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Businesses have lately been focusing on profit and process improvement. However, profit improvement at any cost to make the upcoming quarter look bright has a price. It appears that most improvement effort leads with efficiency measured by head-count reduction. Improvement shouldn’t be measured by…
Several Mexican manufacturing organizations were winners in the recently announced Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Business Program. The Shingo Prize, called the “Nobel Prize of manufacturing,” recognizes achievements in lean process improvement programs in North America.…
Frost & Sullivan, a growth consulting company, recently recognized CTS Corp. with its 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Quality Leadership. The award was in recognition of CTS’ products for the aerospace and defense markets, which have attracted increasing numbers of buyers…
Heritage Valley Health System, located in Beaver, Pennsylvania, recently opened its region’s first fully automated clinical laboratory. The hospital’s comprehensive lean and Six Sigma programs, which emphasize automation for patient safety, helped create the state-of-the-art laboratory…
The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) recently awarded a total of $85,900 to 22 Green Bay-area manufacturing organizations for training and Six Sigma projects, and there is more money available. The Green Bay Press Gazette reports that the money originates with the…
Six Sigma is a powerful tool for driving incremental process improvement, but it’s not the silver bullet many organizations make it out to be. That’s the word from The Hackett Group, which recently released research showing that too many executives try to implement Six Sigma to create…
This column normally originates from the hammock in the woods behind our home. With almost a foot of snow on the ground, though, this month’s contribution would better be titled “Thoughts From a Lounge Chair in My Den.” So, while sitting in my favorite chair and listening to the popping of…
Wilshire Conferences Inc., creators of educational conferences for information technology professionals, honored BMO Financial Group with the fifth annual Wilshire Award for Metadata Best Practices. BMO stood out because of its implementation, architecture and executive support. Eight…
e-TQM College recently announced its successful implementation of Visionaire’s e-learning suite, which allows the college to conduct live virtual classes by streaming real-time lectures on the Web with high-quality voice, data and video capability.The school’s approach to education uses…
The first e-sourcing capability model level 4 service provider and Satyam’s business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary—Nipuna Services—recently became the first Indian BPO company to win the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award. Comparable to the European Quality Award, the Deming…
Harte-Hanks Trillium Software Inc.’s TS Quality Software Version 10.5 was recently certified for integration with SAP Master Data Management (MDM) Enrichment Adapter.The integration allows customers to incorporate data-quality solutions within current implementations of SAP NetWeaver MDM,…
TAGSYS recently introduced a software suite—e-connectware—to manage global radio frequency identification (RFID) networks. A comprehensive set of administrative and management tools, e-connectware delivers the highest quality of service levels, and ensures data integrity and data…
This column normally originates from the hammock in the woods behind our home. With almost a foot of snow on the ground, though, this month’s contribution would better be titled “Thoughts From a Lounge Chair in My Den.” So, while sitting in my favorite chair and listening to the popping of…
Research engineer Phil Santangelo works in professor Gang Bao’s cell culture facility in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University in Atlanta. Photo courtesy of: Phil Santangelo…
Three medical device manufacturers—two in Mexico and one in the United States— recently received Shingo Prizes. Baxter Healthcare Corp.’s North Cove Plant in Marion, North Carolina; Baxter’s Cuernavaca Plant in Morelos, Mexico; and Cordis Corp. of Juarez, Mexico, received the awards,…
Blue Mountain Quality Resources Inc. and eCalibration.com have collaborated on a spring training schedule. The courses are designed to provide unique and leading-edge training for professionals working in regulated life sciences industries. The courses include: • Facilities and Equipment…
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) recently launched a campaign to increase cancer awareness in the United States. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, with 1.4 million cases expected to be diagnosed this year, according to PhRMA.…
Solectron Corp. recently created an alliance for medical device outsourcing companies. The Solectron Medical Alliance Program (S-MAP) includes ATEK Medical, Circle Medical, Proven Process Medical Devices Inc. and SRI Product Development, as well as Solectron. The alliance creates one of…
Hitachi Medical Corp. (HMC) recently received the 2006 Innovation Award in recognition of its development of new products and processes. Almost 60 North American imaging and 140 Japanese hospitals helped define the critical product capabilities that Hitachi Medical and International…
Established in 1903, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company grew rapidly during the two world wars. Foreign competition hit the industry early, and by 1953 Harley-Davidson was the last remaining major motorcycle manufacturer in the United States. Harley was bought by AMF in 1969 and by the late…
QUMAS recently made its QUMAS R&D software suite available to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. QUMAS provides regulatory affairs and quality management solutions, and the new research and development suite is the first of a series for the life sciences that will focus on…
SiberLogic recently introduced SiberSafe Definer (QE Edition), a next-generation quality engineering and requirements management solution for retailers.Quality engineering is an especially critical process for retailers that make products under a private label. Such companies often use…
FlipChip International LLC recently appointed Marcus Crayon vice president of quality for its semiconductor-wafer scale packaging and bumping business in Phoenix.“We are excited to have Marcus Crayon join FlipChip International as our vice president of quality. His experience in product…
Frost & Sullivan’s 2006 Best Practices Awards honored 38 companies that demonstrated outstanding achievement in customer service, technological innovation, strategic product development and leadership. Industry analysts determined best practices by comparing market participants and…
Pitney Bowes’ Group 1 Software recently announced the availability of Address Quality Hub, an address-cleansing software platform. In August 2007, the U.S. Postal Service will begin enforcing stricter regulations regarding postage discounts created to minimize mail that is undeliverable as…
