Hexagon Acquires Korean Metrology Business
Hexagon AB has agreed to acquire the South Korean company Korea ErFa Systems Engineering Co.’s metrology business.
IQS Introduces Proprietary Integration Capability for Real-Time APQP Reporting
(IQS: North Olmsted, OH) -- IQS Inc. has released its OptiMetrix Integration Engine, an enterprise performance management application that enables real-time, bidirectional transfer of APQP information throughout the automotive manufacturer supply chain.
GOAL/QPC Publishes Six Sigma for Business Leaders
GOAL/QPC has published Six Sigma for Business Leaders, (GOAL/QPC, 2004) a book authored by Gregory H. Watson.
NQI Offers Customer and Employee Satisfaction Surveys
The National Quality Institute has offered a new line of customer and employee satisfaction online surveys.
Six Sigma Roadblocks
As a methodology, Six Sigma has been around since the 1980s. Yet it took a couple of U.S. industry giants, Allied Signal and GE, to draw the world’s attention to the benefits the program offers businesses.
Six Sigma for Safe Landings
(Publisher’s Note: This article, is reprinted with permission from THE INFORMED OUTLOOK, in which it first appeared in Nov. 2003.)
Internet Portal Focuses on Financial Services and Six Sigma
George Group, DeLeeuw Associates Inc. and iSixSigma have formed a strategic alliance to create an Internet portal for the financial services industry, focused specifically on the application of Six Sigma.
Seagate Receives Six Sigma Excellence Award
Seagate Technology, a leading disc drive company, has earned sixsigmaIQ’s annual Six Sigma Excellence Award for the best design for Six Sigma project.
Quality Executives Compare Productivity Approaches
A recent study indicates that most leading companies target quality by incorporating lean simplification and demand flow techniques with Six Sigma defect reduction.
