The Night Before...
T
was the night before Christmas and all through the plant
Not a technician was stirring, no quality rants.
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Six Sigma Tricks of the Trade: Less Tricks, More Trade
After a meal at a local Chinese restaurant, my fortune cookie said, “If you keep too busy learning the tricks of the trade, you may never learn the trade.” When I think about how this applies to Six Sigma, it seems obvious that far too much Six Sigma training is ded
CMSC 2010 Call for Papers
(CMS: Issaquah, WA) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) is sponsoring its 26th annual conference in Reno, Nevada, July 12–16.
Car Brands Lose 12 Percent of Buyers to Competitors, Customer Treatment to Blame
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has bought a car from a dealership, but according to the recently released J.D.
Has Your Company Been HAD?
The only thing worse for companies than making bad decisions is having a deeply flawed decision-making process.
A Small Company's Continuous Improvement Challenge Saves $1.3 Million
The economic downturn has caused heartache, sleepless nights, fatigue, and excessive stress for many people at all levels of most companies this past year. It was no different for me.
Is the Pareto Principle Coming Home to Roost?
The economy has become a convenient excuse on which to pin the blame for everything—especially job losses. Well, in the case of quality positions, yes… and no.
Implementing ISO/IEC 27001
With security breaches on the rise, protecting your organization’s confidential and valuable information assets is one of the most important safety measures your organization can take.
Survey: Sharp Rise in Use of Standards for Food Safety, Information Security
(ISO: Geneva) -- Implementation of ISO management system standards for food safety and for information security (with IEC) has sharply increased, as revealed by The ISO Survey of Certifications—2008.