Baldrige Helps Health Care Organizations Provide Superior Patient ExperienceAward recipients match or exceed competitors’ measures of healthcare quality
Mon, 08/10/2015 - 10:24
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The newly released study, “Healthcare Performance Excellence: A Comparison of Baldrige Award Recipients and Competitors,” comparing 34 U.S. healthcare organizations that received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality… Nonprofit for Veterans Uses Baldrige FrameworkNew case study reveals innovative improvement strategies for governmental organizations
Thu, 08/06/2015 - 14:32
(NIST: Gaithersberg, MD) -- Depicting how an innovative government organization might use the Baldrige Excellence Framework , the 2015 Baldrige Case Study: The Casey Comprehensive Care Center for Veterans represents a fictitious organization within… A Million Pounds of AccuracyRestoring the largest deadweight machine in the world
Wed, 07/29/2015 - 17:12
Restoration is well underway for NIST’s 4.45-million newton (equivalent to 1 million pounds-force) deadweight machine, the largest in the world. The three-story-tall deadweight, comprising a stack of stainless-steel discs weighing about 50,000… The Incredible Shrinking ESR MachineNew probe to offer a broad range of applications
Mon, 07/27/2015 - 16:27
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have come up with a way to shrink a research instrument generally associated with large machines down to a pinpoint-precision probe.
This electron spin resonance probe… Recruiting the Next Generation on Manufacturing DayAnchoring a small town, Detroit Tool & Engineering had a big problem
Tue, 07/21/2015 - 14:51
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Lebanon, Missouri’s population is a few hundred people more than 14,000. To put that number in perspective, 1,120,000 people ride the commuter train on the average New York weekday. In Lebanon, people welcome you with… Ultra-Stable JILA Microscopy Technique Tracks Tiny Objects for HoursA useful tool for making things on the single-nanometer scale
Tue, 07/14/2015 - 16:48
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- JILA researchers have designed a microscope instrument so stable that it can accurately measure the 3D movement of individual molecules over many hours—hundreds of times longer than the current limit measured in seconds… Twenty-Six Organizations Apply for 2015 Baldrige AwardThis is the first award process using the simpler eligibility requirements announced in 2014
Wed, 06/17/2015 - 11:21
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Recognizing that performance excellence and innovation are the key ingredients in a recipe for success, 26 top-level organizations are vying to be honored as the “top chefs” in the nation by applying for the 2015 Malcolm… NIST Announces 2016 Plans for Manufacturing Center CompetitionsTwo allocations of funds will help areas where U.S. manufacturing is concentrated
Tue, 05/26/2015 - 17:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has announced that it will hold two separate competitions in 2016 for MEP centers in 21 states and Puerto… NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory Hosts Hands-On Dimensional Metrology Workshop
Thu, 05/21/2015 - 16:30
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In April, the Dimensional Metrology Group from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) hosted a three-day hands-on training event for 13 industry and government… Baldrige Program Tops in Leadership Development for Two Straight YearsAgain received first place in the government and military category of the Leadership 500 Excellence Awards
Tue, 04/14/2015 - 12:05
(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…