In yet another Olympian feat of measurement, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently calibrated a tape that will be used to measure out the distance of this summer’s Olympic marathon—a distance of 26 miles and 385 yards—to 1

I am in the midst of teaching an online MBA course in statistical thinking. This is actually my second go-round, and I've heavily revised my inherited materials, which were well-meaning but had some obvious gaps.

(ISO: Geneva) -- The website for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has had a major face-lift.

(The Conference Board: New York) -- Americans of all ages and income brackets have the highest job satisfaction levels since the beginning of the Great Recession. However, the majority continue to be unhappy at work, according to a report released by The Conference Board.

These days quality professionals have shifted away from actually writing procedures to helping others develop documentation to describe the businesses they are in.

(ThedaCare: Appleton, WI) -- The ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value has published a new white paper, “Measuring Value: Linking Cost and Quality of Patient Outcomes to Drive Organiza

(Teledyne DALSA: Waterloo, ON, Canada) -- Teledyne DALSA, designer and manufacturer of digital imaging solutions and machine vision technology, has expanded its Genie TS camera series with the addition of three new color models.

(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- Social Marketology: Improve Your Social Media Processes and Get Customers to Stay Forever, by Ric Dragon (McGraw-Hill, 2012) is about developing a larger social medi

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- For the first time in the 25-year history of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, high-performing organizations that are candidates for the award will be eligible for recognition of their best practices in six of the seven Baldrige Criteria categories, even if

(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Employment prospects and salaries have improved for the majority of automotive engineers since the end of the global recessions, according to the 2012 SAE International Salary Study.