Book: <em>Risk Monetization</em>
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Risk Monetization: Converting Threats and Opportunities into Impact on Project Value, by Glenn R.
New Haven ASQ and Juran CEO Team Up for LSS Training
(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- Joseph A. De Feo, president and CEO of Juran Institute Inc., one of the world’s leading authorities on transformational change systems and breakthrough management principles, will facilitate a one-day workshop on lean Six Sigma.
Fundamentals of Random Vibration and Shock Testing
(ERI: Santa Barbara, CA) -- Earthquakes are only one of the subjects being discussed at the “Fundamentals of Random Vibration and Shock Testing” course led by mechanical engineer expert Wayne Tustin. The course will be held at ANCO Engineers Inc.
Linking Quality Management and Risk Management
Much has been written and discussed about “risk” being the future of “quality.” But what does this really mean, and how does it work?
Risk Management: Planning to Avoid Losses
It sometimes seems that few people can accurately define risk management, let alone apply it in their organization. Yet, a risk management plan can help an organization identify and correct hazards and substandard work practices before bad things happen.
Preparing for Pandemics: How Cisco Immunized Its Operations
Cisco Systems Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, runs one of the most complex supply chains in the global information technology industry. The company relies on more than 1,000 suppliers, four contract manufacturers, and 50,000 purchased parts.
Corporate Security Programs Not Integrated with Enterprise Risk Management
(The Conference Board: New York) -- Despite the potentially crippling impact of security events on corporate performance, many executives report that their security function is not well coordinated with enterprise risk management (ERM) or a similar risk function, The Conference Board reports.
Studying How Skyscraper Foundations Stand Up to Earthquakes
(UC Davis: Davis, CA) -- Engineers at the University of California, Davis are preparing to conduct the first rigorous tests of how the steel columns that secure skyscrapers to their foundations stand up during earthquakes, research that could make the towering structures safer and perhaps less
Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In fire experiments conducted in uniformly furnished but vacant Chicago-area townhouses, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers uncovered temperature and heat-flow conditions that can seriously damage facepiece lenses on standard firefigh
A Predictive Approach to Risk Management
Organizations need a systematic approach for risk containment when quality, delivery, and design product and service issues occur.