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(ANSI: New York) -- The Healthcare Information Standards Technology Panel (HITSP) announced today the launch of a new education and outreach campaign that will build awareness of the importance of health care information sharing, the role of the HITSP in enabling health care information technology…
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…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- Electronics engineer Dennis Camell (foreground) aligns antennas in an old California silica mine for a NIST study identifying optimal frequencies for radio signal transmissions in tunnels. Credit: G. Koepke/NIST As part of a project to improve wireless…
(ASQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- The American Society for Quality and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have joined forces to promote business excellence and quality to Indian CEOs and other senior-level executives at a conference in New Delhi on November 21.ASQ…
(Metrologic Group: Grenoble, France) -- Metrologic Group has acquired a majority stake in ATT Metrology Services Inc., a large-scale 3-D metrology inspection company. The acquisition is part of Metrologic Group’s growth strategy aimed at adding 3-D industrial inspection services to its…
(Hexagon Metrology: Miamisburg, Ohio) -- Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, recently unveiled the new face of laser tracking—the Leica Absolute Tracker. The all-new laser tracker offers scaled-up features in a scaled-down, sleek housing for ultimate portability, and ease of handling on the…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) -- Geomagic will demonstrate Geomagic Qualify 10, new computer-aided inspection software for users of multisensor metrology systems, at CMSC 2008 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Geomagic is exhibiting in booth No. 308. Geomagic Qualify 10…
(Creaform: Lévis, Quebec, Canada) -- After entering Dassault Systèmes’ CAA program and becoming value-added reseller (VAR) in 2007, Creaform has now been certified for DS’s well-known Education Partner Program (EPP). Companies with the EPP label can deliver up-to-date and consistent education…
(Sokkia Corp.: Olathe, Kansas) -- Sokkia is pleased to introduce the release of the Automated 3D Station NET05 offering the industry’s highest accuracy for industrial, construction and deformation monitoring applications.
SOKKIA has been providing NET-series high precision 3D Stations for use in…
(Verisurf Software Inc.: Anaheim, California) -- Verisurf Software Inc. is maintaining its strong growth strategy to expand the company’s presence in the United States by appointing Gabriel Draguicevich as their new regional manager for the South-Central United States. He will be building upon…
(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…
(AME: San Diego) -- The attendees of the Western Regional Conference of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) in San Diego June 9-11, 2008 will have an opportunity to hear keynote speakers who are experts on lean principles share their success stories. The speaker roster includes a…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The new International Standard ISO/IEC 10995:2008 specifies an accelerated aging test method for estimating the life expectancy for the retrievability of information stored on recordable or rewritable optical disks.This international standard provides a methodology that includes…
(NCQA: Washington) -- Expanding health insurance coverage is a critical step in health reform, but reforms won’t be successful if they fail to address the quality and cost of care. That’s the conclusion of The Quality Crossroads Group, a broad group of stakeholders drawn together to identify…
(ANSI: Washington) -- James H. Turner, Jr., chief counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives committee on science and technology, has been selected by the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day planning committee as the 2008 recipient of the Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award. Turner…
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute invites all members to submit a nomination for the 2009 ANSI board of directors. Nominations are for terms beginning on January 1, 2009.ANSI strives to ensure balance and diversity within its membership and is seeking board members who…
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new ISO standard will help to ensure consistent communication about one of the most ubiquitous and versatile materials in the global economy: plastics. ISO 19712-1:2008, “Plastics—Decorative solid surfacing materials—Part 1: Classification and specifications,” will ensure that…
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently reached a milestone when it recognized its 10,000th physician for high-quality care. NCQA’s voluntary physician recognition programs evaluate physicians and physician practices based on evidence-based measures of quality…
(LAI International Inc.: Scottsdale, Arizona) -- A lean manufacturing initiative conducted by LAI International Inc., a supplier of precision components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers, has reduced the cycle time on a critical aerospace product by 25 percent, according to…
William Lannes, professor emeritus of the University of New Orleans (NOVACES: New Orleans, Louisiana) -- NOVACES, a provider of lean Six Sigma consulting and training services, and the University of New Orleans have announced a seminar designed…
(Sutherland Global Services: Rochester, New York) -- Sutherland Global Services, a multinational business process outsourcing (BPO) provider, received top honors in the 2008 Six Sigma case study presentation contest held by the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Quality Council of India…
Ron Sachs, Consolidated News Photos (NIST: Washington) -- Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez recently presented five U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. This…
(APICS: Chicago, Illinois) -- The Association for Operations Management recently completed the relocation of the association’s corporate headquarters from Alexandria, Virginia, to Chicago to better serve its 43,000 members. Chicago’s labor force boasts a large number of operations management and…
(ASQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- In the world of quality improvement, achieving certification is viewed as a major source of personal accomplishment as well as a stepping stone to job advancement and higher salary. This year, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) celebrates its 40th year of…
(CMS: Baltimore, Maryland) -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking steps to encourage physicians and other eligible professionals to take part in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), a program designed to improve the quality of care provided to Medicare…