What Does It Mean to Operate in a State of Control?
Once upon a time I asked, “What does it mean to operate in a state of control?” at an off-site “strategy” meeting of a senior management group.
Ford’s Laser-Guided Robotic Technology Improves Quality
(Ford Motor Co.: Cologne, Germany) -- Ford of Europe and Ford North America are leading a project to install robotic plant laser inspection technology in 17 assembly plants globally, a planned investment of approximately $100 million to improve fit and finish and reduce wind noise, a key qual
Douglas C. Montgomery, Ph.D., to Be Keynote Speaker at InfinityQS Conference
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(Infinity: Chantilly, VA) --
NSF-ISR Acquires AQA International
(AQA International: Columbia, SC) -- NSF International Strategic Registrations Ltd. (NSF-ISR), a leader in management systems registrations, has acquired AQA International LLC and AQA’s current international operations.
Health Care Quality Gaps Persist in Every State
(AHRQ: Rockville, MD) -- States are seeing improvements in health care quality, but disparities for their minority and low-income residents persist, according to 2010 State Snapshots, a web-based resource recently released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The Fishbone’s Connected to the ‘Brainbone’
(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Minitab Inc., the leading provider of software for quality improvement, is offering a free online training session on using fishbone diagrams to facilitate structured brainstorming for lean Six Sigma projects.
CoMo Gets Your Injection Data Working
(Kistler: Farmington Hills, MI) -- Kistler, a worldwide supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced CoMo Injection Firmware software version 2.2.3, designed for greater functionality and e
colorSENSORs Know Your True Colors
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(Micro-Epsilon: Ortenburg, Germany) -- The
Better Standards Boost Businesses, Give Consumers a Break
(European Commission: Brussels, Belgium) -- Standards are a decisive tool in international competition. Consumers should not be obliged to change several chargers for their electronic devices. And a mass diffusion of electric cars will not happen without common standards for their recharge.
Personalized e-Learning and Improvement Services, Fruit of Alliance
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of the global publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. announced a strategic alliance with CECity Inc.