(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is accepting proposals for funding for a broad range of potential research projects and related activities that support the institute’s measurement science and engineering programs.

(Booz & Co.: New York) -- For business next year, the only sure thing is uncertainty, according to Booz & Co. in a recent advisory to its clients.

(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- “In this global, knowledge-intensive and consumer-oriented economy, the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing has never been more important...

(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- McGraw-Hill has announced the release of two new books of particular interest to quality professionals. The first focuses on how lean and theory of constraints work together in the supply chain. The second describes which quality tool to use, and when.

(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announces it will host its annual 3D Documentation Conference at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida, on F

(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.

(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.

(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

(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.

(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