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Lean Sigma and Quality Conference Approaches
Mon, 08/28/2006 - 22:00
Best Practices LLC’s Global Benchmarking Council will host a quality conference in St. Louis Sept. 20–22. "Unleashing Business Success Through Breakthroughs in Lean Sigma & Quality" will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. It will… September Best Practices Conference
Mon, 08/28/2006 - 22:00
Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications (QuEST Forum) will hold its 7th annual Best Practices Conference in in Durham, North Carolina, this September. The event will take place at the Durham Marriott at the Civic Center, Sept… Minitab Launches Quality Companion 2
Mon, 08/28/2006 - 22:00
Minitab Inc. recently released Quality Companion 2, software designed to help manage and execute Six Sigma projects. Quality Companion 2 complements Minitab’s statistical software and simplifies process improvement by helping teams plan,… Transport Pharmaceuticals Appoints New CEO
Tue, 08/22/2006 - 22:00
Dennis Goldberg was recently appointed CEO of Transport Pharmaceuticals Inc., a provider of drugs and medical devices for the topical treatment of dermatological conditions. Goldberg has 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and… Nonin Medical Buys MedAir AB
Tue, 08/22/2006 - 22:00
Nonin Medical Inc. recently acquired MedAir AB, a Swedish medical-technology company. MedAir specializes in developing and manufacturing optical equipment for medical-gas analysis, and the purchase will enable Nonin to broaden its products and… CVS/pharmacy Donates for ALS Research
Tue, 08/22/2006 - 22:00
CVS/pharmacy recently donated $2.1 million to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Therapy Alliance in support of new research initiatives into the disease. CVS—the largest retail pharmacy chain in the U.S.—raised the money through a customer-… Seminar on Hurricane Preparedness
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
ABS Quality Evaluations Inc. will host “Strategic Hurricane Planning for Business Continuity” on Sept. 7 at the San Luis Hotel, Spa and Conference Center in Galveston, Texas. The National Standard for Facility Hurricane Preparedness was… Quality New Mexico to Co-Host Baldrige Conference
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
Quality New Mexico and the Baldrige National Quality Program will co-host the Western Baldrige Regional Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this fall.The conference and preconference workshops will be held Oct. 4–5 at the Hotel Albuquerque… Six Sigma Boosts DuPont Earnings
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
DuPont will triple the revenues from its automotive coatings business by the end of this year due, in part, to an aggressive Six Sigma effort, company officials report. Since consolidating its previous Brazilian coatings operations from a… ISO 9001 Update Delayed
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
The release of an updated version of ISO 9001 has been delayed until the middle of 2009. The update was scheduled for release in 2008, but a failure to obtain sufficient support for a draft of the standard at a meeting recently held in Ireland…