Wed, 01/10/2007 - 22:00
Dr. Ahmed Shembesh, LNCSM and Vincent Desmond, IRCA sign the agreement in Tripoli The International Register of Certificated Auditors and the Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology…
Tue, 01/09/2007 - 22:00
The International Organization of Standardization recently created the ISO Award for Higher Education in Standardization, which will be presented for the first time at the ISO General Assembly in Geneva in September.
The award is designed to support…
Tue, 01/09/2007 - 22:00
Certification bodies around the world have until Sept. 15, 2008 to implement ISO/IEC 17021:2006, the new standard designed to increase confidence in management system certification. The International Accreditation Forum set the deadline in…
Tue, 01/09/2007 - 22:00
A private standards-developing organization recently published the first known consensus-based standard defining a common technical language for nanotechnology. ASTM International’s ASTM E2456-06, “Standard terminology relating to…
Tue, 01/09/2007 - 22:00
A new year means new members for the American National Standards Institute’s board of directors. ANSI’s board recently announced several new members, along with the reappointment of Robert W. Noth, manager of engineering standards for…
Tue, 01/09/2007 - 22:00
A new standard from the International Organization for Standardization is expected to increase the market for natural gas-powered vehicles by making on-board storage of the fuel safer. ISO 19078:2006, “Gas cylinders—Inspection of the…
Mon, 01/08/2007 - 22:00
Eighty-three percent of organizations contacted suffer from problems caused by poor master data, according to “Master Data Management: Consensus-Driven Data Definitions for Cross-Application Consistency,” a report issued by The Data…
Mon, 01/08/2007 - 22:00
EFQM will present a workshop March 5 and 6 dealing with best practice methods of process improvement, assessing the effectiveness of an organization’s process improvement approach and how these approaches can fit into different…
Mon, 01/08/2007 - 22:00
Eighty-three percent of organizations contacted suffer from problems caused by poor master data, according to “Master Data Management: Consensus-Driven Data Definitions for Cross-Application Consistency,” a report issued by The Data…
Mon, 01/08/2007 - 22:00
COLA, a clinical laboratory education and consultation accreditation organization, recently received renewed approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to accredit laboratories to meet requirements set by the…