“Who wants to be chairperson of the fundraising committee?” asked the company president.

The room became quiet, and as I glanced around the table, I saw a dozen perfect poker faces. No one wanted this responsibility. No one was going to commit.

Clarity is extremely valuable for building profitable strategies and conducting sustainable business. Without clarity many firms refrain from taking strategic steps in fear of the unknown, leaving them stagnant and eventually uncompetitive.

(DLS Electronic Systems: Wheeling, IL) -- DLS Electronic Systems Inc. is offering a workshop and seminar, “EMC by Your Design,” scheduled for Oct. 18–20, 2011 in Northbrook, Illinois. Curriculum developed by Donald L.

Registration for the 2nd Annual Lean Logistics Summit will be closing soon. To reserve your seat at this exclusive event, register today. Attendance at this summit is purposefully limited to a select few to boost attendee-to-presenter and attendee-to-attendee interaction.

(APQC: Houston) -- Quality is a key concern for many organizations as they return to the business of doing business. In many instances this means recalibrating how to effectively measure quality for their organization.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- On June 10, 2011, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Awards Board approved the name change of the Inspection Division Scholarship to the H. James Harrington Scholarship.

(Newport: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in lasers and photonics solutions that make, manage and measure light, has introduced the Integrity VCS Series vibration control system designed specifically to provide an economical and stable platform for basic photonic research and dev

(NIST: Gaithersberg, MD) -- Preventing fraud at oil-change services and enabling consumers to make value comparisons when shopping for printer ink will be among the many issues discussed at this year’s annual meeting

Keith Greenaway, vice president of ACLASS, a brand of ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board that provides accreditation, gave a brief talk titled “Focus on Inspections and Compliance” at the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act public meeting held on June 6, 2011.

A metasurface or metafilm is a 2-D version of a metamaterial, popularized recently in technologies with seemingly unnatural properties, such as the illusion of invisibility.