(WCBF: Chicago) -- Based on the enormous success of WCBF’s Six Sigma event series to date, the 2010 Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement in Healthcare Summit is expected to be th

(Micropelt GmbH: Freiburg, Germany) -- Aircraft maintenance will be easier in the future, with sensors monitoring the aircraft skin. If the sensors detect any dents or cracks they will send a radio message to a monitoring unit.

(Laser Design Inc.: Minneapolis) -- Laser Design Inc.

(QuEst Forum: Dallas) -- QuEST Forum unveiled its inaugural report on the state of quality in the telecommunications industry at the 2009 Asia Pacific Best Practices Conference, which was held Oct. 20–22 in Shanghai.

(SGS: Rutherford, NJ) -- SGS announced that it is the first registrar in the world to be accredited to The Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS) and The Responsible Recycling Standard (R2) by ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB).

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Eligibility and application forms for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award are now available on the Baldrige web site.

(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and support technologies, recently released EngineRoom 5.0, MoreSteam’s latest contribution to its suite of user-friendly data analysis tools.

(ISO: Geneva) -- Medical laboratories accredited to ISO 15189 (a sector-specific technical competence and management system standard) are now recognized as meeting the management system principles of ISO 9001.

(Sciemetric: Ottawa, ON, Canada) -- Sciemetric Instruments Inc., whose technology has been used for more than 15 years by some of the world’s largest manufacturers to improve qua

(MFG.com: Atlanta) -- More than one-third of North American manufacturers responding to MFG.com’s most recent MFGWatch survey say they’ve experienced a significant supply chain disruption in the past three months, and more than 70 percent indicate they plan to maintain or increa