(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Minitab, a leading provider of software for quality improvement, is offering at no cost, an online preview training session on value-stream mapping, a technique used to analyze the flow of information and materials needed to bring products to customers.

For the second straight month, fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States is at its highest level, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Structured Decision Making (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) is an easy-to-read book about an often conflicting and difficult topic.

Recently, fellow-blogger David Kasprzak, introduced me to the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) str

The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence defines innovation as “making meaningful change to improve products, processes, or organizational effectiveness an

Story update 3/19/2012: We corrected an error in a model number listed in the second paragraph. 1969-R was changed to 1916-R.

(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a society for professionals involved in the engineering and manufacture of pharmaceuticals and related products, has issued industry guidance to advise clinical trials on comparator management activities.

(SPECTRO: Kleve, Germany) -- SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a manufacturer of elemental analyzers using optical emission spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, has introduced the latest generation of SPECTROTEST mobile metal analyzers.

(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus has introduce the palm-sized IPLEX UltraLite videoscope, designed for remote visual inspection in tough environments and confined spaces.

(VITRONIC: Wiesbaden, Germany) -- VITRONIC, developer, manufacturer, and distributor of machine vision systems, presents VIPAC D2