Using a Wiki to Implement a Quality Management System
The approach of using a Wiki to document a quality management system (QMS) may seem overwhelmingly obvious in a year or so, yet we are far from that today.
FDA Stresses Science-Based Compliance and Open Communication
(FDA: Salt Lake City)—Utah-based life science companies are being implored to utilize a scientific approach to regulatory compliance, and to keep the lines of communication open with the Food and Drug Administration.
Three-Phase Plan for Smart Grid Standards
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a three-phase plan to expedite development of key standards for a smart grid, a nationwide network that uses information technology to deliver electricity.
Peavey Invests in Future, Adopts Lean Manufacturing Initiative
(Peavey Electronics Corp.: Meridian, Mississippi) -- Peavey Electronics Corp. has begun a companywide lean initiative that will maximize efficiency among its 33 facilities and strengthen the organization's position in the global marketplace.
Project Selection for DMAIC
One of the most frequent questions I get from Black Belts and Green Belts I train is about the characteristics of a good Six Sigma project, particularly a first project.
The Agile Enterprise: Elevating S&OP to Integrated Business Planning
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Improve performance through Integrated Business Planning. Elevate and optimize the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process to financial outcomes with River Logic's Enterprise Optimizer® (EO). EO improves organizational agility using fast and easy “what-if” analyses, while supplying multiple planning horizons and automatically linking outputs to financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
Lean Talent Demand Widens Lead Over Six Sigma in Bleak Economy
(Avery Point Group: Atlanta) -- The recession and rapid slumping of sales are forcing many companies to reevaluate their priorities with regard to their continuous improvement initiatives.
Radical Thinking
Those best adapted to particular conditions will succeed in the long run. This idea was invented by Herbert Spencer in Principles of Biology (University Press of the Pacific, 2002) to describe Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection of living species.
