Mon, 02/07/2005 - 22:00
Frost & Sullivan recently awarded Puritan Bennett, a provider of respiratory products, its 2004 Product Quality Leadership Award. The award was in recognition for Puritan Bennett’s innovative HELiOS Personal Oxygen System, which makes it…
Tue, 02/01/2005 - 22:00
Information Resources Inc., a provider of enterprise market information, recently announced that its Six Sigma implementation has significantly improved the data quality it supplies to customers.Launched a year ago, the company’s Six Sigma program…
Tue, 02/01/2005 - 22:00
CVI Laser Inc., an Albuquerque-based designer, supplier and manufacturer of precision optics, recently received registration to ISO 9001 and now plans to further improve by implementing lean and Six Sigma principles. “We have been streamlining our…
Tue, 02/01/2005 - 22:00
The Strategic Research Institute is planning a summit designed for Six Sigma professionals in the financial services sector. The event will be held Feb. 24–25 at the New York Marriott East Side Hotel in New York City. The summit will be presented…
Tue, 02/01/2005 - 22:00
Sigma Breakthrough Technologies Inc. recently formed a strategic partnership with Inogen Environmental Alliance to expand both companies’ Six Sigma knowledge and service globally. SBTI, which specializes in teaching companies to implement Six Sigma…
Tue, 02/01/2005 - 22:00
Online training company MoreSteam.com recently developed a Chinese language Yellow Belt course for its international customers. The new course uses a commonly used, simplified Chinese character set and features the company’s popular interactive…
Mon, 01/31/2005 - 22:00
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers will host its 2nd annual Automation & Assembly Summit April 18–20 in St. Louis.The conference, titled “Achieving World-Class Manufacturing with Advanced Automation,” will feature more than 50 technical…
Mon, 01/31/2005 - 22:00
Nanometrics Inc. and August Technology Corp. have announced that they plan to merge. As a single corporate entity, August Nanometrics Inc. will provide comprehensive inspection, and measurement and analysis systems to the global semiconductor,…
Mon, 01/31/2005 - 22:00
Carl Zeiss AQ recently presented three awards to young entrepreneurs for their outstanding business plans in the German optical technologies industry. It was the first time the company widely advertised the competition in Europe. First place was…
Mon, 01/31/2005 - 22:00
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has announced that 39 health plans have committed to participate in NCQA’s Quality Plus program.Collectively, the plans cover 11.5 million Americans. Quality Plus standards focus on the depth, accuracy…