If a manufacturer were to ask its clients how they evaluated goods or services, the three most common metrics would be goods at a fair price, on-time delivery, and quality.

For most of us, food safety is a topic that, at best, only lurks at the edges of our brains.

Yes, it happened again.

A new year always brings new hope, new plans, and new perspectives. While looking ahead is the most direct route to progress, looking back is essential to understanding the present. After all, the past creates the consequences that will shape the future.

Food safety standards are becoming increasingly stringent.

My definition of “specification” is rather simple: It’s a promise.

Election time is once again upon us. And, like a bumper crop of kudzu run amok, campaign ads have besieged local broadcasts with the tenacity of an unrelenting pestilence. My mailbox is equally stuffed with innuendo-laden campaign fliers. A horrific waste of paper.

Did you know that World Standards Day (being celebrated today) and Earth Day both began in the year 1970? How about the fact that Oct.

Looking for a new factory to work with in China can be daunting. With pressures from poor rice production on the rise and labor throughout China unstable, more China-based manufacturers are closing shop every day.

If you have ever wondered what the difference was between a gap analysis, an internal audit, or a pre-assessment, you might not be alone.