Analyst Predicts Six Sigma, Lean Boom in 2005
Mon, 02/28/2005 - 22:00
Manufacturing industry analyst Bob Parker predicted in InformationWeek magazine that more manufacturing companies will combine lean and Six Sigma to improve efficiency and quality in 2005.Parker, vice president of the Manufacturing Insights group at… Starrett Celebrates 125th Anniversary
Mon, 02/28/2005 - 22:00
2005 marks the 125th anniversary of The L.S. Starrett Co.The company was founded in 1880 by Laroy Sunderland Starrett to market his innovative combination square tool, an item that has since become a standard in toolboxes worldwide. Starrett later… Multicultural Pharmaceutical Conference Announced
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 22:00
The 6th annual Market Development & Outreach Multicultural Pharmaceutical Conference will be held March 17–18 in Iselin, New Jersey.The event is intended for pharmaceutical and health care companies that produce or develop products for diabetes… Purdue Employs RFID Into Packaging to Prevent Counterfeiting
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 22:00
Purdue Pharma recently started to integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) tags into its packaging to prevent drug counterfeiting.The company will use RFID products produced by Symbol Technologies Inc. for the pilot project, which began with… 2005 Pharma IT Compliance Week to be Held in Puerto Rico
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 22:00
The Regulatory Compliance Workshop Group will present the 2005 Pharma IT Compliance Week training event March 7–11, in Puerto Rico. The event will feature five one-day workshops, with topics including “Auditing Computerized Systems to Pass FDA and… New FDA-Required Labeling Solution Introduced
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 22:00
Thomson Scientific & Healthcare Corp., a provider of integrated information products for the health care industry, recently introduced a new pharmaceutical product labeling solution that complies with impending FDA regulations. Thomson is now… Pharmaceutical Stability Testing Conference Planned
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 22:00
An upcoming conference focusing on stability testing will feature several major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The “Advances and Efficiencies in Stability Testing for the Pharmaceutical & BioTech Industry” conference will be held… 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance Courses Offered
Tue, 02/22/2005 - 22:00
PTI International Inc., an accredited provider of online continuing pharmaceutical education, will offer several upcoming courses on compliance to 21 CFR Part 11. The course, “How to Develop and Implement Risk-Based Strategies,” is designed to help… Health Care Quality Experts to Meet in San Francisco
Mon, 02/21/2005 - 22:00
More than 1,000 health care quality experts will meet in San Francisco this week for the annual meeting of the American Health Care Quality Association.The two-day event starts Feb. 23 at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero. It will feature keynote… Online ISO 14001 Survey for Small Businesses Now Available
Mon, 02/21/2005 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization recently launched an online survey to examine the value of ISO 14001 to small and medium-sized businesses. ISO encourages all sm all- to medium-sized businesses to participate, whether or not they…
