In late November management system registrars DNV and Intertek announced that they were in discussions regarding a potential to unite their business assurance activities.

In a legendary 70-year career, Peter Drucker, “the father of modern management,” revolutionized modern business practices, transforming management theory into a serious discipline.

Because of their size, wind turbines are transported in individual parts to their offshore setup destination. Because individual components are manufactured at different sites, they are often put together for the first time at the mounting site on high seas.

(NIST: Washington) -- President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke recently announced that five organizations are the recipients of the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest presidential honor for innovation and performance excellence.

(INUS Technology: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology Inc.

(Productivity Press: New York) -- Lean thinking has been linked to most core business processes, including product development, manufacturing, purchasing, accounting, and the supply chain.

(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Austin, TX) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. recently announced a new method that enables rapid and accurate identification and quantification of pesticides in rice.

(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO, a global supplier of precision instruments and services, presents its new

As if it wasn’t difficult enough tightening up the recession ropes, many organizations will soon find themselves reeling as the tide changes, and hiring and production once again swing into full gear.

For a group of people who claim to practice management by fact, questioning the as-given condition, we in the lean community have a troubling habit of citing and accepting made-up lean enterprise statistics.