ASQ Awards Grant for Ohio School Districts
Mon, 09/24/2007 - 22:00
(ASQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- The American Society for Quality, has awarded a $15,000 Community Good Works grant to the Partnership for Education in Ashtabula County located in Ashtabula County, Ohio.The grant money will help to implement PEAC’s… NCSU, MoreSteam.com Offer Online Training
Mon, 09/24/2007 - 22:00
(NCSU: Raleigh, North Carolina) -- North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles and Industrial Extension Service have expanded their programming to include online lean Six Sigma courses. The College and IES now offer a menu of classroom… 14 Health Care Providers Commit to New Standards
Mon, 09/24/2007 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- Fourteen of the nation’s leading preferred provider organizations (PPOs) covering 10.2 million U.S. citizens are among the first to come forward for evaluation under NCQA’s new Health Plan Accreditation standards. The program… Kedrowski Brings Lean Six Sigma Experience to PolyOne
Tue, 09/18/2007 - 22:00
(PolyOne Corp.: Cleveland, Ohio) -- PolyOne Corp., a global provider of specialized polymer materials, services, and solutions, recently announced that Tom Kedrowski has joined the company as senior vice president of operations.Prior to joining… Juran Institute to Implement Six Sigma at LAUSD
Tue, 09/18/2007 - 22:00
(Juran Institute Inc.: Southbury, Connecticut) -- Juran Institute has partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District to implement a Six Sigma improvement initiative.LAUSD is the second-largest school district in the nation,… NAVFAC Midwest Improving Processes Through Lean
Tue, 09/18/2007 - 22:00
(U.S. Navy: Great Lakes) -- A team from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Midwest headquarters wrapped up the command’s first lean Six Sigma event in Great Lakes on Aug. 17, after a week dedicated to improving its support to commands… Minitab Releases Korean Version of Software
Tue, 09/18/2007 - 22:00
(Minitab Inc.: State College, Pennsylvania) -- Minitab Inc. recently released a fully translated Korean version of Minitab 15 Statistical Software, its flagship product and the leading package used to implement Six Sigma and other data-driven… Winners of the International Asia Pacific Quality Awards
Mon, 09/17/2007 - 22:00
(APQO: Chicago) -- The Asia Pacific Quality Organization has announced the winners of the International Asia Pacific Quality Awards. Record numbers of companies and countries participated in this seventh year of the awards.The following… Out of This World Standards
Mon, 09/17/2007 - 22:00
(Galactic Suite: Barcelona, Spain) -- Earthlings seeking adventure beyond the stars may not have much longer to wait. The Galactic Suite—the first hotel in outer space—is expected to open its airlocks in 2012. Resembling a kind of molecular model… Ensuring Toy Safety
Mon, 09/17/2007 - 22:00
(TIA: New York) -- The U.S. Toy Industry Association has announced plans to implement new systems to bolster the safety testing and inspection of toys sold in the United States. “The safety of children is our primary concern, and the safety…