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The president and executive coach of the Juran Institute, Joe DeFeo, recently received the 2006 North East Quality Council Special Recognition Award. The award is presented to professionals from the Northeast who have made significant contributions to the quality and business communities…
Heartbeat Software Inc. has named Six Sigma Black Belt Irena Petsche its new vice president for professional services. Heartbeat Software is a provider of software for the life sciences industry. Petsche has 20 years’ experience in the software industry and was most recently director of…
John Wilkerson, a Six Sigma Black Belt, was recently certified as the first international lead management consultant in the United States. Wilkerson is executive director of Bellwether Services, a lean Six Sigma consultancy and training organization. Published in 2003, the international…
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed honors Award for Arab Management 2006 winners The 2006 winners of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Arab Management were recently announced at the 4th Arab Strategy Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Recognized…
Comerica Bank recently granted National Quality Excellence Awards to SHI, Standard Register and Adagio Graphics. The award recognizes suppliers nominated by Comerica employees for their outstanding contribution to the company’s core values and vision. “The contributions of our three winners are…
TrackSpeed, a supply chain technology and tracking company, recently launched surplustrack.com, an innovative remarketing solution that allows companies all over the world to sell, trade or transfer their surplus inventory. SurplusTrack.com uses the best practices of auction, remarketing and…
Dubai Industrial City, a member of Tatweer, recently developed an integrated management system for all manufacturers operating within Dubai City. Based on international quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) management standards and applicable manufacturing best practices, Dubai…
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers and the Automotive Industry Action Group will meet in Shanghai April 23 and 24 for the 2007 China-US Automotive Supply Chain Summit, produced by the Shanghai International Auto Parts Sourcing Center.The theme, “Cooperation, Exchange and…
FlexNet Quality, recently introduced by Apriso Corp., supports the prerequisites for effective implementation of Six Sigma, including statistical process control and define-measure-analyze-improve-control techniques.FlexNet Quality supports lean manufacturing programs by focusing on waste…
The Centre for Corporate Governance and Financial Policy in Hong Kong will develop the “Corporate Practice Management Manual” in the first quarter of 2007.The Independent Financial Advisors Association commissioned the document, which will establish best practice guidelines for IFAA…
EPCglobal Inc. has awarded its compliance mark to Sirit Inc.’s 510 UHF RFID reader, making the device the first to get European and U.S. dense reader mode (DRM) certification.The EPC certification means that hardware operates according to EPCglobal standards, including the UHF…
Rockwell Automation recently recognized its top engineers at the Patent and Innovation Awards in Milwaukee and in Cleveland.Sujeet Chand, senior vice president and chief technology officer, and Keith Nosbusch, chairman and CEO, bestowed the company’s most prestigious laurels on Jon…
Chuck Aubrey, vice president of process management and lean Six Sigma for Anderson Packaging Inc., received the prestigious Harrington-Ishikawa Medal at the 12th annual Asia Pacific Quality Organization Conference. The conference was held in October in Sydney, Australia, and Aubrey spoke…
A civilian worker at the Corpus Christi Army Depot was recently recognized for his supervision of a Six Sigma project that dramatically improved maintenance work on Army aircraft. George Kunkle III, the depot’s process optimization manager, received the first-ever Joint Depot…
The market for continuous improvement software—primarily programs for lean and Six Sigma—had total hardware, software and services revenues of more than $200 billion in 2005, and it will nearly double by the end of 2010, according to new research. Research firm ARC Advisory Group forecasts…
MoreSteam.com recently announced a two-fold expansion of its lean Six Sigma curriculum. Each of the online training company’s lean Six Sigma DMAIC courses—Black Belt, Yellow Belt and Executive Overview—are now available in versions customized for service or transactional environments. In…
Tom Johnstone, president and CEO of SKF, recently received the Six Sigma Premier Leader Award from the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals. Johnstone is the first corporate leader in Europe to receive the prestigious award. It was presented during the ISSSP’s 6th annual Six…
As quality assurance manager of the flex circuit division, Chester Wright will manage all compliance programs and activities related to products, including ISO standards, Underwriters Laboratories certification and military specifications certifications for Vulcan Electric Co. Wright…
Hormel Foods Corp. recently bestowed its Hormel No. 1 Award on Silgan Containers, a subsidiary of Silgan Holdings.Hormel uses a supplier quality management system to evaluate its largest suppliers’ performance in deliveries, quality, administrative services and customer satisfaction. “Silgan…
The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation has granted accreditation to the Moldflow Plastics Labs testing facility in Ithaca, New York.The A2LA accreditation validates nine mechanical property tests and is a testament to Moldflow’s technical competence in the field of…
CATSWeb PreConfigured Quality Management and Regulatory Compliance Solutions provides organizations with an alternative secure, easy-to-use enterprise quality solution that can be accessed over the Internet.AssurX’s latest solution includes best practices for managing the quality and…
VLSI Research Inc.’s customer satisfaction survey on chip-making equipment has bestowed five stars on Advantest Corp., based on the company’s equipment performance and customer service evaluations.Advantest sells automatic test equipment to the semiconductor industry and demonstrated…
ASI DataMyte Inc. recently opened a new representative office in Singapore. Candice Choy, formerly with ASI DataMyte distributor Cairnhill Metrology Pte. Ltd., will manage the new office as ASI DataMyte’s regional sales manager for the Asia Pacific region. ASI DataMyte already has a…
Three organizations—a manufacturing company, a hospital and a health care alliance—received the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The winners are MESA Products Inc., Premier Inc. and North Mississippi Medical Center. The companies were announced by President Bush and Commerce…
A new version of the online Quality Dividend Calculator demonstrates that choosing high-quality health plans often results in lower health care costs and better employee productivity. The QDC, released by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, estimates the number of sick days…