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(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO recently published on its web site a new electronic edition of its advice for managers, “Selection and use of the ISO 9000 family of standards.”The ISO 9000 family consists of 17 international quality management standards and guidelines (plus a corrigendum), and has earned a…
Time is running out to submit an entry on behalf of your company, individual, or project for WCBF’s 2008 Global Six Sigma and Business Improvement Awards. The awards will be presented at WCBF’s Global Lean, Six Sigma, and Business Improvement Summit in Orlando, Florida, October 14–17. Awards to…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- Electronics engineer Dennis Camell (foreground) aligns antennas in an old California silica mine for a NIST study identifying optimal frequencies for radio signal transmissions in tunnels. Credit: G. Koepke/NIST As part of a project to improve wireless…
(ASQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- The American Society for Quality and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have joined forces to promote business excellence and quality to Indian CEOs and other senior-level executives at a conference in New Delhi on November 21.ASQ…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The new International Standard ISO/IEC 10995:2008 specifies an accelerated aging test method for estimating the life expectancy for the retrievability of information stored on recordable or rewritable optical disks.This international standard provides a methodology that includes…
(NCQA: Washington) -- Expanding health insurance coverage is a critical step in health reform, but reforms won’t be successful if they fail to address the quality and cost of care. That’s the conclusion of The Quality Crossroads Group, a broad group of stakeholders drawn together to identify…
(ANSI: Washington) -- James H. Turner, Jr., chief counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives committee on science and technology, has been selected by the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day planning committee as the 2008 recipient of the Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award. Turner…
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute invites all members to submit a nomination for the 2009 ANSI board of directors. Nominations are for terms beginning on January 1, 2009.ANSI strives to ensure balance and diversity within its membership and is seeking board members who…
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new ISO standard will help to ensure consistent communication about one of the most ubiquitous and versatile materials in the global economy: plastics. ISO 19712-1:2008, “Plastics—Decorative solid surfacing materials—Part 1: Classification and specifications,” will ensure that…
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently reached a milestone when it recognized its 10,000th physician for high-quality care. NCQA’s voluntary physician recognition programs evaluate physicians and physician practices based on evidence-based measures of quality…
Ron Sachs, Consolidated News Photos (NIST: Washington) -- Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez recently presented five U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. This…
(APICS: Chicago, Illinois) -- The Association for Operations Management recently completed the relocation of the association’s corporate headquarters from Alexandria, Virginia, to Chicago to better serve its 43,000 members. Chicago’s labor force boasts a large number of operations management and…
(ASQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) -- In the world of quality improvement, achieving certification is viewed as a major source of personal accomplishment as well as a stepping stone to job advancement and higher salary. This year, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) celebrates its 40th year of…
(SME: Dearborn, Michigan) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers will present the Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show, an industrial and educational showcase for manufacturing innovations and trends, at Place Bonaventure on May 12, 13, and 14, 2008.
The Montreal Manufacturing Technology…
(ANSI: Washington) -- The American National Standards Institute and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA) came together recently to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU), making a formal commitment to cooperation in conformity assessment…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) have signed an agreement to increase their cooperation in developing international standards. The agreement initially focuses on the subjects of…
(MCQ: Minnetonka, Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Council for Quality recently announced the recipients of the 2007 Minnesota Quality Award. Nine organizations received recognition this year: • Achievement Level o Winona Health (Winona) • Advancement Level o Benedictine Health System, Long-Term…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Organized in association with ASQ, the International Conference on ISO 9001 will occur March 9 and 10, 2009, in Orlando, Florida, with workshops held on March 8.The 2009 conference theme is ISO 9001 and ISO 9004 revisions. The deadline for submitting an abstract is August 29, 2008…
(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO recently published a new version of the SI Guide, a small manual for the use of the International System of Units (SI [Système International d’Unités]).The SI is a comprehensive metric and decimal system based on units and derived units. The seven base units are length, mass,…
(AQR: Washington) -- Air Tran has taken the top spot in the 18th annual national Airline Quality Rating study. Last year, Air Tran ranked third in the AQR. Following Air Tran in the top five of the AQR were Jet Blue, Southwest, Northwest, and Frontier. As for the overall rating for the industry,…
(Best Practices LLC: Chapel Hill, North Carolina) -- The research findings in a recent report from Best Practices LLC are the culmination of extensive benchmark surveys and executive interviews. Initial surveys were conducted with executives at leading pharmaceutical companies. Analysts at…
(EIU: London) -- Although professional services firms often rely on their reputation to attract customers, only 40 percent of respondents in a recent Economist Intelligence Unit survey consider reputation to be a key factor in choosing a professional services firm. And 86 percent say they research…
(ANSI: New York) -- “Topping,” “hat-racking,” and “de-horning”—all names for a nonstandard pruning procedure that severely cuts back large trees—has long been considered an easy and inexpensive way to manage the size and improve the safety of mature trees. Researchers now caution that topping can…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined sharply in February, fell further in March. The Index now stands at 64.5, down from 76.4 in February. The Expectations index declined to 47.9 from 58.0. The Present Situation Index decreased to 89…
(The Joint Commission: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois) -- Health care organizations, practitioners, purchasers, oversight bodies, and the public all rely on performance data to determine priority areas for quality improvement, evaluate performance, and make informed health care decisions. Yet, most…
