(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- Social Business by Design: Tra

Quality itself is no longer a differentiator among manufacturers. High quality is expected and achievable. With enough time and money, any manufacturer can produce a high-quality product.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- H. James Harrington was honored by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) when it presented him with the Ishikawa Medal on May 20, 2012.

(National Instruments: Austin, TX) -- Experience NIWeek, August 6–9, 2012, is the 18th annual global conference and exhibition on graphical system design from National Instruments (NI), developer of software and hardware solutions for engineering.

(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- In many testing laboratories, it can be necessary to qualify a new test method, instrument, or the lab itself with respect to one or more performance characteristics.

(Qualitest: Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- The 2000kN Universal Testing Machine, Q2000, by Qualitest, a developer and manufacturer of high-technology testing products and solutions, is fully loaded with many advanced technical features and state-of-the-art design.

(UL: Northbrook, IL) -- UL Knowledge Services, a business unit of Underwriters Laboratory (UL) and an authorized educational partner of The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, is offering a two-day workshop on the Shingo model and the principles behind the Shingo Prize philosophy and approac

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- For almost every sensationalized media report of product failure, a closer look often determines these failures occurred due to inadequate reliability theory and methodology.

The word kanban means “sign” or “signboard” in Japanese and is often used in conjunction with lean or just-in-time principles for scheduling and manufacturing.