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(Open Source Six Sigma: Scottsdale, Arizona) -- Open Source Six Sigma recently announced six new products in addition to their popular DMAIC v8.1, including the individual define, measure, analyze, improve and control phases as stand-alone products. In addition, OSSS will introduce a business…
Mitch Matheny, top, and Jon Krug (Nexenergy: Columbus, Ohio) -- Nexergy, a designer, integrator, and manufacturer of battery packs and chargers, recently announced that two of its manufacturing and quality engineers have earned the Six Sigma…
(NQCA: Washington) -- Preferred provider organizations (PPOs), which cover nearly two-thirds of all privately insured Americans, will be required to report on the quality of care and service that their members receive under standards released today by the National Committee for Quality…
(ISO: Geneva) -- From national identity cards to security checks for air travel, a wide variety of biometric applications may now benefit from improved reliability and performance, thanks to the technologies described in a new technical report.Biometrics uses personal characteristics to…
(NQI: Toronto) -- The National Quality Institute will present the 2007 Performance Excellence Summit and the 23rd Canada Awards for Excellence in Toronto on Oct. 24, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.Special guests will include Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, Co-CEOs of Research In Motion,…
(ANSI: New York) -- “Building Consumer Confidence” will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. ANSI will bring together a broad spectrum of stakeholders to address concerns about consumer goods—particularly imports—and to develop a coordinated action plan…
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently updated its online Quality Compass, the nation’s most widely used database of health-plan performance. Quality Compass includes NCQA accreditation, Health Plan Employer and Data Information Set (HEDIS) clinical quality, and…
(San Jose Unified School District: San Jose, California) -- San Jose Unified School District has entered into a unique partnership with Chevron Energy Solutions and Bank of America to establish what is believed to be the largest solar power and energy-efficient facilities program in K-12…
(Seagate: Scotts Valley, California) -- Seagate Technology recently announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has certified the advanced encryption standard (AES) encryption chip built into Seagate’s Momentus(R) 5400 FDE.2 disc drive, the world’s first laptop hard drive…
(LEI: Cambridge, Massachusetts) -- Middle management resistance to change is now the No. 1 obstacle to implementing lean production, according to a survey conducted by the Lean Enterprise Institute, a nonprofit management research center. Respondents were asked to select all applicable obstacles…
(Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey) -- Treasure Chest of Six Sigma Growth Methods, Tools, and Best Practices is a comprehensive how-to collection of Six Sigma tools, methodologies, and best practices. Lynne Hambleton covers the entire Six Sigma toolset, including more than 70…
Twenty-three soldiers, airmen, and civilian employees of the Georgia department of defense have graduated from the inaugural course of a hands-on, continuous process improvement program called lean Six Sigma (LSS). The graduates all earned their Green Belt certification after completing four…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Using computers and the Internet can be a challenge for anyone, let alone the elderly or people with disabilities. The International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission are contributing to a technical report on accessibility icons…
(IAIDQ: Lutz, Florida) -- The International Association for Information and Data Quality recently announced its 2007 Information & Data Quality Conference to be held Sept. 24–27, 2007, at The Palms Resort in Las Vegas. Registration is now open, and all interested in the state-of-the art in…
(NCQA: Washington) -- Five new measures of health care effectiveness were recently added to HEDIS, the most definitive set of health care quality measures in the United States.Among the additions unveiled today by the National Committee for Quality Assurance is a set of measures that will allow…
(ANSI: New York) -- The increasing number of liquid biofuels standards initiatives and the growing market demand for alternative energy sources are fueling the need for the harmonization of standards and test methods to support the commoditization of liquid biofuels throughout the supply chain.To…
(University of Virginia: Charlottesville, Virginia) -- University of Virginia Engineering School Associate Professor William F. Walker and Research Associate Francesco Viola have developed a new tool—an advanced imaging algorithm—that is transforming the way we see things. Together with graduate…
(Systech: Cranbury, New Jersey) -- Systech International Inc., a provider of packaging execution systems (PES) to the pharmaceutical industry, has introduced enhanced features to its plant-level server application, Systech Guardian. In addition to serialized product tracking (SPT)…
The National Quality Forum is seeking nominations for members of a steering committee for the initial phase of a project to endorse voluntary consensus standards on the quality of emergency care. All nominations must be submitted by 6:00 p.m. ET, Aug. 10, 2007.Emergency care is an integral part…
(Productivity Press: New York) -- Why does the United States rank 36th of all industrialized nations in health care? Perhaps the rampant inefficiencies of the system can help explain this dismal placement. There are bright spots, however. Innovative health care organizations, having recognized…
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance, in collaboration with Pfizer Inc., recently released a new publication profiling strategies and recommendations for improving the quality of care through wellness and prevention initiatives.Quality Profiles: The Leadership Series—…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Public attention has been focused as perhaps never before on the safety of the food supply as a result of recent high-profile outbreaks of illness linked to various foods.According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a rare strain of Salmonella in…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality recently awarded its 2007 Richard A. Freund International Scholarship to Denisa Olteanu of Blacksburg, Virginia.Named after Richard A. Freund, a past president of the American Society for Quality, this $5,000 scholarship has been awarded for…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently took another step toward ensuring the safety of food products for consumers with its ISO 22005 standard on traceability in the feed and food chain, the latest addition to the ISO 22000 series on food-management…
Wireless customers who called too often to complain, fish for information about other customers, or otherwise take up the time of customer-care representatives at Sprint are finding themselves with a cancellation-of-services notice.Sprint, the third-largest wireless services provider in the…