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During annual strategy meetings managers use all kinds of statistics, projections, charts, and graphs to support and defend their plans for the upcoming year.

Many organizations struggle with leadership, often puzzling over why their management techniques don’t seem to induce contribution and collaboration from their associates.

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(Aravo: San Francisco) -- Aravo, a provider of SaaS supplier information management (SIM) software and services, recently announced the results of a new supplier risk poll exploring the opinions and concerns of Fortune 1000 executives.

(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO announces the launch of GWP Risk Check for balances and scales. Risk Check is an interactive online assessment tool that provides qualitative and quantitative analysis of balance performance and weighing environment.

(FDA: Washington) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded a contract to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. to develop a pilot of the FDA’s Sentinel System, which will use automated health care data to evaluate medical product safety.

(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO has published a new, updated brochure providing a basic introduction to “Environmental management—The ISO 14000 family of International Standards.”