(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International, the leading provider of real-time quality control software solutions, announced that Doug Fair, vice president of technical services, will speak this week at Quality Expo in Chicago.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Lean Six Sigma could help reduce the soaring national debt but faces some key challenges in government implementations, according to a new survey by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the leading global network of quality experts.

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Addressing the need for the study of supply-chain management to evolve at the same pace as it’s real-world practice, Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory

(ASTHO: Arlington, VA) -- The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) has launched the first national voluntary accreditation program for public health departments.

(Edmund Optics: Barrington, NJ) -- Edmund Optics Inc., supplier of the world’s largest inventory of optics and optical components to industry, has introduced Laser Speckle Reducers.

(Hamamatsu: Hamamatsu, Japan) -- Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. has long been studying terahertz technologies as a part of its pursuit of opto-electronics possibilities.

(FIPA: Cary, NC) -- Commercially available standard rotary units can be too heavy for some applications. Every gram saved achieves better dynamics, particularly for grippers with several rotary units.

A University of Arizona (UA) engineering professor may have a solution to a U.S. infrastructure problem that’s growing deadlier each year.

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