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(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Risk Monetization: Converting Threats and Opportunities into Impact on Project Value, by Glenn R. Koller (CRC Press, 2011), addresses the organizational, political, cultural, and technical issues related to implementing a successful risk assessment, management, and…
(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- Joseph A. De Feo, president and CEO of Juran Institute Inc., one of the world’s leading authorities on transformational change systems and breakthrough management principles, will facilitate a one-day workshop on lean Six Sigma.
DUring this workshop, De Feo…
(ERI: Santa Barbara, CA) -- Earthquakes are only one of the subjects being discussed at the “Fundamentals of Random Vibration and Shock Testing” course led by mechanical engineer expert Wayne Tustin. The course will be held at ANCO Engineers Inc. in Boulder, Colorado, July 9–11, 2012, from 8 a.m.…
Much has been written and discussed about “risk” being the future of “quality.” But what does this really mean, and how does it work?
Definitions of quality
Let’s us look at common working definitions of quality: zero defects, customer satisfaction, control of process variance, reliability,…
It sometimes seems that few people can accurately define risk management, let alone apply it in their organization. Yet, a risk management plan can help an organization identify and correct hazards and substandard work practices before bad things happen. Risk management is by far one of the…
Cisco Systems Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, runs one of the most complex supply chains in the global information technology industry. The company relies on more than 1,000 suppliers, four contract manufacturers, and 50,000 purchased parts. It also outsources assembly. In October…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- Despite the potentially crippling impact of security events on corporate performance, many executives report that their security function is not well coordinated with enterprise risk management (ERM) or a similar risk function, The Conference Board reports.…
(UC Davis: Davis, CA) -- Engineers at the University of California, Davis are preparing to conduct the first rigorous tests of how the steel columns that secure skyscrapers to their foundations stand up during earthquakes, research that could make the towering structures safer and perhaps less…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In fire experiments conducted in uniformly furnished but vacant Chicago-area townhouses, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers uncovered temperature and heat-flow conditions that can seriously damage facepiece lenses on standard…
Organizations need a systematic approach for risk containment when quality, delivery, and design product and service issues occur. Such a system should also help them to recover quickly from errant decisions made by executives, operations personnel, and the quality department.
This article…
On the face of it, today’s supply-chain risks don’t seem too different from any other time in history. We are faced with natural and man-made disasters, frequent dissolution of supply-chain partners and suppliers, constantly changing regulations, counterfeiting, and the long-standing question…
The ISO 9001 requirements pertaining to preventive action would get a lot more attention if people grasped the very simple fact that this is all about managing risk—which is really about managing the consequences of change. Whenever we change something, even for the better, there are…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Historically important trade routes for goods of all kinds for more than 3,000 years, the Silk Road has once again come to prominence. Managing Supply Chains on the Silk Road: Strategy, Performance, and Risk (CRC Press, 2011) presents emerging supply chain…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Most business readers have heard of the lean principles developed for factories—a set of tools and ideas that have enabled companies to dramatically boost quality by reducing waste and errors—producing more while using less. Yet until now, few have…
Japanese vehicle manufacturer, Toyota, is well-known for developing the principles of lean manufacturing. Research published in the International Journal of Technology Management suggests that the lean approach might also be beneficial to medical procedures, making hospitals more efficient and…
A few weeks ago, my eyes filled with tears as our daughter, Lisa, told those whom we call the Macaronis, that she was struggling to decide between her current occupational choices (yes, she’s that talented and in demand); what she really wanted to do was work more closely with my wife, Carole,…
(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has introduced the Type 4021B industrial melt pressure measuring chain. The chain is expressly designed for the…
(Dept. of Commerce: Washington, D.C.) -- During a recent speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson laid out his vision for how the Department of Commerce can best partner with the business community to support the president’s jobs agenda. Bryson outlined his…
(Newport: Stratford, CT) -- Oriel, a Newport Corp. brand, and an innovative supplier of products for the making and measuring of light, now offers the Sol-UV Solar Simulator, an advanced solar simulator for photobiological applications such as testing over-the-counter sunscreen products’ sun…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- October U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $463.32 million according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT), and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- The Conference Board, the global business research and membership organization, has launched The Conference Board Human Capital Exchange, a web portal designed to be the “first stop” resource for all human capital professionals around the world seeking the…
Last article, I wrote about the importance of correctly classifying variables as part of the research design process, and discussed the benefits of the hugely useful, but oft-neglected, blocked variables. As part of my ongoing crusade against poor experimental designs, and the people who love…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- What makes the world’s most successful individuals so good at their jobs? What do they do that others don’t? Maribeth Kuzmeski answers those questions in The Connectors: How the World’s Most Successful Businesspeople Build Relationships and Win Clients for Life (Wiley,…
Lean training and programs are more popular than ever. Implementing lean strategies is all the rage, but has your CEO really seen the lean light? Use these 10 signs as a gauge to find out.
10. He initiated a brand new lean department.
His thinking: Lean is something new. We don’t want to taint…
(Kistler: Novi, MI) Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced the Type 4550A KiTorq rotor torque flange measuring unit.
Featuring an accuracy class of 0.05, the…
