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		<title>American factories, foreign lands: How can we keep our companies here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one will claim that using statistical and monitoring software to stay competitive in the world will reverse the current trend toward manufacturing outsourcing to offshore operations. But it could help. A recent New York Times article reported on a challenge that President Obama had made to Apple head Steve Jobs last year, when Jobs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=670&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Join us in Orlando at the IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch for PQ Systems booth #200 in the exhibit area at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in Orlando, FL from December 5–7. We are featuring our latest CHARTrunner Lean software, the newest release in the CHARTrunner software suite. Stop by to check it out!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=657&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop by Quality Expo to see what’s new with GAGEpack</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch for PQ Systems at Booth # 538 in the exhibit area at the Quality EXPO at McCormick Place North in Chicago, IL from September 20 to 22. We’ll be offering a substantial trade-in offer for those with competitors’ gage calibration products—and ice cream for anyone who participates in a software walk-through! Stop by and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=650&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visit us in Sacramento at the National Association for Healthcare Quality’s 36th Annual Educational Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us in Sacramento, CA next week at Booth #101 for National Association for Healthcare Quality’s (NAHQ) 36th Annual Educational Conference. You’ll find us in Exhibit Hall A at the Sacramento Convention Center from Thursday evening (September 15) through Saturday (September 17). Watch for us—we&#8217;re looking forward to meeting you!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=647&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How real-time is your charting?</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2011/08/18/how-real-time-is-your-charting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real-time charting has become a critical part of the manufacturing process. How quickly is your data reaching you? Take this quick survey. &#62;&#62; Take the poll<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=639&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>August Quality Quiz – Enter to win a free Quality Gamebox!</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2011/08/11/august-quality-quiz-%e2%80%93-enter-to-win-a-free-quality-gamebox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each month in Quality eLine, Professor Cleary tests your knowledge with a challenging Quality Quiz. This month is no exception. Professor Cleary uses the wise words of Dr. W. Edwards Deming to illustrate how multiple measurements are needed to determine if an assembly process is flawed. Can you answer correctly? Click here to participate in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=635&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>QualityAdvisor.com is now part of PQSystems.com</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2011/08/04/qualityadvisor-com-is-now-part-of-pqsystems-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For more than a decade, quality professionals have been using QualityAdvisor.com as an online resource for valuable information on statistical process control (SPC), measurement systems analysis, and general quality questions. Whether you were wondering what type of control chart to use or looking for the formula for calculating Cpk, the answers could be found on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=631&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iSixSigma: Say it ain&#8217;t so</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2011/07/28/isixsigma-say-it-aint-so/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news that Schofield Media has decided to shutter iSixSigma comes as a significant blow to those of us in the process improvement field. Watching iSixSigma falter and recover in recent years has been painful, but its customers and advertisers have hoped for its stability and success, not only because of the services it has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=627&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stress in the workplace</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2011/07/20/stress-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was recently going through some old papers, I came across a letter my good friend and fraternity brother, Ron Sparling, and I had sent to the general manager of a General Motors division where another close friend and fraternity brother had worked. Our brother, Mark Horvath, had died of a heart attack at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=623&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visit us in the Steel City at ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2011/05/10/visit-us-in-the-steel-city-at-asq%e2%80%99s-world-conference-on-quality-and-improvement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us in Pittsburgh next week at Booth #613 for ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement. You’ll find us in Exhibit Hall A at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center from Sunday evening (May 15) through Tuesday (May 17). If you haven’t registered yet for the conference, on-site registration will begin Sunday morning near [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=605&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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