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(Aravo: San Francisco) -- Aravo, a provider of SaaS supplier information management (SIM) software and services, recently announced the results of a new supplier risk poll exploring the opinions and concerns of Fortune 1000 executives.

(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO announces the launch of GWP Risk Check for balances and scales. Risk Check is an interactive online assessment tool that provides qualitative and quantitative analysis of balance performance and weighing environment.

(FDA: Washington) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded a contract to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. to develop a pilot of the FDA’s Sentinel System, which will use automated health care data to evaluate medical product safety.

(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO has published a new, updated brochure providing a basic introduction to “Environmental management—The ISO 14000 family of International Standards.”

If you’re like the vast majority of readers, your company has probably gotten certified to one or more management system standards because someone told you to do so.

(QI Macros: Denver) -- KnowWare International Inc. announces the 2010 version of the QI Macros Lean Six Sigma SPC Software for Excel. The new version includes p and u templates as well as the ability to use time or date data to draw histograms.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $34.12 million in grants for measurement science and engineering research.