Collecting Useful Data
How do we conclude that a nagging, recurring blip has become serious enough to justify taking action?
An Interplanetary Internet: Going Where No Standards Have Gone Before

Hoteliers Get Automated Quality Inspections
Mtech’s new Internet-based Quality Inspection Console uses hand-held devices to interface with a hotel’s property management system and automate i
A Quality Lesson from Hopeulikit
Last year I had the good fortune of doing some consulting with B&C Specialty Products in Hopeulikit, Georgia.
Human Capital Management Conference in May
Executives from leading companies will share tactics and strategies for managing and retaining key talent, knowledge and intellectual capital with Global Benchmarking Council members at the conference on Human Capital Management: Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century Workforce, May 3
Spector Named Conference Board CEO

Is Six Sigma a Silver Bullet?
Six Sigma is a powerful tool for driving incremental process improvement, but it’s not the silver bullet many organizations make it out to b
Wisconsin Manufacturing Partnership Offers Grant Money
The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) recently awarded a total of $85,900 to 22 Green Bay-area manufacturing organizations for train