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The Department of the Navy has teamed with the American Society for Quality on a new lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification process.The agreement will allow the Navy and ASQ to develop a testing-standards program geared toward the unique needs of the Navy and Marine Corps. The program…
A new series of five books explores innovative ways to create organizational excellence.Quality Digest columnist H. James Harrington authored all of the five books from the Five Pillars of Organizational Excellence series, published by Paton Press. The first of the series, Process…
European software firms are neglecting quality assurance in application development, according to a recently released study. Compuware Corp. found that 78 percent of the surveyed organizations didn’t apply a formal quality assurance methodology to their software development processes. A…
The Automotive Industry Action Group’s second Early Warning Standards—Warranty Conference will examine escalating automotive warranty costs. The event will be held June 6 at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan. Panel discussions and presentations will deal with improving working…
Three teams took top honors at the 21st International Team Excellence Competition in Milwaukee.The competition was part of American Society for Quality’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement, held May 1–3. The live contest featured 27 teams from around the world hoping to achieve…
Jill M. Considine, chairwoman and CEO of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), has won the prestigious Six Sigma CEO of the Year Award.Considine will be formally presented with the award at WCBF’s Global Six Sigma Awards Gala Dinner on June 28 at The Venetian Resort in Las…
WCBF recently announced the 31 Six Sigma projects from 23 companies that are finalists for the Global Six Sigma Awards.The finalists were selected from 65 applicants and were chosen by an independent panel. Listed by category, the finalists for the 2006 Global Six Sigma Awards are…
STAT-A-MATRIX, a consulting and training company that’s part of the SAM Group, and Cotecna, a Swiss provider of trade security and other services, recently entered into a partnership and licensing agreement. Under the agreement, Cotecna will provide training and consulting services in quality…
Canada’s National Quality Institute recently launched a new certification program. The Leadership Excellence Program Certified Excellence Professional Program will offer certification to quality professionals who have worked in a quality or healthy workplace position. The program has five…
Quality Vision International Inc. recently broke ground on a new facility that will house its Kotem Technologies division in Hungary. The headquarters office, which is scheduled to open in 2007, is located in Budaörs, about 10 km southwest of Budapest. The new facility is also part of…
Rockwell Automation recently received Frost & Sullivan’s 2005 Customer Service Leadership Award.The award recognizes Rockwell Automation’s commitment to understanding customer requirements, and to providing high-quality products and services to customers around the world. In…
A recently released book is the product of the European Foundation for Quality Management’s comprehensive studies of work and European businesses.Above the Clouds (initiated and edited by Hervé Legenvre, Josephine Woolley and Lorraine Mallinder, Greenleaf Publishing, 2006), aims to…
Ixperion will host a conference on the use of lean and Six Sigma in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.Lean Six Sigma for Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals will be held June 20–21 at the Hotel Mercure in Budapest, Hungary. Preconference workshops will be held on June 19. The…
RABQSA International recently released a new certification scheme for auditor certification of information security management systems (ISMS).Many organizations recognize the importance of their information assets, so they’re implementing information security management systems to identify…
BSI Americas, a global registrar, recently joined the International Cyber Security Education Coalition. The coalition was formed by the University of Detroit Mercy to help the National Security Agency promote information-assurance education to protect the national information…
Metrologists and gaging specialists can now enjoy a selection of Modern Machine Shop’s popular "Quality Gaging Tips" columns in book form. The columns, authored by George Schuetz and the late Jim McCusker, both of Mahr Federal Inc., have appeared monthly in the magazine since 1991. Quality…
National Quality Assurance USA Inc. recently acquired American National Registrars Corp. (AIR).The acquisition of AIR, located in Ventura, California, establishes a presence for NQA in that state, one of the largest certification markets in North America. The new location will allow NQA…
The Automotive Industry Action Group recently created a guideline to help automotive supply chains gain maximum value from problem-solving processes and improvement opportunities, regardless of what methodology or concept is used. AIAG’s Effective Problem Solving is a consensus of…
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had improved in March, further improved in April, bringing it to its highest level since May 2002. The index now stands at 109.6, up from 107.5 in March. Consumers’ overall assessment of current conditions remains favorable, with those…
GE Healthcare and Virtua Health recently announced dramatic results from the first-ever hands-on Lean Healthcare Seminar held at three Virtua sites in New Jersey. Attendees at the seminars represented hospitals from the United States, Scotland, Canada and England. By combining lean tools…
Metris, a provider of 3-D inspection systems, recently received the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership of the Year Award. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the dimensional metrology industry, and is given every year by Frost & Sullivan, a growth consulting…
Improvement teams from Merck & Co. Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals have been named finalists in the 2006 Team of the Year awards. Now in its second year, the competition is sponsored by Putnam Media and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing magazine, and recognizes manufacturing…
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) recently received ISO 14001 registration of its Tobin Memorial Bridge, the first bridge in the United States to receive the designation. Massport, which also operates Logan International Airport, the Port of Boston, L.G. Hanscom Field and…
The American Society for Quality’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement will be held May 1–3 at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee. Thousands of quality professionals from all over the world are expected to attend. The conference will feature addresses from David Kohler of…
The federal Office of Personnel Management now requires preferred provider organizations (PPOs) and other fee-for-service plans to collect and report quality performance measures. Beginning in 2007, 8 million federal employees, dependents and retirees will have better comparative…
