Webinar: Blended Learning Black Belt Training
(Smarter Solutions: Austin, TX) -- Smarter Solutions has come out with a new blended learning, lean Six Sigma training method that overcomes the issues with online and nontraditional training.
Harrington Group Releases Calibration Recall 4
(Harrington Group: Orlando, FL) -- Harrington Group has announced the release of Calibration Recall 4 software. Equipment calibration is a necessary part of any production line. However, calibration can be painless with proper planning and tracking provided by calibration software.
CMMXpert Streamlines Inspection Reporting
(InspectionXpert: Raleigh, NC) -- InspectionXpert Corp., developer of integrated software solutions, has released CMMXpert, a new add-on for InspectionXpert for PDF and InspectionXpert OnDemand, the automated ballooning and inspection reporting tools that eliminate manual processing of inspection
Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs
Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli’s most recent book, Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It (Wharton Digital
NIST Goes the Distance for the Olympics
In yet another Olympian feat of measurement, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently calibrated a tape that will be used to measure out the distance of this summer’s Olympic marathon—a distance of 26 miles and 385 yards—to 1
The Sobering Reality of ‘Beginner’s Mind’
I am in the midst of teaching an online MBA course in statistical thinking. This is actually my second go-round, and I've heavily revised my inherited materials, which were well-meaning but had some obvious gaps.
Simpler, Faster, and Better Access to Information on ISO Standards
(ISO: Geneva) -- The website for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has had a major face-lift.
Workers Less Miserable, but Hardly Happy
(The Conference Board: New York) -- Americans of all ages and income brackets have the highest job satisfaction levels since the beginning of the Great Recession. However, the majority continue to be unhappy at work, according to a report released by The Conference Board.
The Art of Writing Procedures
These days quality professionals have shifted away from actually writing procedures to helping others develop documentation to describe the businesses they are in.
Linking Cost and Quality of Patient Outcomes Drives Improvements
(ThedaCare: Appleton, WI) -- The ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value has published a new white paper, “Measuring Value: Linking Cost and Quality of Patient Outcomes to Drive Organiza
