Lean Six Sigma Lowers Maintenance Time
Tue, 12/05/2006 - 22:00
A civilian worker at the Corpus Christi Army Depot was recently recognized for his supervision of a Six Sigma project that dramatically improved maintenance work on Army aircraft. George Kunkle III, the depot’s process optimization manager… Silgan Containers Wins Hormel Award
Mon, 12/04/2006 - 22:00
Hormel Foods Corp. recently bestowed its Hormel No. 1 Award on Silgan Containers, a subsidiary of Silgan Holdings.Hormel uses a supplier quality management system to evaluate its largest suppliers’ performance in deliveries, quality,… Advantest Earns Five-Star Rating
Mon, 12/04/2006 - 22:00
VLSI Research Inc.’s customer satisfaction survey on chip-making equipment has bestowed five stars on Advantest Corp., based on the company’s equipment performance and customer service evaluations.Advantest sells automatic test equipment to… Moldflow Corp. Gets A2LA Accreditation
Mon, 12/04/2006 - 22:00
The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation has granted accreditation to the Moldflow Plastics Labs testing facility in Ithaca, New York.The A2LA accreditation validates nine mechanical property tests and is a testament to… Vulcan Electric Names Wright Quality Manager
Mon, 12/04/2006 - 22:00
As quality assurance manager of the flex circuit division, Chester Wright will manage all compliance programs and activities related to products, including ISO standards, Underwriters Laboratories certification and military specifications… AssurX Offers New Software-as-a-Service
Mon, 12/04/2006 - 22:00
CATSWeb PreConfigured Quality Management and Regulatory Compliance Solutions provides organizations with an alternative secure, easy-to-use enterprise quality solution that can be accessed over the Internet.AssurX’s latest solution includes… Online Portal Promotes Knowledge Sharing
Mon, 11/27/2006 - 22:00
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance recently launched businessAssurance.com, and in so doing made a strategic investment in global knowledge-sharing among quality managers and others in management systems and reporting. A first in its field… 2006 Baldrige Winners Announced
Mon, 11/27/2006 - 22:00
Three organizations—a manufacturing company, a hospital and a health care alliance—received the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The winners are MESA Products Inc., Premier Inc. and North Mississippi Medical Center. The… Verizon Information Is Tops
Mon, 11/27/2006 - 22:00
Verizon’s LiveSource operator services team answers more than 3 million wireless and wireline calls a day and was ranked best in the semiannual National Directory Assistance Performance Index. Verizon leads independent local exchange carriers… Software Calculates Health Care Savings
Mon, 11/27/2006 - 22:00
A new version of the online Quality Dividend Calculator demonstrates that choosing high-quality health plans often results in lower health care costs and better employee productivity. The QDC, released by the National Committee for Quality…