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Leading European research bodies and open source projects recently secured European Union money to assess the quality of open source software. Software Quality Observatory of Open Source Software will build tools to enable open source projects and software companies to benchmark the…
e-TQM College and the University of California at Berkeley’s Management of Technology new joint program will include staff exchanges, mentorship and executive education in total quality management. The Leadership Excellence and Advancement Program, started with $500,000 from e-TQM…
True Opportunity software calculates the profit potential of manufacturing operations and breaks down this total by reason, allowing an organization to focus on the problems or opportunities that will realize the greatest results.“Our software evaluates opportunities in terms of profit,…
Ipanema Technologies has launched a universal indicator of application performance over a wireless area network, Application Quality Score.AQS is a universal indicator that can be applied to all types of applications, data-transfer such as back-up, interactive such as Citrix or real-time…
International Water-Guard Industries Inc., a Canadian aerospace company, recently got its AS9100 certificate of registration. The AS9100 standard specifies quality management system requirements for aerospace industry suppliers.“We had a good quality management system in place, and we were…
Stabilix Health Companion’s primary objective is to simplify health care for individuals. It helps people track expenses and reimbursements, keep personal health records and manage their health care costs.“As the health care marketplace moves toward a consumer-directed model,…
Thailand’s Public Service Management Quality Award (PMQA), modeled on the Singapore Quality Award, will be presented for the first time next year. The PMQA’s seven criteria are those of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—leadership, strategy development and deployment planning…
A recent letter to the U.S. Congress and other elected officials from information quality professionals expresses concerns about the provisions of the 2002 Help America Vote Act (public law 107-252), which sets guidelines for replacing punch card or lever-type voting machines with electronic…
World Energy, Griffin Industries and Cargill Inc. have embraced BQ-9000 and recently earned the distinction of becoming accredited producers of biodiesel fuel.BQ-9000 includes procedures for fuel production, storage, handling and management designed to ensure fuel quality. The…
Widespread Linux-based application development in business, mission and life critical areas prompted McCabe Software to develop McCabe IQ, hosted directly on RedHat Linux.“The same software quality management benefits that our customers have come to expect are now available directly on…
Mikel J. Harry, founder of Six Sigma Academy in 1994 and one of the world’s leading authorities on the methodology, is rejoining the company as chief knowledge officer and vice chairman.
“We are delighted that Mike is joining us. We love that he has chosen to return to his company,” says Scott…
The right combination of trees can result in better air, as well as reduce greenhouse gases, according to researchers at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The scientists at SUNY Syracuse report that the ideal mix can reduce the emission of…
Shanya Salamaca, RABQSA manager of certification services, now represents auditor authentication bodies on the American Aerospace Quality Group Registration Management Committee.“This is a very pleasing recognition of the value and contribution RABQSA is offering the aerospace industry,”…
Focusing on ways end users can use RFID technology, the RFID Summit will take place in Novi, Michigan, on Nov. 2. The morning session will deal with other industries’ uses. The afternoon will feature automotive applications and case studies. As part of this event, an exhibit floor will…
Reynolds and Reynolds Company recently received the Association for Services Management International’s (AFSM) Service Quality Award for the fourth consecutive year. ServicePartners, the research division of The Gasparovic Group Inc. presented the award.“As a dealer services company, our…
The principal IEC and ISO standards for information technology security were recently released as a collection on a CD–ROM.The IT Security Standards Collection provides the most important IT security standards, from evaluating and implementing to maintaining and managing information…
Stephen Carrier is Debt Shield Inc.’s new president. Debt Shield is a debt settlement company based in Maryland. Carrier is a Six Sigma Black Belt and previously worked with GE Healthcare Financial Services. There, he underwrote more than $1.2 billion in commitments over a nine-month…
GE Healthcare and Virtua Health will host a Lean Healthcare Workshop, the organizations’ second training collaboration this year.The workshop will be held at Virtua Health’s facility in Voorhees, New Jersey, Oct. 22–27. It follows a similar event that was held in March and received…
Two divisions of the International Quality and Productivity Center will present a conference on the use of lean in product development. The event will feature experts from organizations such as TRW Automotive, Honeywell International, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems Inc. discussing ways…
More than 70 million privately insured Americans saw the quality of their health care improve in 2005, and there are still significant gaps in the quality of health care overall. In its annual State of Health Care report, the National Committee for Quality Assurance reports significant…
A new standard from the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission is designed to increase confidence in management system certification. ISO/IEC 17021:2006, "Conformity assessment—Requirements for bodies providing audit and…
CogniTens Ltd. recently won the Technology Innovation of the Year award from market and technology research organization Frost & Sullivan. The award recognized CogniTens’ contributions to the dimensional metrology market, specifically for its CoreView and OptiPlan software products, as…
The Juran Institute was recently approved as a vendor for the state of Connecticut’s Aerospace and Defense Initiative. The initiative supports Connecticut’s Next Generation Competitiveness Strategy, and assists the state’s defense and aerospace industry in achieving improved…
A recently released book explores four characteristics of highly successful businesses and finds that a major feature of quality and process improvement is the synergy between them. Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise—Developing Competitive Capabilities and Managing Profit, (…
GOAL/QPC, a publisher of quality training guides, recently merged with The Center for Quality of Management, a quality-improvement consultancy. GOAL/QPC publishes the Memory Jogger series of pocket-sized training materials. CQM is best known for its education and advisory programs for…
