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(Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Omnex announces its latest webinar, “Integrating VDA 6.3 and IATF 16949 Internal Audits.”
Date and time: Feb. 8, 2024, 11:00 a.m. Eastern.
Speakers: Roy Gray
Organizations certified to IATF 16949 are required to perform regular internal audits, which include system,…
(The ROI Alliance: Denver) -- In the dynamic landscape of modern business, data-driven decision-making is not just an advantage—it’s a necessity. Author Steven Ouellette presents his latest contribution, Data-Driven Leadership: Empowering Managers with Statistical Insights, a game-changing guide…
(Smarter Solutions: Austin, TX) -- The newly released book Minitab and Lean Six Sigma, by Forrest W. Breyfogle III, illustrates how to use Minitab statistical software using an integrated enterprise excellence DMAIC road map to ensure that your business metrics, goal-setting practices, and process-…
(GBMP: Plymouth, MA) -- The Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership conference is coming Sept. 28–29, 2022, to Springfield, Massachusetts, and will focus on identifying and sharing the causes of successful lean transformation as well as overcoming constraints to collaboration.
“It’s hard to argue…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) -- PQ Systems, the most recommended provider of quality software solutions, has acquired The Elsmar Cove, the leading quality forum for industry professionals.
Elsmar.com was originally launched by standards compliance expert Marc Smith in January 1996 as a free resource…
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- The definition of quality in products and services has been evolving since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Join Tom Taormina as he delves into the decline of Six Sigma, ISO 9001 certifications, and your future as quality professionals.
Tom will be…
(Citius Publishing: Austin, TX) -- Everyone should be aware that organizations need to improve and adapt to survive. Because of this aspiration, a business may undertake a process improvement program such as lean or Six Sigma; however, often, these process improvement program undertakings are not…
(Argolytics LLC: State College, PA) -- Following the recent release of TRENDABLE for Data Analysis, Argolytics LLC, has announced the latest addition to its suite of online quality control software: TRENDABLE for Data Collection.
TRENDABLE for Data Collection builds on Argolytics’ commitment to…
(ETQ: Boston) -- ETQ, a leading provider of quality management solutions, released findings from a first-of-its-kind research study–“The State of Quality Management: 2020.” According to the survey, companies are investing more in quality as a strategic business growth initiative that brings a…
(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. now offers a complete line of high-performance vinyl floor symbols, ideal for the industrial workplace with heavy traffic. Floor symbols and decals create a SMART floor environment and direct behavior, adding visual organization to any…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- The book, Statistical Process Control for the Food Industry: A Guide for Practitioners and Managers, by Sarina A. Lim and Jiju Antony (Wiley, 2019), provides managers, engineers, and practitioners with an overview of necessary and relevant tools of statistical process…
(Productivity Press: New York) -- Since the 1980s, lean and Six Sigma have been used independently to make existing processes better, faster, and more cost effective. For almost 20 years, countless companies have embraced the power of blending the two process improvement methodologies. This has…
(Zontec: Cincinnati)-- Zontec Inc., a worldwide leader in statistical process control (SPC) software that improves manufacturing quality, has announced the availability of Synergy 1000 and Synergy 1000+ v. 10.0.
The Synergy 1000 and Synergy 1000+ products are part of an entire suite of Zontec SPC…
(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. has introduced color-coded cleaning tools to help create order and discipline in facilities. Color coding work spaces is a simple way to eliminate searching by making it faster and easier to find and return cleaning tools to their proper…
(Zontec: Cincinnati) -- Zontec Inc., a leader and innovator of statistical process control (SPC) software, has announced the roll out of the Multi-Function Toolbox version 3.1.
“Because we understand the importance of automation in the manufacturing process for increased productivity and…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) -- PQ Systems has lent its professional support and charting expertise to a software application developed by the Deming Institute in partnership with Acquate.
ED Software provides training for leading organizations as systems—a fundamental principle of W. Edwards Deming,…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) -- PQ Systems has positioned itself as a quality improvement champion with a rebranding that reflects its vision to help organizations optimize quality. PQ Systems provides peace of mind through complete services and solutions to simplify customers’ approach to quality.…
(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace offers a complete line of customizable key performance indicator (KPI) Boards to support 5S and lean activities. KPI Boards are excellent tools to help track and reach objectives. KPI Boards display metrics at the point of use, keeping team…
(Leading2Lean: Salt Lake City) -- Leading2Lean has released two new enhancements to their cutting-edge Lean Execution System. Based on respected lean production methods of kaizen (aka continuous improvement) and yokoten ( aka horizontal, best-practice sharing), these enhancements will allow…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) --The PQ User Community, an online meeting place to connect with peers, launched via the PQ Systems.com website on October 2.
Offering opportunities to learn from others, share common experiences and knowledge, and make connections among industry peers, the user community…
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- In January 2017 Richard Schonberger, researcher and author of Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement (Wiley, 2009) issued an open letter to Motorola published in ISE magazine asking the company to withdraw Six Sigma as a copyrighted term.
Six Sigma is…
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Mikel Harry, one of the early developers of Six Sigma, died yesterday, April 25, 2017, in Chandler, Arizona. He was 65. Harry, along with Bill Smith, was one of the architects of Six Sigma within Motorola. He was sometimes referred to as the “father of Six Sigma”…
(American Quality Institute: San Jose, CA) -- Former astronaut and moonwalker Buzz Aldrin will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Lean & Six Sigma World Conference in Nashville, TN, on March 29–30, 2017, at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel.
Buzz Aldrin was one of the first two humans to walk on…
(The Shingo Institute: Copenhagen) -- The Shingo Institute, part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has set Nov. 30, 2016 through Dec. 2, 2016, as the dates for the European Shingo Conference. The purpose of this conference is for attendees to hear leaders in…
(Penguin Random House: New York) -- What’s the worst thing you can hear when you have a good idea at work? “That’s Not How We Do It Here!” (Portfolio, 2016).
In their iconic bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting (St. Martin's Press, 2006) John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber used a simple fable about…
