The Minnesota Department of Human Services, which operates the state’s Medicaid program, will apply quality standards to five major areas of the plan.

A consortium of worldwide standards developers plan to open an office in Beijing in an effort to convince Chinese manufacturers to use

The concept of establishing goals and flowing them throughout an organization isn’t new in business or in quality management system standards. In ISO 9001:1994, the establishment of goals was done via the quality policy, following a review of effectiveness in meeting these management goals.

A new partnership between Brooks Software and AssurX Inc.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association recently released a significant update of its Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine standard.

The American Society for Quality will offer courses examining quality management and improvement for people working in the service industry.

TÜV America recently added EAC 37 auditing services for clients in the education industry already undergoing ISO 9001 registration.TÜV was accredited by the ANSI-RAB

One current and one former employee of 3M Co. recently filed suit against the company, alleging that its implementation of Six Sigma discriminates against older workers.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration and the Big Three automakers recently formed a partnership to improve the manufacturing competitiveness of the U.S.