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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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ISO/IEC RFID Standards Collection on CD-ROM
Tue, 03/13/2007 - 22:00
(International Organization for Standardization, Geneva) -- ISO has just launched a CD-ROM containing a collection of 24 ISO/IEC standards and one amendment on radio frequency identification (RFID). A wireless technology enabling…
Thorny RoHS
Tue, 03/13/2007 - 22:00
Think Europe’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) was tough? Meet China RoHS.
Phase One of China RoHS takes effect March 1, and while it has an intent similar to the European Union’s (EU) RoHS, the approach is different. Like RoHS…
An Interplanetary Internet: Going Where No Standards Have Gone Before
Tue, 03/13/2007 - 22:00
(American National Standards Institute, Washington, D.C.) -- A project underway at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory is truly out of this world. Teams from NASA and the Defense Advanced Research…
ISO/TS 22003 Aims to Build Confidence in Certification of Food Safety Management Systems
Tue, 03/13/2007 - 22:00
(International Organization for Standardization-Geneva) -- A newly published document in the ISO 22000 series gives the requirements for the bodies that carry out auditing and certification of food safety management systems (FSMS). ISO…
Spector Named Conference Board CEO
Mon, 03/12/2007 - 22:00
Jonathan Spector will become the 10th president and CEO of The Conference Board, a research and business membership organization, on April 16. “Jon Spector has excellent credentials to lead The Conference Board forward,” says Douglas R. Conant…
Hoteliers Get Automated Quality Inspections
Mon, 03/12/2007 - 22:00
Mtech’s new Internet-based Quality Inspection Console uses hand-held devices to interface with a hotel’s property management system and automate its quality inspection processes. “Quality inspections, when hotel housekeeping departments…
Human Capital Management Conference in May
Mon, 03/12/2007 - 22:00
Executives from leading companies will share tactics and strategies for managing and retaining key talent, knowledge and intellectual capital with Global Benchmarking Council members at the conference on Human Capital Management: Facing the…
Voting System Testers Accredited
Mon, 03/12/2007 - 22:00
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission recently accredited SysTest Labs and iBeta Software Quality Assurance to certify and test voting systems software and equipment against the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. The VVSG are federal standards…
Six Sigma Enables Automated Laboratory
Tue, 03/06/2007 - 22:00
Heritage Valley Health System, located in Beaver, Pennsylvania, recently opened its region’s first fully automated clinical laboratory. The hospital’s comprehensive lean and Six Sigma programs, which emphasize automation for patient safety…
Shingo Prize Winners Announced
Tue, 03/06/2007 - 22:00
Several Mexican manufacturing organizations were winners in the recently announced Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Business Program. The Shingo Prize, called the “Nobel Prize of manufacturing,” recognizes achievements in lean…