Management - Articles - Page 82

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Assessment of a Best Practice

The goal is to achieve excellent results.

Yves Van Nuland PhD Grace L Duffy MBA, LSSMBB

May 7, 2021

In management literature you will often encounter the concept of a best practice. However, until recently no method was available to assess a best practice.

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Mitchell Joins Verisurf Software as Business Development Manager – Americas

April 26, 2021

Verisurf Software announced it has appointed Tara Mitchell to the position of business development manager for the Americas.

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U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Totaled $377.6M in February

April 14, 2021

U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders totaled $377.6 million in February 2021, a 17.8% increase from January 2021 and a 34.2% increase over February 2020.

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ECM’s Metrology Engineer Honored as ASQ’s Inspection Division 2021 Inspector of the Year

April 14, 2021

The ASQ Inspection Division has selected ECM Global Measurement Solutions’ metrology engineer, Jon McLaughlin, as the 2021 Chuck Carter International Inspector of the Year.

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Starrett Appoints VandeHei Director of Sales, Metrology Systems

April 14, 2021

The L.S. Starrett Company has announced the appointment of Jim VandeHei as director of sales, Starrett Metrology Systems.

Eight factors to weigh when choosing EHSQ software

Interoperable, scalable, easy to use programs should be at the top of your list.

Genevieve Diesing

April 12, 2021

Manufacturers are increasingly participating in EHSQ programs. They realize that worker well-being, operational excellence, and compliance aren’t only ethically important, they’re also good business: Organizations with excellent safety, health, and environmental programs outperformed the S&P 500 by 3-5 percent.

Face of Quality | Jim L. Smith

Organizational Culture

Workplace culture takes work but delivers value

Jim L. Smith

April 8, 2021

Even in today’s constantly evolving world, there remains a truism. Those who are more successful produce better results than many of their peers. They do it better and faster than their counterparts. This is not intuitive for everyone. It has to be developed or redefined.

From the Editor | Darryl Seland

Truth or Fallacy

Depends on how you look at it.

Darryl Seland

April 8, 2021

Sunk costs are defined as costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Proponents of the sunk cost fallacy argue that since it is a cost paid in the past and unrecoverable, it should be removed from any future decision making.

2021 Quality Professional of the Year: Navin S. Dedhia

Five continents, one quality vision.

Michelle Bangert

April 8, 2021

Navin Dedhia has been a pillar of the quality community since the 1960s, speaking and working on five different continents about the importance of quality.