Mon, 11/01/2004 - 22:00
Three Canadian small businesses were recognized with Canada Awards for Excellence recently, that country’s equivalent to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Winners in the CAE’s small business category were M & M Meat Shops Ltd. (head…
Mon, 11/01/2004 - 22:00
Leica Geosystems recently received Frost & Sullivan’s Industrial Automation Product Innovation of the Year award. Frost & Sullivan, a growth consulting firm, gave Leica Geosystems the award for its innovations in the hand-held metrology…
Mon, 11/01/2004 - 22:00
The Automotive Industry Action Group recently released a guideline to help improve computer-aided design quality in the global automotive industry. The 203-page guideline, “D-19: SASIG-Product Data Quality for the Global Automotive Industry,”…
Mon, 10/25/2004 - 22:00
The Educational Society for Resource Management (APICS, from its former name, the American Production and Inventory Control Society) recently presented corporate awards of excellence to several companies that excel in innovation, cooperation and…
Mon, 10/25/2004 - 22:00
Datasweep Inc. recently released a new version of its award-winning Datasweep Advantage software suite. Datasweep Advantage 6.1 adds support for new client software technology, additional hardware and operating platforms and Japanese localization.…
Mon, 10/25/2004 - 22:00
A survey of more than 1,700 banks from 63 countries reveals that improving data quality is regarded as a key issue for risk management.The survey, conducted by AIM Software and the Vienna University of Economics, and sponsored by Reuters, quizzed…
Mon, 10/25/2004 - 22:00
iGrafx and CommerceQuest recently announced a new partnership to offer a complete solution for process definition, analysis and execution across the business process management lifecycle.To that end, CommerceQuest has developed a seamless…
Mon, 10/25/2004 - 22:00
Postmaster General John E. Potter recognized eight companies with Quality Supplier Awards recently. The winning companies are “the best of the best” in supplying employees with the equipment, tools and services they need to deliver superior…
Mon, 10/25/2004 - 22:00
Cognex Corp. recently announced that it is now offering code quality metrics on its In-Sight ID readers and vision sensors. The new capabilities include International Aerospace Quality Group Standard 9132 for data matrix codes and Cognex…
Tue, 10/19/2004 - 22:00
More than half the respondents in a recent survey on Six Sigma in manufacturing said they planned to implement the methodology in their work forces within the next six months to two years. The survey also revealed that manufacturers are faced with…