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(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Superior Customer Value: Strategies for Winning and Retaining Customers, Third Edition, by Art Weinstein (CRC Press, 2012) is highly readable, practical, and action-oriented, giving managers at all levels of experience guidance on how to improve marketing operations…
(Zontec: Cincinnati) -- Zontec Inc., the international developer of statistical process control (SPC) software solutions, announced the launch of a new Best Practices Webinar Series. The first webinar will be on “Supplier Management: How to Handle Supplier Relationships.”
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(ISO: Geneva) -- The February 2012 issue of ISO Focus+, the magazine of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), will be showing up on people’s desks soon. In particular, it will make an appearance at the Fully Networked Car workshop, which is held annually at the Geneva…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- The Conference Board, a membership organization to help businesses improve performance and service, and Nielsen Holdings N.V., an information and measurement company, has announced the launch of The Demand Institute. Operated jointly by The Conference Board and…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- For visionary leaders, an organizational master plan and associated technologies have become essential components of strategic decision making. Written for leaders, planners, consultants, and change agents, The Organizational Master Plan Handbook: A Catalyst…
(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Refine your quality improvement skills by attending Minitab’s Manufacturing Quality training series in Chicago, March 27–30, 2012. Professionals will have the opportunity to learn from an industry-seasoned Minitab trainer, who will emphasize techniques for improving…
(General: New York) -- With its exceptionally broad measurement range of –40° to 1,076°F (–40° to 580°C), the new 12:1 Wide-Range Infrared Thermometer (IRT657) from General Tools and Instruments (General) is perfect for testing and troubleshooting a wide variety of systems and components. It has a…
(PRI: Warrendale, PA) -- At the February 2012 Nadcap meeting in San Diego, the results of the most recent global Nadcap Supplier Survey were announced.
In response to the question “Do you agree that quality has improved because of your Nadcap accreditation?” 85 percent agreed, while 7 percent…
(Mettler-Toledo: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- Mettler-Toledo Inc., a leader in the research and development of products and services in the precision instrument industry, has released its ReactIR 45P for real-time in situ IR analysis. Next-generation technology allows reaction scale-up to be studied…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) will present its Distinguished Service Medals, along with 11 other awards, on May 20 in Anaheim, California, in advance of its annual World Conference on Quality and Improvement, which will be held May 21–23, 2012, at the Anaheim Convention…
(Breuckmann: Meersburg, Germany) -- Breuckmann GmbH, manufacturer of high-value optical systems for contact-free measurement, digitization, and inspection in 3-D, is presenting its comprehensive range of high-performance 3-D scanning systems at Control 2012, the international trade fair for quality…
(Elsys Instruments: Monroe, NY) -- Elsys Instruments, manufacturer of custom and standard, high-precision data acquisition systems, has expanded its family of LAN-controlled transient recorders to include high-speed PCI Express (PCIe) data transfer on its data acquisition modules.
The new TPCE…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- We live in an age where healthy living and physical fitness are all the rage. Media of all types promote improving our physical well-being through a healthy lifestyle. But conspicuous by its absence is any encouragement to become “decision fit” so that we can deliberately…
(NSF-DBA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- In response to growing industry and regulatory demand for certified training courses tailored to the needs of pharmaceutical quality management lead and internal auditors, NSF-DBA has developed an audit and self-inspection course. The NSF-DBA Effective Pharmaceutical…
(CEESI: Nunn, CO) -- The Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. (CEESI), provider of calibration services, specialty testing, research, and engineering services, has announced its 2012 flow-measurement training courses to be held in San Antonio and Houston, Texas, in April. Following is a…
(DCS: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems Inc. (DCS), provider of quality management software solutions and consulting services, has announced that Donald Jasurda, the vice president of DCS, will address composites engineers, aerospace and defense manufacturers, and others at the 2012…
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- Management and Organization Theory, by Jeffrey A. Miles (Jossey-Bass, 2012), offers a summary and analysis of the 40 most popular, researched, and applied management and organization theories. This important resource includes key instruments used to measure variables…
(Indicate Technologies: Santa Clara, CA) -- Have you ever wondered why your organization has not been successful implementing geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)? Greg Hetland, Ph.D., a sitting member of the ASME Y14.5.1 committee responsible for the standard on the mathematical…
(The Harrington Group: Orlando, FL) -- The Harrington Group Inc. invites you to attend a webinar conducted by H. James Harrington, an internationally recognized guru on performance improvement and the founder of California-based Harrington Institute, an international consulting firm providing a…
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1991 to help lead the improvement of health care throughout the world, will host its 13th Annual International Summit, “Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the…
(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- To facilitate and advance U.S. participation in international standardization activities, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is offering two education courses at no cost for eligible constituents in 2012. The courses are provided as webinars.
Registration…
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- To meet the needs of the global aerospace industry, SAE International has issued a new technical standard to combat the increasing volume of fraudulent and counterfeit electronic parts entering the aerospace supply chain. Such counterfeit parts can pose significant risks to…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Self-balancing is not just a tweak or change to the formula used to determine assembly line balancing, but a completely transformed method for achieving continuous flow. Among the reasons for trying self-balancing are that you can expect a productivity…
(Macro Sensors: Pennsauken, NJ) -- Macro Sensors, designer and manufacturer of linear and rotary sensors for position measurement and pressure feedback, has introduced a line of linear variable differential transformer (LVDT)-based dimensional gauging probes that provide highly accurate and precise…
(Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University) -- Naveen Ratnam Didla has won Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University’s Harrington Best TQM Thesis/Project Award 2011 for his master of science thesis titled, “Factors Affecting the Implementation of Project Quality Plan in the UAE Construction Projects” completed at…
