Compliance Path to All GNSS Systems
Wed, 10/10/2007 - 22:00
(Leica Geosystems: St. Gallen, Switzerland) -- By the end of this decade, four independent global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) will be operational. Today only the American GPS system is fully operational, and the Russian GLONASS system is… Magnetic Properties of Thin Films
Wed, 10/10/2007 - 22:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, together with colleagues from IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have pushed the measurement of thin films to the… 2008 Measurement Science Conference
Wed, 10/10/2007 - 22:00
The 2008 Measurement Science Conference welcomes Miguel Cerezo, of Amgen, as the President of the 2008 MSC. The MSC will be held at the Disneyland Hotel during the week of March 10 through 14, 2008, and will present the latest educational… Protecting Machine Operators
Tue, 10/09/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva, Switzerland) -- The new ISO 14121-1 standard on risk assessment for machinery will help designers and manufacturers reduce associated safety hazards. The use of machinery is key to the development of any country. However, accidents… OSHA Concludes Standard Needed for Lead in Construction
Tue, 10/09/2007 - 22:00
(OSHA: Washington D.C.) -- The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced the outcome of its lead-in-construction standard lookback review in a recent Federal Register.“Employers and employees in the… Standards Help to Fill Prescriptions
Tue, 10/09/2007 - 22:00
(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- Filling a prescription is faster and more convenient than ever thanks to a new standard from ANSI-accredited standards developer the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Inc. Providing general guidelines for… Emissions Certification for Office Furniture
Mon, 10/08/2007 - 22:00
(NSF: Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- NSF International, an independent, not-for-profit organization committed to public health protection, recently announced the launch of a new air-emissions certification program. The program will initially certify for… H. James Harrington to Be Honored in Los Angeles
Mon, 10/08/2007 - 22:00
H. James Harrington has been awarded the Simon Collier Quality Award by the Los Angeles section of the American Society for Quality. The award will be presented at a November 14 dinner meeting at the Holiday Inn Torrance Gateway in Torrance,… NIST Helps Plan Measurement Standards for the Hydrogen Economy
Mon, 10/08/2007 - 22:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- How do you measure something that is 14 times lighter than air and invisible? That’s just one of the tasks National Institute of Standards and Technology Weights and Measures Division staff have taken on to prepare… Six Sigma Marketing Tips
Tue, 10/02/2007 - 22:00
In a recent blog entry, Michael J. Webb, coauthor with Tom Gorman of Sales and Marketing the Six Sigma Way, says that an important management system for senior executives is one that measures the costs of production. Webb adds that executives…
