New Standard Sets Requirements for Pipeline Workers
Tue, 11/07/2006 - 22:00
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recently announced a new standard relating to the skills required of pipeline workers. "ASME B31Q: Pipeline Personnel Qualification Standard" details the tasks typically performed by pipeline… Web-Based System Improves Data
Mon, 11/06/2006 - 22:00
ThermoML, a project using Web-based technologies, has markedly improved the quality of data available to researchers and sped access to a lot of new scientific data.A partnership among the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the… IQC Partners With IBS America
Mon, 11/06/2006 - 22:00
IBS America provides compliance management solutions and recently announced a strategic partnership with International Quality Consulting, a business and technology consultancy. IQC consultants will provide customers in the pharmaceutical,… ANSI Supports Sustainability Research
Mon, 11/06/2006 - 22:00
The American National Standards Institute will provide a “Standards Resource Guide” and the P3 Web portal for the Environmental Protection Agency’s 3rd annual P3 award competition. ANSI is one of more than 40 industry, government and… Bovarnick Takes on Global Quality
Mon, 11/06/2006 - 22:00
Effective Oct. 30, Ellen Bovarnick became responsible for customer satisfaction, driving process improvements, establishing corporate quality standards and leading the implementation of Nortel’s Six Sigma initiative. “I’m excited to welcome… Open Source Software Quality Examined
Mon, 11/06/2006 - 22:00
Leading European research bodies and open source projects recently secured European Union money to assess the quality of open source software. Software Quality Observatory of Open Source Software will build tools to enable open source… Eckes Joins Villanova’s Online Six Sigma Program
Tue, 10/31/2006 - 22:00
George Eckes, who is widely credited with helping to formulate and clarify Six Sigma’s use in varied industries, recently joined the faculty of Villanova University’s online Six Sigma program. Eckes, founder and president of Eckes &… PowerSteering Software Gets Top Rating
Tue, 10/31/2006 - 22:00
iSixSigma magazine recently named software from PowerSteering Software Inc. as the top solution for project tracking. The magazine cited PowerSteering’s best-in-class home page, multiple methodology support capabilities and feature-search… Nichols and Hayler Explore Six Sigma in Finance
Tue, 10/31/2006 - 22:00
The implementation of Six Sigma in financial services is the topic of a new book written by two leading consultants. Six Sigma for Financial Services: How Leading Companies are Driving Results Using Lean, Six Sigma and Process Management (… Oriel Issues Paper on Lean Deployment
Tue, 10/31/2006 - 22:00
Oriel Inc. recently published “Achieving Lean Success: A Pathway for Implementation,” which unites lean concepts with specific tools and techniques in a manner designed to make it easy to implement lean throughout an organization. The…