If you have ever wondered what the difference was between a gap analysis, an internal audit, or a pre-assessment, you might not be alone.

W. Edwards Deming did a great disservice. He left a prescription for what the United States should do to improve government, manufacturing, and service.

(University Alliance: Tampa, FL) -- Fueled by the rising demand to streamline key processes, business process management (BPM) has become a central requirement in planning, implementing change, and evaluating performance in organizations.

(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Madison, WI) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has introduced its newest FT-IR spectrometer, the Thermo Scientific  Nicolet iS5, powered by OMNIC software.

(RAM: Rochester, NY) -- The Sprint CNC 400, from RAM Optical Instrumentation Inc.

(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- You’ve performed a measurement system analysis (MSA) to ensure that your measurement system is acceptable, and you’ve implemented the system with scheduled gauge calibrations, but what’s next?

(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL)  -- Praveen Gupta, adjunct industry professor for business innovation and co-chair for the Business Innovation Conference 2010, announces that registration is open for attendees.

(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, the global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, reports a quadrupling of enrollments for its lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt certification programs.

In my August column, “How to Turn Capability Indexes Into Dollars,” I defined the effective cost of production and use and showed how it can be obtained directly from the capability

Organizations that struggle with outsourced projects which have gone bad or failed completely usually cite vendor management issues as the reason. It’s as if the vendor is always to blame, and the buyer is completely blameless. Rarely is this the case.