Book: <em>Enterprise Risk Management Best Practices</em>
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Even a minimal investment in risk assessment and risk management can improve efficiency and reduce losses in any organization.
Laser Frequency Comb on a Chip
During the past decade, laser frequency combs—extraordinarily precise tools for measuring frequencies (or colors) of light—have helped propel advances in timekeeping, trace-gas detection, and related physics research.
LED Inspection with Five Channels
(Micro-Epsilon: Raleigh, NC) -- Micro-Epsilon, designer and manufacturer of high-precision sensors, instruments, and systems for displacement, position, dimension, and temperature measurement, offers the new colorCONTROL MFA-5 for the inspection of LEDs, starting at a basic version that offers
BSI to Develop New System for Screening Cargo
(BSI: Reston, VA) -- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a contract to BSI Group’s Supply Chain Solutions business unit to create a protocol to aid the screening of cargo at U.S. ports.
Corporate R&D Spending Rebounds in 2010
(Booze and Co.: New York) -- Total research and development (R&D) investment among the world’s top spenders on innovation surged upward in 2010 from its recession-induced decline in 2009, according to the 2011 Global Innovation 1000, the seventh annual study of corporate innovation spending
ASQ to Celebrate World Quality Month in November
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- In celebration of the second annual World Quality Month in November, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) will showcase how advancements and valuable quality contributions have improved incomes for businesses, communities, and institutions worldwide.
Baldrige Award Recipient Hospitals Significantly Outperform Their Peers
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- A new report has found that health care organizations that have won Baldrige National Quality Awards for performance excellence or been considered for a Baldrige Award site visit outperform other hospitals in nearly every metric used to determine the 100 Top Hospit
Quality in the Year 2022
In the business world we certainly like to toss around choice words to express our ideas. I don’t think I’ve ever used the term “strategic planning” in my home or personal life.
Working with Rare Events
From the perspective of data analysis, rare events are problematic. Until we have an event, there is nothing to count, and as a result many of our time periods will end up with zero counts.
