(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Senior leaders from the three organizations selected for the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, as well as representatives from past award recipients, will share their best practices and results at one-day regional conferences on Sept.

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It started slowly but surely. With the slump of the U.S. economy, companies started downsizing first by the dozens, then by the hundreds.

(Hoffer Flow Controls: Elizabeth City, NC)—The Sanitary Design Turbine flowmeter from Hoffer Flow Controls meets the highest sanitary requirements for process liquid measurement including 3-A Standard 28-03. The sanitary meter is designed to provide outstanding accuracy in liquid applicatio

There's a standard for everything. Really. Quality Digest's ever vigilant editors came across this relatively new one from ANSI. By the time this horse is tricked out with lights and signs its going to look like the Borg.
--Editor

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally accepted, voluntary certification program created by the United State Green Building Council.

(QuEST Forum: Dallas) -- QuEST Forum recently published the TL 9000 Quality Management System Requirements Handbook 5.0, the latest edition of the global quality standard used by the telecommunications industry. The new release of the handbook has an effective date of Nov.

(NSF/Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Why are so many organizations receiving nonconformities in their ISO 9001:2008 audits? To understand the ISO 9001:2008 changes better, let's see if you know the answers to these three questions:

(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Three C’s of efficient manufacturing are common, common, and common,” says James E.

As the global market becomes increasingly integrated, customers demand that businesses have a superior level of quality and performance.