| Quality Digest

Six Sigma Enables Automated Laboratory

Heritage Valley Health System, located in Beaver, Pennsylvania, recently opened its region’s first fully automated clinical laboratory.

CTS’s Product Quality Recognized

Frost & Sullivan, a growth consulting company, recently recognized CTS Corp.

Shingo Prize Winners Announced

Several Mexican manufacturing organizations were winners in the recently announced Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Business Pr

Growing America

Businesses have lately been focusing on profit and process improvement. However, profit improvement at any cost to make the upcoming quarter look bright has a price. It appears that most improvement effort leads with efficiency measured by head-count reduction.

Counting Complaints

For the last Brain Teaser, in an interesting spin, sample size was defined as a time window. A is the correct response.

We Can Do Better

This column normally originates from the hammock in the woods behind our home. With almost a foot of snow on the ground, though, this month’s contribution would better be titled “Thoughts From a Lounge Chair in My Den.”