Microsoft Corp. has released new enhancements for its Microsoft Office Solution Accelerator for Six Sigma.

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ annual meeting, "Where Manufacturing Comes Together--to Give You a Competitive Edge," is slated for June 9-13 in Cincinnati.

Frost and Sullivan has presented its 2004 Mechanical Test Company of the Year Award to GE Inspection Technologies.

Axsys Technologies Inc. has acquired Telic Optics Inc., a privately owned manufacturer of infrared optics and optical assemblies.

The International Organization for Standardization has launched a Web site to support the International Conference on Social Responsibility to be held on June 21 and 22 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Members of an American National Standards Institute delegation have collaborated with senior representatives of the world’s leading radio, information and communications technologies standards organizations in Seoul, Korea, at the ninth Global Standards Collaboration meeting.

Rath & Strong has published Whose Fault Is It Anyway? A Modern Fable About Six Sigma (2004).

Diagnosing heart attacks may become an even more precise science with the advent of the first of a series of new clinical standards issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

TUV America Inc. has added Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series 18001 services to its repertoire.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has released its annual report, "The Value of Care and Caring About Value."

Focused on health care quality, the report is intended to benefit employers and consumers showing increasing interest in the topic.