, D.C.) -- In 1995, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) designated Department of Defense (DOD) business systems modernization as a high-risk program, and the program remains on the high-risk list today. A key to successful systems modernization is having and using an…
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new edition of ISO 9001 is being submitted for voting as a final draft international standard. Subject to formal approval by the ISO membership, the publication of the revised version is expected to be published this fall.The proposed ISO 9001:2008 doesn’t introduce additional…
(ANSI: New York) -- In auto-tune programs, notes are altered to match the nearest exact pitch. If a singer hits a note that’s just a little flat, or a little sharp, auto-tune will pull that note into the accurate pitch with the touch of a button. Generally, auto-tune is used in a way that is…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The Baldrige National Quality Program strives to continuously improve all aspects of the program to deliver greater value to its customers and stakeholders and to improve the effectiveness of our processes. To that end, the program is offering opportunities for…
(US Oncology: Houston) -- A new oncology practice management model adapted from a successful manufacturing process is yielding substantial results for enhancing patient access to advanced cancer care while improving efficiency. The model, developed by the US Oncology Practice Quality and…
(John Wiley & Sons Inc.: Hoboken, New Jersey) -- Medical Device Design for Six Sigma: A Road Map for Safety and Effectiveness, by Basem S. El-Haik, Ph.D., and Khalid S. Mekki (John Wiley and Sons Inc., May, 2008) presents the complete body of knowledge for Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), as…
(NOVACES: New Orleans) -- One year after pioneering the first lean Six Sigma deployment at a health care facility in Turkey, Kent Hospital shared its success stories at the Six Sigma & Lean Conference held in Izmir, Turkey, on May 9-11. Organized by the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, the…
(ASQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- If you are part of a successful school team, the American Society for Quality invites you to participate in its Education Team Excellence Award, which will showcase the nation’s most outstanding improvement efforts at the 16th Annual National Quality Education…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- Eighty-five organizations—the highest number of applicants since 1992—are in the running for the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the United States’ highest recognition for excellence. Applicants include three manufacturers, five service companies,…
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance, in collaboration with Mathematica Policy Research and the American Medical Association-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, recently released a set of measures assessing clinician performance in four areas of…