ASQ Announces New Social Responsibility Medal
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) recently announced the new Spencer Hutchens Jr. medal for social responsibility.
Books: Glow -- How You Can Radiate Energy, Innovation, and Success
You've probably felt their positive energy as it lights up a room. From teammates to colleagues, direct supervisors to CEOs, these people radiate enthusiasm, positive energy, and inspiration.
Product Announcement: Heidenhain Offers High Accuracy Gauge With SPC
(Heidenhain: Schaumburg, Illinois) -- Combining a highly accurate CERTO length gauge with an ND 287 digital readout (DRO) equipped with statistical process control ( SPC) enables Heidenhain Corp. to offer a powerful new inspection system.
Spotlight on Software Quality Improvement: Three Strategies for Success
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Standards in software development are essential to efforts toward improving communication between customer and contractor, reducing software costs throughout the entire life cycle, and improving overall software quality. Organizations have a number of viable choices to consider when it comes to applying software quality process improvement methodologies. Three useful options—the V-Model, ISO9000, and Six Sigma—provide different approaches to helping ensure quality in the software development process.
How to Apply for the Baldrige Award
The original title for this article was “How to Win the Baldrige.” But of course, no one can give you some secret on how to win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality award. Instead, this article sets a less daunting objective: to identify the practical steps in writ
Product Announcement: Laser Design's SLP-500 High-Speed Laser Probe
(Laser Design: Minneapolis, Minnesota) -- Laser Design Inc., the leading supplier of 3-D laser scanners for more than 20 years, announced that its next generation of 3-D laser scanning probes has a new member, the SLP-500.
Hospital Care Up 3%, Patient Safety Down 1%
Quality of hospital care in the United States is improving nearly 3 percent annually, remaining the highest rate of quality improvement among the major health care delivery settings, according to the National Healthcare Quality Report 2008 (NHQR), which was released
First Step for ISO Standard On Recall of Unsafe Products
(ISO: Geneva) -- The first meeting of the ISO project committee that will develop an international standard providing a code of good practice for establishing, implementing, and managing efficient, flexible, and responsive consumer product recall programs including corrective actions, took p
Product Announcement: Metris Launches 7-axis MCA v2.5 Range of Articulated Arms
(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- At Westec 2009 in Los Angeles (US), Metris launched the new 7-axis MCA v2.5 range of articulated arms with a spherical measurement envelope of between 8 and 12 feet (2.4 and 3.6 m) diameter.
Product Announcement: Series 300P Indicating Snap Gauges From Mahr Federal
(Mahr Federal: Providence, Rhode Island) -- Mahr Federal's Series 300P indicating snap gauges are an excellent choice for highly accurate and reliable measurement results on cylindrical parts with narrow tolerance ranges.