Field Report: Hexagon 2011 International ConferenceThe company's ambitious vision takes the measure of our planet's demographic and physical realities
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 05:30
Any way you slice it, the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort is one big place. Total number of rooms? More than 2,000. Massive swimming pool? How about two of the biggest ones you’ve ever seen? Fine dining and refreshments? Take your choice of two… Quality Digest Interprets the Voice of the CustomerOur latest user survey offers a wealth of information and opportunities for improvement
Wed, 05/25/2011 - 16:34
Last month I wrote an article entitled “Being Comfortable in a World of Never-Ending Change.” Editor in Chief Dirk Dusharme and I also covered this story on the April 29th edition of Quality Digest Live (QDL). QDL, by the way, is our live video show… Being Comfortable in a World of Never-Ending Change The <em>Quality Digest</em> Way
Mon, 04/25/2011 - 05:00
Welcome to Quality Digest Daily 2.0! This new format represents a significant re-imaging of our flagship brand (the industry’s only daily newsletter), which we first launched nearly two years ago. I hope you notice that we’ve added more video… HSF Mark Consortium UnderwayAn international, industry-based approach to hazardous substance process management
Tue, 02/15/2011 - 11:00
Protecting the health and well-being of consumers and the world at large is the quality industry’s highest calling. During the past several decades, as the manufacture of electronics and consumer goods has shifted away from North America and… Protecting Consumers from Poor-Quality Chinese ProductsOptions for prevention and detection
Thu, 12/09/2010 - 04:30
Yes, it happened again. According to a recent Associated Press story, drinking glasses produced in China, featuring comic and superhero characters, have been discovered to contain extremely high levels of lead. Excessive amounts of cadmium were… Lean, Health Care, and QualityDoes lean in health care make sense?
Wed, 11/03/2010 - 08:50
A recent article appearing in the Quality Digest Daily e-newsletter (“Why Lean? Why Now?” by Dean Bliss http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/health-care-news/why-lean-why-now.html) discusses the value of lean in a health care setting. In his… Happy World Standards DayTaking time out to honor those who make standardization possible
Wed, 10/13/2010 - 16:11
Did you know that World Standards Day (being celebrated today) and Earth Day both began in the year 1970? How about the fact that Oct. 14 was chosen as the date because that was the day in 1946 when the delegates of what was to become the… Defining QualityI know it when I see it
Thu, 10/07/2010 - 17:21
If you missed the news story “Baldrige Program Chooses New Name to Reflect Its Mission” published earlier this week in Quality Digest Daily, allow me to reiterate. What was formerly known as the “Baldrige National Quality Program,” the program… Quality Expo South Opening SoonEvent debuts in Charlotte, April 28
Wed, 04/21/2010 - 20:42
Quality Digest and much of the rest of the quality industry will be converging on Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 28 and 29 for the first-ever Quality Expo South event.
Quality Expo, which is held in the Chicago area during odd-numbered… Making the Most of New Product DevelopmentWhere creativity and quality meet
Sun, 03/28/2010 - 18:07
If you’re like me, the point at which “work” most closely approximates “play” is when you get to fire up the right side of your brain and do some out-of-the-box thinking about new projects. What’s exciting, I find, is the opportunity to build…
