(ISO: Geneva) -- An international standard to prevent the development and marketing of products which could present health and safety risks to consumers is the goal of a new project committee (PC) from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

(Sensor Products Inc.: Madison, NJ) -- During tough economic times it is tempting to reduce quality control to cut costs. However Dolph Beyer, an engineer with Mohawk Fine Papers, asserts that doing this is actually counterproductive.

I’ve spent most of the past two years living in China where I have learned much on how enterprise is managed over there. Many people have said that this century belongs to Asia. That may be, but they have a lot to learn and change before that happens.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) --  In spite of the current economic turmoil, there is positive news for the quality profession. According to the American Society for Quality’s Annual Salary Survey, the average quality job salary went up 3 percent from 2008 to 2009, to just under $84,000.

St. Joseph Health System-Humboldt County (SJHS-Humboldt County) is committed to meeting the highest standards in health care delivery. SJHS-Humboldt County consists of two hospitals: St.

The four questions of data analysis are the questions of description, probability, inference, and homogeneity. Any data analyst needs to know how to organize and use these four questions to be able to obtain meaningful and correct results.

(ISO: Geneva) -- A new international standard, ISO 31000:2009—“Risk management—Principles and guidelines,” will help organizations of all types and sizes to manage risk effectively.

(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has joined forces with three of the biggest names in standards to develop an unprecedented resource for medical device standards and related information.

“Lean” has come to mean an integrated, end-to-end process viewpoint that combines the concepts of waste elimination, just-in-time inventory management, built-in quality, and worker involvement supported by a cultural focus on problem solving.

(NCQA: Washington) -- U.S.