How Good Should Your Products Be?
With the onset of Six Sigma methodology, many organizations have spent large sums of money to make all of their products and processes as close to six sigma as they can.
Product News: Sherborne Sensors T640 Series Precision Inclinometers
(Sherborne Sensors: Wyckoff, NJ) -- Sherborne Sensors has introduced the T640 series, a range of high-reliability solid state tilt sensors, offering precision measurement accuracy for data acquisition systems, road bed analysis, platform and pipeline leveling, structural monitoring, ship ballast
Product News: Artel’s Liquid Handler Performance Verification Service
(Artel: Orlando, FL) -- Artel has launched its enhanced liquid handler performance verification service.
Product News: 3-D CAD Modeler with Nastran FEA Meets Market Demand
(NEi Software: Westminister, CA) -- NEi Software, a global provider of Nastran finite element analysis (FEA) software, announces the release of NEi Fus
ECC Corp. Announces Hazardous Substance Free Product Program
(ECCB: Midland, TX) -- Consumers have a new and easy way to identify hazardous substance free products by means of the HSF Mark. The HSF program allows consumers to recognize the HSF Mark on products and search an online database for hazardous substance free products.
Event: Are You Ready for the Changes to the Medical Device Directive?
(TÜVRheinland, Newtown, CT) -- Starting March 21, all medical device manufacturers must comply with the Directive 2007/47/EC or risk being pulled from the European Community’s marketplace.
Update on AS9100 Revision C
The AS9100C standard (also referred to as AS9100:2009 and AS9100 Rev C) has been published since January 2009. You are not alone if you are confused about the delay in being audited to this standard.
Scaling Factors for Process Behavior Charts
In the 1940s the War Production Board trained approximately 50,000 individuals in how to use process behavior charts (also known as control charts).
Event: ISO/IEC 17025 Training
(IAS: Whittier, CA) -- The International Accreditation Service (IAS) is offering a training course, May 24–26, in Washington, DC, designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the requirements of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005—“General req
NIST Launches New Competition for Research Facility Construction Grants
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently announced a new competition for grants for the construction of new or expanded scientific research buildings at institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations.
