How Service and Support Influence Buying Decisions
(Accenture: New York) -- Services are increasingly the differentiator that can make or break a company, according to a recent Accenture survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers.
Technical Exchange: Low-Cost, Quality Metrology Training
(NCSL International: Boulder, CO) -- Technical Exchange, developed by NCSL International (NCSLI), a nonprofit organization for excellence in measurement science, is a new educational event designed to provide regional access to low-cost, high-quality metrology training solutions.
Real-Time Laser Scanning Visual Feedback on Mobile Devices
(InnovMetric Software Inc.: Québec City, Québec, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software Inc., a software development company, announces that the latest intermediate release of the PolyWorks universal 3-D metrology platform—version 12.0.3—can display laser-scanned points being captured in real time o
Systems Thinking Conference: Applications in Health Care, Product Development
(MIT News: Cambridge, MA) -- Whatever your profession, systems thinking is critical for success in the global economy, according to speakers at the 2011 MIT SDM Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges.
Study: Baldrige Award-Recipient Hospitals Outperform Their Peers
(Thomson Reuters: New York) -- A new report has found that health care organizations that have won Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards for performance excellence or have been considered for a Baldrige Award site visit outperform other hospitals in nearly every metric used to determine th
Nine Million U.S. Adults Lost Health Coverage During Recession
(Cornell University Press: Ithaca, N.Y) -- An estimated 9.3 million American adults lost health insurance coverage as a result of increased unemployment during the recession of 2007–2009, according to a newly published study by researchers at Cornell, Indiana, and Carnegie Mellon universities
Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2011
(Gartner: Stamford, CT) -- Gartner Inc. has released the findings from its third annual Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25. The research focuses on the health-care value chain’s pursuit of high-quality patient care at optimal economic cost.
ISPE Expands Commissioning and Qualification Guidance Series
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global nonprofit association of 22,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, has released a new guidance document on pharmaceutical commissioning and qualification titled,
Call for Presentations: How Do You Use New 3-D Technologies?
(SPAR Point Group Portland, ME) -- SPAR Internati
Data Analysis Software for Stationary and Rotary Force Measurement
(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 USB-based Type 2825A DynoWare universal data acquisition and analysis software, designed for direct