April 22 is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. What better way to honor Earth Day than to develop your own renewable energy project? As a project manager, you have the skills to reduce your energy costs and even become energy self-sufficient.

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(IQMS: Paso Robles, CA) -- IQMS, an innovator in the design and development of extended enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, recently announced the release of its Quality Audit Module, the most recent addition to the IQMS

(TÜV SÜD: Munich) -- The European market is being flooded with increasing numbers of counterfeit products. These fakes not only cause financial losses for manufacturers, but also generate major safety problems for consumers when statutory safety tests are sidestepped in their production.

(Henry Ford Health System: Detroit) -- Looking to shake up your industry, transform your medical center, and recharge your organization?

(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Accelper Consulting presented one of the world’s largest Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) certification and training events at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) School of Applied Technology in Wheaton, Illinois, during March 26–27.

(StevenFalk.org: Sarasota, FL) -- Former Stanford Tennis USPTA Pro, author, and Six Sigma Champion Steven Falk wrote Six Sigma Tennis (World Sports Media Group, 2010) upon returning to Stanford Tennis after recovering from a traumatic brain injury.

(PhoCusWright: Sherman, CT) -- Priceline.com recently announced that its practice of proactively sending post-stay surveys to every Priceline hotel customer has enabled the hotel reservation service to amass more than 2.5 million hotel guest reviews.

With today’s limited internal resources, it’s tough to transform machine maintenance from reactionary to preventive, and ultimately proactive, despite the obvious upsides in higher overall equipment efficiency (OEE), better process control, and lower total cost.

Where does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stand on good manufacturing practices (GMP), the set of regulations that govern manufacture and testing of medical devices and other medical products like pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and food?