Enhanced Presubmission Compliance Checks
(Octagon Research Solutions Inc.: Wayne, Pennsylvania) -- Octagon Research Solutions Inc., a provider of software and services to the life sciences industry, has announced a new service offering, CheckPoint.
United States and China Outline Progress on Agreement on Food and Feed Safety
The parties are meeting on the week of June 23 in Annapolis, Maryland, as part of the fourth session under the United States-China strategic economic dialogue (SED).
“Today's progress report reflects strong and sustained cooperation by both nations to strengthen the safety of food products exp
Sentinel Initiative: Improving Patient Safety and Quality of Medical Care
(HHS: Washington, D.C.) -- Efforts are underway at the U.S.
Final FDA Rule on Dietary Supplements
In June 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the dietary supplement current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) final rule (21 CFR Part 111).
ASQ’s Online Knowledge Center
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality now offers an advanced online Knowledge Center to help web users find and access all things quality.
Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals
(The Joint Commission: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois) -- The Joint Commission recently announced the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for each of its accreditation programs and its Disease-Specific Care Certification Program.
The National Patient Safety Goals promote speci
ISO/IEC 27005 to Assist Risk Management
(ISO: Geneva) -- Organizations of all types are very concerned by threats that could compromise their information security and managing this aspect has Where’s My Onion Soup?
In the last couple of months, two topics have become particularly vexing to me.Synergy Between Theory of Constraints and Lean Six Sigma
(NOVACES: New Orleans) -- In the evolution of process improvement methodologies, the Velocity World Conference held in April 2008 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, marked a milestone to move beyond process improvement to continuous system improvement (CSI).
Continuous Process Improvements in the UAE
(Gulf Extrusions Co.: Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Gulf Extrusions, one of the largest aluminum extrusion plants in the Persian Gulf, has announced that it's in the final stages of implementing Six Sigma at its production plant in Dubai.