I received pair of questions about lean logistics over the past few weeks that prompted this article. The questions were “What is the milk run method?” and “What is the role of the water spider?” 

Managing for quality is breaking new ground.

(BQPM: Newark, CA) – Business & Quality Process Management (BQPM) is now offering three levels of training for those interested in the new hazardous substance free (HSF) standard: a one-day “Awareness” course, a two-day “Implementation” course, and a three-day “Assessor” course.

(Cole-Parmer: Vernon Hills, IL) -- Imagine plugging a microscope into the USB port of your PC or laptop and viewing images with 10X to 200X or even 500X mag

(NAG: Oxford, UK) -- The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), a provider of high quality high quality mathematical and statistical software and computing services has announced that it will mark its 40th anniversary by extending the awards that it funds to more institutions across the globe. In the

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Myriad studies have acknowledged that ISO 9001-r

(TWI Institute: Liverpool, NY) -- Training within industry is needed more now, in this down economy, than ever before. It was in a time of crisis that the Training Within Industry (TWI) Service proved its worth more than 60 years ago.

(FDA: Washington) -- As part of the final phase of its transparency initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking comment from the public and other interested stakeholders on how the agency can increase transparency in its interactions with regulated industry.

(Yorkshire Publishing: Tulsa, OK) -- This winter, our view of Japanese automakers as the pinnacle of quality was shattered by the Toyota recall fiasco.

Early one morning I was in my side yard and walked up on a huge elaborate spider web complete with its designer-tenant. As I approached the artwork, the spider began to vibrate the web sending glistening dewdrops everywhere.