CVS/pharmacy Donates for ALS Research
Tue, 08/22/2006 - 22:00
CVS/pharmacy recently donated $2.1 million to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Therapy Alliance in support of new research initiatives into the disease. CVS—the largest retail pharmacy chain in the U.S.—raised the money through a customer-… Transport Pharmaceuticals Appoints New CEO
Tue, 08/22/2006 - 22:00
Dennis Goldberg was recently appointed CEO of Transport Pharmaceuticals Inc., a provider of drugs and medical devices for the topical treatment of dermatological conditions. Goldberg has 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and… Quality New Mexico to Co-Host Baldrige Conference
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
Quality New Mexico and the Baldrige National Quality Program will co-host the Western Baldrige Regional Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this fall.The conference and preconference workshops will be held Oct. 4–5 at the Hotel Albuquerque… Six Sigma Boosts DuPont Earnings
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
DuPont will triple the revenues from its automotive coatings business by the end of this year due, in part, to an aggressive Six Sigma effort, company officials report. Since consolidating its previous Brazilian coatings operations from a… ISO 9001 Update Delayed
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
The release of an updated version of ISO 9001 has been delayed until the middle of 2009. The update was scheduled for release in 2008, but a failure to obtain sufficient support for a draft of the standard at a meeting recently held in Ireland… National Technical Systems Buys Dynamic Labs
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
National Technical Systems Inc., an engineering services provider, recently acquired Dynamic Labs, an environmental testing laboratory. The acquisition marks the growth trend that NTS has established in the past few years, company officials… Seminar on Hurricane Preparedness
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
ABS Quality Evaluations Inc. will host “Strategic Hurricane Planning for Business Continuity” on Sept. 7 at the San Luis Hotel, Spa and Conference Center in Galveston, Texas. The National Standard for Facility Hurricane Preparedness was… Anderson Packaging Hires a Specialist
Tue, 08/15/2006 - 22:00
Anderson Packaging, a pharmaceutical contract manufacturer, recently hired Chuck Aubrey to join its executive management team. In the newly created lean Six Sigma position, Aubrey will lead Anderson Packaging’s corporate lean Six Sigma… Six Sigma Helps Illinois Hospital
Tue, 08/15/2006 - 22:00
The implementation of Six Sigma at Decatur Memorial Hospital has saved millions of dollars and dramatically improved patient satisfaction. The hospital reports that 10 months after it installed patient-safety technology software from Omnicell Inc.,… A New Book Explores Hoshin Kanri
Tue, 08/15/2006 - 22:00
A recently released book promotes hoshin kanri , a Japanese method of strategically planning and managing complex projects, as a powerful component of Six Sigma and lean enterprises. Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise: Developing…
