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(ANSI: Washington D.C.) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) calls on the standardization community to participate in newly released survey intended to gauge interest in a mentoring program for emerging standards professionals. The short survey was created by the ANSI Joint Task…
(TÜV SÜD AG: Munich) — The revised ISO 9001 standard, scheduled for publication in late 2015, will bring a host of changes for organizations. The new standard, for example, no longer includes the clause requiring top management to appoint a quality management representative (QMR). However, this…
(NIH: Bethesda, MD) -- Poor quality medicines are a real and urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, according to the editors of a collection of journal articles published April 20, 2015.
Scientists report up to 41 percent…
If there’s anything we can count on in putting together Quality Digest Daily each and every day, it’s that good, in-depth case studies will be well read. When those case studies also offer real context in terms of the historical underpinnings of movements or methodologies, all the better.
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(LNS: Cambridge, MA) -- As a manufacturing leader, you’re familiar with ever-present challenges like ensuring quality, demolishing informational silos, and responding more effectively to customer demands.
What you might be less familiar with are the revolutionary strategies emerging to solve them…
(Werth: Old Saybrook, CT) -- The newly developed ScopeCheck MB from Werth Messtechnik GmbH is a multisensor CMM for the precise measurement of large-volume components in the shop-floor environment.
The measuring range of this series is up to 800 mm in the X axis and 2,000 mm in the Y axis. 3D…
(AssurX: Morgan Hill, CA) -- A new FDA guidance issued by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) offers some helpful detail for device firms uncertain if post-approval studies can replace premarket studies at the time of…
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Passenger satisfaction increased 2.9 percent for airlines, historically one of the lowest-scoring tracked categories, in the recent American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Travel Report 2015. Airlines reach an ACSI benchmark of 71 on a scale of 0 to 100 for 2015—…
(ASQ: Milwaukee, WI) -- The ASQ Inspection Division received a record number of applications for its scholarship in 2015 and it is pleased to announce that it has awarded $1,125 to both Timothy Spichiger of Granville, OH, and Haukio (Kevin) Yin of Thousand Oaks, CA, and it has also awarded $750 to…
(ANSI: Washington, DC) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is pleased to announce the redesign of its Standards Portal, an online resource and educational tool for global trade which provides answers to critical standards, conformance, market access, and trade-related questions…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal has issued a new catalog in print, pdf and online editions, covering the full range of its dimensional metrology products and systems. The full-color print edition contains 612 pages, while the Mahr Digital Catalog is in an easily navigated digital…
(InnovMetric: Quebec, QC, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software Inc. is proud to announce that its annual 2015 release of the PolyWorks universal 3D metrology software platform is focused on enhancing measurement quality, repeatability, and productivity. Key new functionalities of PolyWorks 2015 include…
(Perceptron: Plymouth, MI) -- When Robert Howard formed Carolina Metrology in Duncan, South Carolina, he knew the level of core measuring capability that was required to compete as a contract dimensional metrology service. Howard has spent more than 15 years in the metrology, quality, and…
(Dynapar: Gurnee, Illinois) -- Announced today and effective immediately, Dynapar is offering a free 30-day beta test trial to all interested and qualified parties, for its key product families of incremental and absolute encoders, with thousands of configurations available. According to North…
(Quality Digest -- Chico, CA) Quality Digest, for more than 30 years the leading source for quality news and resources, is now available on mobile devices. Check out our website on your smartphone or tablet for exclusive content, in-depth articles and columns, industry news, webinars, and more.…
(Frost & Sullivan: London) -- Increasing procedure volumes have been fuelling the adoption of custom procedure trays and packs (CPTP) in Western and Eastern Europe. In part, the expanding aging population, which is more likely to develop chronic wounds as they have more medical issues…
(METTLER-TOLEDO: Columbus, Ohio) -- The latest addition to the METTLER TOLEDO CI-Vision portfolio is the newly developed Label Check Station (LCS), which prints and verifies labels automatically. Food manufacturers can use the LCS to print high-quality, product-specific labels at a rate of up to…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released the RS3 upgrade package, delivering a dramatic performance improvement for the ROMER Absolute Arm with integrated laser scanner. The RS3 doubles the scan rate of the previous RS2 integrated scanner, enabling users to…
(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- World Standards Day is celebrated annually around the world to increase awareness of the role that standards play in the global economy. The World Standards Day Paper Competition is co-sponsored by The Society for Standards Professionals (SES) and the U.S. Celebration…
(ECM: Topsfield, MA) -- ECM Global Measurement Solutions (ECM) is a satisfied user of SpatialAnalyzer (SA) software from New River Kinematics (NRK). Ray Ryan, vice president of operations for ECM, will present a paper at the 2015 SA User Conference titled “Evolutionary Approach to Automation.”…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- With manufacturing a driving force of economic growth in the Northeast, as well as the United States, more than 12,000 business owners, engineers, designers, production managers and purchasing executives will gather May 12–14, 2015, at EASTEC, the East Coast’s premier…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- For the second year in a row, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) has received the first place award in the government and military category of the Leadership 500 Excellence Awards, an annual recognition of the world’s best leadership development programs…
(9001Academy: Zagreb, Croatia) -- The experts at 9001Academy have produced a matrix to help address some of the questions and confusion stemming from the soon-to-be-released ISO 9001:2015 update to the ISO 9001:2008 quality management systems standard. The matrix can be downloaded in PDF form here…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Voting has begun on the draft version of ISO 45001, which sets the requirements for an occupational health and safety management system.
ISO 45001 is currently at the committee draft stage of development, the first consultation phase. During this stage, the countries (ISO members…
(ZenQMS: Conshohocken, PA) -- Join ZenQMS and BioProcess Technology Consultants (BPTC) on April 15, 2015, for food, drinks, and learning at the CIC in Kendall Square from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Taylor Burtis from BPTC will offer a presentation “What Works and What Doesn’t in QMS Document…
