Better Hospital Food Through Six Sigma
Tue, 02/20/2007 - 22:00
Six Sigma helped improve patient satisfaction through better room service at Heritage Valley Health Systems’ hospitals. The hospital group first measured patient satisfaction in 2001, and it found that patients were particularly… Software Providers Hit the Road
Tue, 02/20/2007 - 22:00
Hertzler Systems Inc., Minitab Inc., Hyperion Corp., Raptor International and the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals have partnered to offer the Six Sigma Software Showcase Tour. The one-day workshop will kick off in… Legal Industry Gets First Integrated Platform
Mon, 02/19/2007 - 22:00
Exterro Fusion is the first fully integrated discovery management platform available to law firms and corporations. The new software is said to help the legal industry improve responsiveness, control costs and mitigate risk in the… Six Companies Achieve BQ-9000 Accreditation
Mon, 02/19/2007 - 22:00
The National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission recently announced the registration of six more companies to BQ-9000, a voluntary program for quality control of this alternative to petroleum-based diesel fuel. Biodiesel producers Stepan Co… 2007 Shingo Prize Winners
Mon, 02/19/2007 - 22:00
This year’s winners of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing are: Autoliv Querétaro CMX Facility, Querétaro, Mexico Baxter Healthcare Corp., North Cove Plant; Marion, North Carolina Baxter S.A. de C.V., Cuernavaca Plant;… HelpIT, QAS Partner
Mon, 02/19/2007 - 22:00
HelpIT, which sells data-cleansing software, recently joined with QAS, a supplier of address verification solutions, to provide organizations with tools that standardize and verify addresses, and identify and process duplicate records.… Capella Hotels Picks SMS|Host Software
Mon, 02/19/2007 - 22:00
Capella Hotels & Resorts has chosen PAR Springer-Miller Systems’ SMS|Host Hospitality Management System for installation at Capella’s luxury hotels. Schloss Velden in Velden, Austria, and Capella Castlemartyr Hotel and Golf Club in… Barrios and Teledyne Get NASA Awards
Mon, 02/19/2007 - 22:00
For their technical performance and quality, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently bestowed the George M. Low Award on Teledyne Brown Engineering and Barrios Technologies.Barrios, nominated by the Johnson Space Center… Hexagon Acquires Machine Automation Company
Wed, 02/14/2007 - 22:00
Hexagon Metrology recently acquired Svensk ByggnadsGeodesi AB (SBG), a Swedish manufacturer of measuring systems for construction industry and surveying applications. The measuring systems SBG develops are multidimensional and are based on a… CogniTens Is Growing Fast
Wed, 02/14/2007 - 22:00
CogniTens, a provider of dimensional measurement solutions, was included on a list of the fastest-growing technology companies of 2006. This is the second consecutive year that CogniTens was included on the list. The 2006 Deloitte…
