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Dubai Industrial City, a member of Tatweer in the United Arab Emirates, recently won certification to ISO 9001. “The certification validates Dubai Industrial City’s aim for enhanced customer satisfaction through the effective application of its quality management system, including…
Consumer Reports magazine last week listed the 47 most reliable vehicles on our planet. Twenty-one of them were made by Toyota Motor Corp. Honda Motor Co. makes 11 of the top 47. Other reliable cars are made by Lexus, Pontiac and Subaru, the only automaker all of whose cars are recommended by…
With 64- and 32-bit support, new features and better integration with its PowerCenter data integration platform, Informatica has upgraded its data quality tools suite—Data Quality 3.1 and Data Explorer 5.0. Users can use data quality scorecards tied to rules and metrics in a display…
To let businesses and government agencies “better manage their customer data by matching and consolidating information from across the enterprise into a single, comprehensive system of records,” Pitney Bowes has introduced its Customer Data Quality Platform. “By extending the…
March 26 and 27, Spar Point Research will present “SPAR 2007: Capturing and Documenting Existing-Conditions Data for Design, Construction and Operations” at the Marriott Town Square in Sugar Land, Texas.Project managers, engineering leads, construction managers, survey heads and asset…
IBS America provides compliance management solutions and recently announced a strategic partnership with International Quality Consulting, a business and technology consultancy. IQC consultants will provide customers in the pharmaceutical, medical device and life sciences industries…
Effective Oct. 30, Ellen Bovarnick became responsible for customer satisfaction, driving process improvements, establishing corporate quality standards and leading the implementation of Nortel’s Six Sigma initiative. “I’m excited to welcome Ellen to my team,” said Joel Hackney, Nortel’s…
ThermoML, a project using Web-based technologies, has markedly improved the quality of data available to researchers and sped access to a lot of new scientific data.A partnership among the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry…
Leading European research bodies and open source projects recently secured European Union money to assess the quality of open source software. Software Quality Observatory of Open Source Software will build tools to enable open source projects and software companies to benchmark the…
e-TQM College and the University of California at Berkeley’s Management of Technology new joint program will include staff exchanges, mentorship and executive education in total quality management. The Leadership Excellence and Advancement Program, started with $500,000 from e-TQM…
True Opportunity software calculates the profit potential of manufacturing operations and breaks down this total by reason, allowing an organization to focus on the problems or opportunities that will realize the greatest results.“Our software evaluates opportunities in terms of profit,…
Ipanema Technologies has launched a universal indicator of application performance over a wireless area network, Application Quality Score.AQS is a universal indicator that can be applied to all types of applications, data-transfer such as back-up, interactive such as Citrix or real-time…
International Water-Guard Industries Inc., a Canadian aerospace company, recently got its AS9100 certificate of registration. The AS9100 standard specifies quality management system requirements for aerospace industry suppliers.“We had a good quality management system in place, and we were…
Stabilix Health Companion’s primary objective is to simplify health care for individuals. It helps people track expenses and reimbursements, keep personal health records and manage their health care costs.“As the health care marketplace moves toward a consumer-directed model,…
Thailand’s Public Service Management Quality Award (PMQA), modeled on the Singapore Quality Award, will be presented for the first time next year. The PMQA’s seven criteria are those of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—leadership, strategy development and deployment planning…
A recent letter to the U.S. Congress and other elected officials from information quality professionals expresses concerns about the provisions of the 2002 Help America Vote Act (public law 107-252), which sets guidelines for replacing punch card or lever-type voting machines with electronic…
World Energy, Griffin Industries and Cargill Inc. have embraced BQ-9000 and recently earned the distinction of becoming accredited producers of biodiesel fuel.BQ-9000 includes procedures for fuel production, storage, handling and management designed to ensure fuel quality. The…
Widespread Linux-based application development in business, mission and life critical areas prompted McCabe Software to develop McCabe IQ, hosted directly on RedHat Linux.“The same software quality management benefits that our customers have come to expect are now available directly on…
Mikel J. Harry, founder of Six Sigma Academy in 1994 and one of the world’s leading authorities on the methodology, is rejoining the company as chief knowledge officer and vice chairman.
“We are delighted that Mike is joining us. We love that he has chosen to return to his company,” says Scott…
The right combination of trees can result in better air, as well as reduce greenhouse gases, according to researchers at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The scientists at SUNY Syracuse report that the ideal mix can reduce the emission of…
Shanya Salamaca, RABQSA manager of certification services, now represents auditor authentication bodies on the American Aerospace Quality Group Registration Management Committee.“This is a very pleasing recognition of the value and contribution RABQSA is offering the aerospace industry,”…
Focusing on ways end users can use RFID technology, the RFID Summit will take place in Novi, Michigan, on Nov. 2. The morning session will deal with other industries’ uses. The afternoon will feature automotive applications and case studies. As part of this event, an exhibit floor will…
Reynolds and Reynolds Company recently received the Association for Services Management International’s (AFSM) Service Quality Award for the fourth consecutive year. ServicePartners, the research division of The Gasparovic Group Inc. presented the award.“As a dealer services company, our…
The principal IEC and ISO standards for information technology security were recently released as a collection on a CD–ROM.The IT Security Standards Collection provides the most important IT security standards, from evaluating and implementing to maintaining and managing information…
Stephen Carrier is Debt Shield Inc.’s new president. Debt Shield is a debt settlement company based in Maryland. Carrier is a Six Sigma Black Belt and previously worked with GE Healthcare Financial Services. There, he underwrote more than $1.2 billion in commitments over a nine-month…