WebCPAImprove Business Processes at Your FirmWebCPADustin Hostetler of Rea & Associates Inc. is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He specializes in management consulting and Lean Six Sigma ...

Masoli and Embry face arraignment in Lane County Circuit Court tomorrow. A fraternity member reported that Masoli and Embry stole two computers and a guitar from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Jan. 25. Jones was a star at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney but admitted two years ago that she had taken a designer steroid known as the “clear” and was stripped of her medals, including three golds. She ...

SUNRISE, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- While the economy has forced many businesses to cut back, Interim HealthCare Inc., the nation's leading health care franchise company, is expanding. Interim HealthCare announced the opening of a new franchise to serve the home care needs in the Detroit, Michigan area.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Taycor Financial is a leading provider of equipment leasing and financing and has launched a nationwide leasing program for TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc., a global green leader in infectious disease control and surface and air remediation equipment. Founded in 1997, with offices in Los Angeles, Calif. and Boston, Mass., Taycor Financial is a fiscally sound and economically responsible partner for all forms of equipment financing solutions.

ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Art Lennig, a regional director of Murphy Business and Financial Corporation, has been elected president of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB) for 2010. GABB is the state's only professional organization and Multiple Listing Service dedicated to buying and selling businesses and franchises.

March 9, 2010 (Dallas, TX) – Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, today announced the continuation of its relationship with RockTenn through a full contract expansion.

Toyota: Maybe it's the software, stupid?Around Disney (blog)... around the world or shipping defective cars back to Japan for repair), and some of the ways they achieved high quality (Edwards Deming, Six Sigma, etc. ...and more »

FORT WORTH, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- If you have a friend or loved one who is ready for a new start, please consider the inspirational book 'Getting Up & Starting Over' (ISBN: 978-0-9842743-0-7, Trading Life Publishing) by Steven D. Smallwood. Sometimes it takes a third party to speak the same things we speak to our loved ones over and over. In this inspirational book about starting over, in his own conversational approach, Steven shares his thoughts on getting up wherever you may find... [read more]

Can the Toyota Way survive Toyota's ways?Fortune... according to publisher McGraw-Hill (MHP, Fortune 500), which also reported an overall sales increase of dozens of its lean and six sigma-themed business ...and more »

In the 1950s, a Toyota engineer named Taiichi Ohno, just back from visiting the United States, where he was wowed by its supermarkets, began to think about how he could use what he saw as a way to run a factory. He obsessed over the idea of eliminating waste, of avoiding inventory buildup, of empowering workers to follow instructions meticulously and of aiming to continually improve.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Bill Miller, VP of Strategic Partnerships for CheapOair has been making nationwide headlines offering travel tips for all types of travelers including budget travelers. Today's economy is challenging and leisure travelers on a budget are worried about taking a much needed vacation. Mr. Miller has provided the how to's of cheap travel to allay their concerns.

Partnership Provides Industry-Leading Experience in Delivery of Both Commercial and Residential VoIP Services Around the World

NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- As Microsoft(R) Windows 7 has proved to be quite the drastic improvement over Vista, creating a dual boot Windows 7 system with XP or Vista would be a better choice for those who are still not willing to give up Windows XP or Vista, yet are dying to try out Windows 7. The question is: how to create a dual boot system with Windows 7, along with XP or Vista.

TORONTO and DERRY, N.H., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma Systems, an industry leader in Advanced IP Service Fulfillment solutions, and Cedar Point Communications, a worldwide leader in integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) switching technologies for service providers, today announced that the two companies have entered into a partnership to provide Next-Generation Operators an integrated VoIP solution ...

Sigma Systems, an industry leader in Advanced IP Service Fulfillment solutions, and Cedar Point Communications, a worldwide leader in integrated Voice over IP switching technologies for service providers, today announced that the two companies have entered into a partnership to provide Next-Generation Operators an integrated VoIP solution for faster commercial and residential deployments.

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009.

Peachtree City, GA, March 10, 2010: Harris Waste Management Group Inc, a leading supplier of balers, shears and shredders to the recycling industry worldwide, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lonnie Leeman, as Quality Director. Leeman's responsibilities are for all aspects of quality for the Harris operations. Lonnie has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University ...

IntriCon Corporation (NASDAQ: IIN) , a designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of body-worn medical and electronics devices, today announced financial results for its 2009 fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009.

Bahrain-based Kanoo Freight, a division of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo LLC (Kanoo), and BDP International (BDP) today announced the formation of a joint venture to serve the logistics and transportation needs of the Middle East’s burgeoning chemical and petrochemical industry.

To Achieve High Performance, Think Transformation, Not Just ImprovementIndustryWeekAs I described in my new book, "The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More with Less," a hydraulic hose company several years ago found itself operating at a ...

IndustryWeekViewpoint -- Warning: Lean, Six Sigma Can Lead to an Identity CrisisIndustryWeekThe organization that blindly focuses internally on lean and six sigma for its survival suffers from an identity that is based on the products produced and ...

Companies must think strategically when they manage their costs down so that the actions they take are sustainable and contribute to operational excellence.

The organization that blindly focuses internally on lean and six sigma for its survival suffers from an identity that is based on the products produced and not the value it provides its customers.

HR Meet in offing for third timeHimalayan TimesThis year too HR Meet 2010 is being organised with the theme HR Leadership-The Six Sigma Way. More than 200 participants are expected to attend the one-day ...

Local scholarships generate over $190,000 in funding to area students. School officials said that total doesn't include individual scholarships achieved by the students in such areas as music, athletics and academics that likely would bring the total to over $350,000.