(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Eighty-three organizations are in the running for the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence through innovation and improvement.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- A valuable tool for establishing and maintaining system reliability, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) has proven to be effective in reducing

(Methods Machine Tools Inc.: Sudbury, MA) --  Methods Machine Tools Inc., a supplier of innovative precision machine tools, has announced that it is the exclusive distributor of New VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparators throughout North America.

(Spar Point Research LLC: Danvers, MA) -- Spar Point Research LLC invites presentation abstracts for the SPAR Europe 2010 conference, which will be combined with Plant-Tech 2010, Dec. 7–8, at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center. Deadline for abstracts is Friday, July 2.

In a recent e-mail, a reader of my blog asked me, “How can we enhance top management commitment and involvement for implementing total productive maintenance (TPM)?”

Nearly 30 years ago, Autodesk led the charge to bring computer-aided design (CAD) to the masses, winning over millions of users.

(APICS: Chicago) -- The 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo, “Excellence in the New Normal,” sponsored by APICS (The Association for Operations Management), is the highest quality educational experience for professionals in supply chain and operations management.

(API:  Rockville, MD) -- Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully deployed the Volumetric Error Compensation (VEC) service from Automated Precision Inc.

(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) --Fluke Corp., a global provider of electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the new Fluke 5080A calibrator, engineered

(Destination CRM: New York) -- Customer relationship management (CRM) is a companywide business strategy designed to reduce costs and increase profitability by solidifying customer satisfaction, loyalty, and advocacy.