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ABC Company Work Instruction Purpose: To initiate corrective and preventive action for customer complaints, vendor nonconformance, and internal quality audits.Work description: A CPAR is initiated to determine apparent root cause, corrective action, and preventive planning for customer complaints,…
The use of drug product is widespread and touches all aspects of our daily lives without our knowing it. From aspirin to cardiac medicine and from hormones in animal feed to over-the-counter dietary supplements, these products are used every day. What they all have in common are specific government…
(Medco Health Solutions Inc.: Franklin Lakes, N.J.) -- Noting that the United States spends twice as much per capita on health care as most other developed nations, but achieves no better clinical outcomes, Medco Health Solutions Inc. chairman and CEO, David B. Snow, Jr., unveiled a…
(HHS: Washington, D.C.) -- The Chartered Value Exchanges (CVEs) is a growing movement to build a health care system where consumers, providers, and payers make decisions based on the value and quality of care. Currently, there are 25 local collaborations of health care providers, employers,…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, R. I.) --Hexagon Metrology has announced that it has acquired Advanced Digital Measurement Works LLC of Santa Ana, California. The company was originally part of the Surveyor’s Service Company (Servco), also a Hexagon-owned company. Advanced Digital Measurement…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, N.C.) -- Geomagic has launched three new Geomagic Studio editions that target specific application needs in mechanical design and medical/scientific markets. Geomagic Studio is the world's leading software for creating accurate 3-D digital models from scan data…
(Delcam plc: Birmingham, United Kingdom) -- Delcam plc demonstrated Version 5 of its PowerINSPECT software at the IMTS exhibition held in Chicago from September 8-13. This new release of the world’s most successful hardware-independent inspection software includes support for five-axis…
(Creaform: Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Creaform, developer and manufacturer of the well-known Handyscan 3-D lineup of hand-held and self-positioning laser scanners, once again pushes the limits of portable 3-D scanning and introduces its newest and most innovative product: the VIUscan, a self-…
(Verisurf Software: Anaheim, Calif.) -- Verisurf Software, an advanced technology company that revolutionized manufacturing in the 1990s by providing breakthrough inspection, tool building, reverse-engineering, instrument interchangeability, and reporting capabilities from a single interface,…
(NDI: Waterloo, Canada) --NDI has announced the launch of the OPTOTRAK ScanTRAK advanced hand-held laser scanning system, a bundled solution and shop floor innovation that combines the power of optical measurement with large-volume, point-cloud laser scanning. ScanTRAK includes NDI’s Optical…
(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- Metris (Euronext—MTRS) launches LC60D, a next-generation digital 3-D line scanner. Equipped with state-of-the-art digital technology and powerful on-board data processing, the LC60D scanner more than triples today’s common scan rates. At IMTS 08 in Chicago, Metris…
(CogniTens: Wixom, Mich.) -- CogniTens, a Hexagon Metrology company, and InnovMetric Software announced today the signature of a software distribution agreement in the areas of polygon meshing and reverse-engineering. As part of this cooperation, CogniTens will offer its global customers…
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), a $1.4 billion research facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is a feat of precision engineering, execution, and control. Each component of the SNS machine requires exactness in location and assembly only achieved through the use of laser tracking…
In 2007, all three Richard Childress Racing (RCR) teams qualified for the Chase for NASCAR’s Nextel Cup. On top of this formidable accomplishment, RCR’s top race car drivers did great: Kevin Harvick won the famous Daytona 500, Jeff Burton won in Texas, and Clint Bowyer won in New Hampshire and…
The 24th Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference convened at the Embassy Suites in Concord, North Carolina, from July 21-25, 2008. With a record number of attendees, this year’s conference offered a multifaceted program consisting of a sold-out exhibition hall with 54 exhibitors, a workshop,…
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SO 9001 says in subclause 5.1, "Executive management shall provide evidence of its commitment to the development and implementation of the quality management system and continually improving its effectiveness by:
a) Communicating to the organization the importance of meeting customer…
(FUJIFILM NDT Systems Inc.: Stamford, Conn.) -- Prescale, a thin flexible sensor film, instantly captures and permanently records pressure distribution and magnitude between any two contacting surfaces. The film enables the analysis of the dynamic behavior of individual particles and its…
(Pilgrim Software Inc.: Tampa, Fla., and Virtify Inc.: Cambridge, Mass.) -- In an effort to support the submissions of enterprises, from emerging growth companies with a single product, to global companies issuing submissions in dozens of countries with different format requirements, Pilgrim…
(FDA: Dallas, Texas) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Dallas District, in cooperation with the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA), is holding a conference on FDA Clinical Trial Requirements Regulations, Compliance, and GCP. This two-day program for the clinical…
(Drug Information Association: Horsham, Pennsylvania) -- The Drug Information Association (DIA), in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA), the Medical Imaging Contrast Agent Association, the Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals, and the American Medical…
(FDA: Rockville, Maryland) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new revisions to its list of accepted standards for use in pre-market reviews of medical devices. The FDA Modernization Act of 1997 authorized the agency to recognize voluntary consensus standards developed…
(IBM: Armonk, NY) -- The constraints and costs of energy and water usage are rising at an accelerating rate, with a significant effect on business operations and financial performance. In addition, companies are coming under increasing pressure from governments, advocacy groups, investors,…
(Palisade Corp.: Ithaca, NY) -- Palisade Corp. is now in partnership with the management consultancy Rath & Strong, based in Lexington, Massachusetts. The firm’s current consulting and training emphasizes lean Six Sigma, and the goal of its new partnership with Palisade is to expand the role…
Question: What is the proper way of wearing a Black Belt once you’ve earned it?
Answer:
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I’m a changed man. I’m an American Society for Quality (ASQ)-certified Six Sigma Black Belt. To obtain the ASQ Black Belt, I had to pass a test and then show proof to someone within…
When I was a boy, my grandmother used to read me nursery rhymes to entertain me and teach me about the world. One has resonated with me for years:
"For want of a nail the shoe was lost
For want of a nail the horse was lost
For want of a horse the warrior was lost
For want of a warrior the…
