It was the great W. Edwards Deming who first applied this tenet, “Drive out fear,” to quality management in his book Out of the Crisis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982) It’s one of his 14 Points for Management.

(IBM: Armonk, NY) -- A new IBM study reveals that despite tough economic times, Americans at all income levels are refusing to sacrifice quality, value, and nutrition to save money on food, and health and beauty purchases. The current economy has, however, led U.S.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On Sept.

(GE Fanuc: Charlottesville, VA) -- GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, announced the availability of miView, a comprehensive new machine intelligence solution designed to automatically provide companies with accurate and unbiased data to help teams improve the effi

(ANSI: New York) -- Nine leading standards organizations have announced that they will sponsor a free event on Oct. 2, introducing Congressional staff to the U.S. private sector–led approach to standards.

Educators should learn a thing or two from the just-in-time and lean production techniques used by the automotive industry, if they are to add value to the student experience as quickly and effectively as possible.

(Intelex Technologies Inc.: Toronto, Canada) -- Intelex Technologies Inc., a provider of web-based management systems, has announced that it has been selected by the FBI's Aviation Section to provide a software solution addressing their safety and quality management needs.

(Leica Geosystems: Norcross, GA) -- Leica Geosystems announces a complete new series of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and geographic information systems (GIS) products for the asset management market.

Aviation safety is a very critical issue.