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SigmaQuest and Customer Service Associates Announce Distribution Agreement
Tue, 11/01/2005 - 22:00
SigmaQuest Inc. and Customer Service Associates Inc. have entered into a new distribution agreement. The agreement will allow CSA to sell and support SigmaQuest’s performance-intelligence software throughout North America. CSA has more than 130… AutoTech 2006 Cancelled
Tue, 11/01/2005 - 22:00
The Automotive Industry Action Group has announced that it will cancel next year’s Auto Tech trade show. The next AutoTech won’t be held until May 2007, and the venue has yet to been announced.“To avoid overlap with other automotive events, AIAG has… New Book Explores TRIZ
Tue, 11/01/2005 - 22:00
Breakthrough Performance Press, a division of Breakthrough Management Group, recently released a book that explores the use of TRIZ to innovate new products and processes—without outsourcing. Insourcing Innovation by David Silverstein, Neil DeCarlo… Design for Six Sigma Conference Announced
Tue, 11/01/2005 - 22:00
The third-annual Design for Six Sigma Conference will be held Jan. 16–18 at the Memphis Marriott Downtown. The event is billed as the premier forum for companies to achieve DFSS success. Topics to be discussed include: Integrating DFSS with… ’Price of Nonconformance’ Course Announced
Tue, 11/01/2005 - 22:00
If you’re wondering what the cost of nonconformance to standards and quality firefighting is to your company, Philip Crosby Associates Inc. has a workshop for you. The Price of Nonconformance workshop focuses on cost-of-quality fundamentals such as… RABQSA Certifies Excel Partnership’s Environmental Management Systems Course
Tue, 11/01/2005 - 22:00
Excel Partnership Inc. recently became the first U.S. company to achieve RABQSA certification for its environmental management systems course. The certification was awarded after Excel Partnership proved that the course materials adhere to a strict… New Book Provides Examples of Lean Implementations
Tue, 11/01/2005 - 22:00
A new book contends that top-down lean implementations often fail, and provides specific examples of successful bottom-up approaches. In his new book, Creating Lean Corporations (Productivity Press, 2005), author Jeffrey Morgan shows how the bottom-… BioMed Realty Trust Acquires Two New Properties
Wed, 10/26/2005 - 22:00
BioMed Realty Trust Inc. recently acquired two new properties, one in San Diego and one in the San Francisco area.The company’s new site in San Diego is it ninth in that area. It purchased the 28,704 square-foot facility for $8.5 million from Isis… U.K. Medicines Trade Balance Dips
Wed, 10/26/2005 - 22:00
The balance of trade in medicines for the United Kingdom dipped over the first half of 2005. The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry reports that there was a 14-percent drop in the trade balance over the first six months of 2005 as… Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota Receives Medicare Drug Contract
Wed, 10/26/2005 - 22:00
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota was recently awarded a contract with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to offer Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage through its Northern Plains Alliance, a group of six Blue Cross plans…