New Standard for IT Service Management Launched
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The IT service-management profession has taken the leap into the world of standardization. ISO/IEC 20000:2005, Information technology service management, aligns and replaces BS 15000, the British standard that has applied to the IT profession… ISO Publishes Standard for the Assessment of Financial Planners
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization has published a standard that will help people assess the ethics and competence of financial planners. ISO 22222:2005, Personal financial planning is aimed at increasing client confidence… U.S. Standards Groups Adopt Personnel Certification Scheme
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The American National Standards Institute and ASTM International recently adopted a new standard for personnel certification. ISO/IEC 17024, General requirements for bodies operating certification schemes of persons addresses the need for… ISO Tightens Restrictions on Misleading Endorsements
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has ruled that several Web addresses violate the trademark rules of the International Organization for Standardization. Announcing that they could… Minnesota Council for Quality Receives Education Grant
Mon, 02/06/2006 - 22:00
State Farm Insurance recently awarded the Minnesota Council for Quality a grant to support a quality-assessment program in the state’s K-12 schools.State Farm Insurance recently awarded the Minnesota Council for Quality a grant to… Quality Expo Detroit, AIAG Announce Cooperative Conference
Mon, 02/06/2006 - 22:00
Reed Exhibitions, organizer of Quality Expo Detroit, and the Automotive Industry Action Group have announced plans to operate side-by-side conferences at the upcoming Quality Expo Detroit show. The conference will be held June 7-8 at the… California Manufacturing Technology Consulting to Offer Green Belt Training
Mon, 02/06/2006 - 22:00
California Manufacturing Technology Consulting will launch its first-ever Six Sigma Green Belt Consortium on March 14 at the Pacific Palms Resort in Industry Hills, California. The program is open to any company willing to commit its people… Health Trade Group Formalizes Standards for Sector’s Quality Improvement Organizations
Mon, 02/06/2006 - 22:00
The American Health Quality Association recently released new standards for its member quality-improvement organizations. The AHQA’s board of directors approved the policy in December, and already more than a third of all QIO boards—in… ASI DataMyte Strengthens Chinese Operations
Mon, 02/06/2006 - 22:00
ASI DataMyte Trading Co., ASI DataMyte Inc.’s China-based branch, has announced its merger with Ameshen Instruments Ltd. Ameshen is ASI DataMyte Trading Co.’s longtime distributor. ASI DataMyte has moved its new Shanghai office to larger… AIT Group Joins Decisioneering’s Six Sigma Partner Program
Tue, 01/31/2006 - 22:00
Advanced Integrated Technologies Group Inc. recently became the newest member of Decisioneering Inc.’s Six Sigma Partner Program. As a Six Sigma Partner, AIT Group will begin using Decisioneering’s Crystal Ball software in its Six Sigma,…
