Permit me to take a break from all things quality- and customer service-oriented and talk about what’s really important.

Baseball.

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Materials Analysis Inc., a Dallas engineering firm specializing in litigation support, is using noncontact 3-D scanning to provide critical assistance in product liability cases.

(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, is pleased to announce immediate availability of the

(IQPC: New York) -- The International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC) will hold its 10th Lean Six Sigma for Biotech, Pharma, and Medical Device Excellence event in San Diego, July 26–28, at the Hilton San Diego Resort.

(Cybermetrics Corp.: Phoenix) -- The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services for automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology.

(UNIDO: Vienna) -- Kandeh K. Yumkella, director-general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), says that Bangladesh has the potential to become the metrology hub of South Asia.

(SAE International: Warrendale, PA) -- Through a corporate gift of $250,000 from John Deere, SAE International announces its new “John Deere/SAE International AWIM Learn Twice Initiative.”

(BSI: Reston, VA) -- BSI announces its next webinar in its free ISO/IEC 20000 Series, “Requirements for Service Level Management and Service Level Reporting,” which happens on Thursday, June 17, at 1 p.m. EDT.

(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- If your organization is registered to ISO 9001 or any other management system standard, you’ve got an internal audit process.