This is the final column in the debate between Donald Wheeler and Forrest Breyfogle on whether or not to transform data prior to analysis.

(FDAnews: Falls Church, VA) -- Earn 12 RAC credits while you discover field-tested, ICH Q9 risk management strategies that work for drugs and biologics, in “Applying Quality Risk Management Principles: Moving ICH Q9 from Theory to Practice,” an interactive workshop presented by LearningPlus and

(Qualitest: Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- Qualitest International Inc. introduces a new addition to its hardness tester family.

To Chris Collins, lean and Six Sigma, just like government and business management, go hand in hand.

(EASI: Milford, MI) -- Electronic Applications Specialists Inc. (EASI) announces a pneumatic gauge system that makes dimensional air gauging easy. Our new air electronic converter (AEC) has many advantages over other air gauging systems.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled a method for calibrating entire waveforms—graphical shapes showing how electrical signals vary over time—rather than just parts of waveforms as is current practice.

(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc. has entered into an exclusive agreement with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).

“It’s a messy world,” says Dusty Gibbs while walking past piles of copper wiring and kitchen sinks in the warehouse of Kirschbaum & Krupp (K&K) Metal Recycling LLC. “But this is about as clean and organized as it gets.”

Why did the current financial crisis occur? Among other things, we could point to greed, ethics, and policy creation.

One week in May, I spoke on “Risk in the Supply Chain and Other Changes” at the World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI), the Macon, Georgia, ASQ section, and the Atlanta, Georgia, ASQ section.