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(Aegis Software: Horsham, PA) -- Aegis Industrial Software Corp. is partnering with MetricStream Inc., a market leader in enterprisewide governance, risk, compliance (GRC), and quality management solutions, to deliver a comprehensive solution for total quality management (TQM) across a…
(Automated Imaging Association: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Among the factors driving rapid growth in the application of machine vision technology is the creation of new industry standards, according to industry leaders.
“Global standards make it easier for users to incorporate machine vision into their…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- When someone petitioned the American Society for Quality (ASQ) to grant him certification even though he hadn’t passed the required exam, Scott Laman knew an effort was needed to increase understanding of what ASQ certification means.
Laman, chair of ASQ’s certification…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves communicate with a vibrating mechanical component 1,000 times more vigorously than ever achieved before in similar experiments.…
(International Organization for Standardization: Geneva, Switzerland) -- A new standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will help optimize individual monitoring and protection of workers exposed to radiation. It will also provide the technical basis for…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Before you can build that improved turbojet engine, before you can create that longer lasting battery, you have to ensure all the newfangled materials in it will behave the way you want—even under conditions as harsh as the upper atmosphere at supersonic speed, or…
(American National Standards Institute: Washington) -- The 2011 World Standards Day Paper Competition has been announced by the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day Planning Committee and the paper competition’s sponsor, SES–The Society for Standards Professionals.
The theme for this year’s…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting nominations of middle-school science teachers from eligible U.S. public school districts or accredited private educational institutions to participate in the NIST Summer Institute for Middle…
(American National Standards Institute: Washington) -- From alternative energies and environmental protection to the safety of products, services, homes, and workplaces, issues of safety and sustainability are important causes for stakeholders around the world. As governments, organizations, and…
President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins in October, includes funds to keep the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) ticking over, after a fashion, for another year. The $7.7 million currently on the table is less than the $9.9 million he requested and…
(Insite Solutions LLC: Wake Forest, NC) -- Because OSHA requires that industrial floors be clearly marked, most facilities use paint to mark lines on the floors. However, painting lines is a messy, time-consuming process that requires the shutdown of work in the area being painted.…
(International Organization for Standardization: Geneva) -- International standards could help reduce the dangers of “driver distraction”—caused by using mobile phones and other communication equipment at the wheel—which can have lethal consequences.
“Managing driver distraction”…
(University at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY) -- Scheduled for March 8, 2011, this three-day, ISO 9001:2008 Internal Auditor Training course provides auditors with the skills necessary to perform process audits that result in findings for continual improvement. The training focuses on process performance…
(ANSI: Washington) -- Every time we plug in a cell phone, shop online, or hit “send” on an e-mail, standards are at work. And yet, for those outside of the standards community, standards and related conformance activities can seem complicated and confusing.
To help illuminate the role of standards…
(ISO: Geneva, Switzerland) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just published a new standard to help organizations, and in particular, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), use a phased approach to implement an environmental management system (EMS).
Today,…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Beginning March 1, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will no longer provide calibration services for mercury thermometers. The cessation of the mercury thermometer calibration program marks the end of an era at NIST, which has provided the…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- Attendees of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering’s (ISPE) 2011 Tampa Conference on Applying Solutions to Emerging Industry Challenges will have the chance to learn firsthand about the implications of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) newly updated “…
(ISO 9000 Conference: Pittsburgh, PA) -- Two great events, the ISO 9000 Conference and the International Lean Six Sigma Conference, will be at one location—the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas, on March 13 through 17.
ISO 9000 Conference—“Dramatic Changes to ISO 9001”
This year, the…
(ISO: Geneva, Switzerland) -- The International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) just-published second edition of ISO/IEC 17021 sets new requirements for auditing management systems and for auditor competence in order to increase the value of management system certification to public and…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a world leader in serving science, will showcase its new informatics offerings within booth No. 2835 at the annual conference and exposition on laboratory science, PITTCON, being held from March 13–18 at the…
As President Barack Obama met with President Hu Jintau of China earlier this month, members and staff of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) welcomed a delegation from the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), led by SAC administrator, Ji Zhengkun, for a series of high-level…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just published two new brochures aimed at the continual process improvement employed by an organization and its partners to develop international standards that provide benefits for business, government, and society.
ISO…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Enabling management to verify that processes are being performed correctly and in an efficient manner, standardized work provides limitless opportunities for process improvements. So much so, that it has become a vital component of improvement efforts in lean…
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- Compliance to ISO 9001 is vitally important for thousands of organizations around the world, and auditing to verify that compliance is imperative. Maintaining the knowledge and skills required to perform audits to ISO 9001 is no easy feat, though, especially…
(LRQA: London) -- Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Inc. (LRQA) has been accredited to certify the latest quality management standards specific to the aerospace industry, one of the first organizations to achieve this since the publication of the revised AS family of standards in 2009.
The…
