A company based in the U.S. Southwest makes innovative optics for racing cars and other extreme vehicles.

(QI Macros: Denver) -- KnowWare International Inc., developers of the QI Macros Lean Six Sigma SPC Software for Excel, will showcase the product at the Quality Expo South Tradeshow in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 28–29.

(Advantest Corp.: Santa Clara, CA) -- Advantest Corp.

I’ve now been continuously thinking about lean for 30 years, since the fall of 1979 when my bosses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) asked me to explore how a few Japanese companies had developed a striking advantage in designing and making motor ve

Recently, here in Canada, there has been a lot of talk about the need to increase productivity within Canadian businesses. Canada has consistently lagged behind other developed nations in productivity.

(Northwest Analytical Inc.: Portland, OR) -- Northwest Analytical Inc. (NWA) introduces the next generation of quality analytics with NWA Quality Analyst v. 6.2 software.

Jim Collins, author of Good to Great (Harper Business, 2001), has said that “Good is often the enemy of great.” That may be true, b

These days, there must be people at Toyota waking up in a cold sweat from dreams in which they are being scolded by Taiichi Ohno, furious at the massive vehicle recalls caused ostensibly by the pursuit of scale and volume production at the expense of quality.

In the last several months, a new reality TV program entitled “Undercover Boss” has surfaced. The premise is that a CEO or top executive of a company travels to a store or factory of the company where the senior manager pretends to be an entry-level employee.

On May 20, measurement scientists and professionals worldwide celebrate World Metrology Day, established May 20, 1875, the day the Treaty of the Meter was signed.