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For 40 years Quality Digest has been the go-to source for all things quality. Our newsletter, Quality Digest, shares expert commentary and relevant industry resources to assist our readers in their quest for continuous improvement. Our website includes every column and article from the newsletter since May 2009 as well as back issues of Quality Digest magazine to August 1995. We are committed to promoting a view wherein quality is not a niche, but an integral part of every phase of manufacturing and services.

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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…
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…
Executives Gain Insight Through Design For Six Sigma
Tue, 10/02/2007 - 22:00
(Juran: Southby, Connecticut) -- Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) has improved the way senior executives at Masco Builder Cabinet Group view and manage their business. DFSS is a methodology that focuses on designing products or services in a manner…
PowerSteering Draws Record Attendance at 3rd Annual Customer Leadership Conference
Tue, 10/02/2007 - 22:00
PowerSteering, an enterprise project portfolio management (PPM) software used to manage IT, operational excellence, business transformation and other strategic initiatives attracted a record number of customer attendees and strategic partners at…
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…
On-demand Six Sigma Training
Tue, 10/02/2007 - 22:00
(North Carolina State University: Raleigh, North Carolina) – the North Carolina State University College of Textiles has teamed with MoreSteam.com to provide Web-based Six Sigma training as a flexible and affordable alternative to traditional…
U.S. Health Care Improves
Mon, 10/01/2007 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- The quality of care for more than 80 million people in the United States enrolled in 767 accountable health plans improved in 2006, according to a new report by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.The State of Health…