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Save the date: September 10-11, Santiago, Chile

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A Global Six Sigma Survey

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

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For more than 18 years, we've been talking about Six Sigma.

Now we want to hear from you!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SPSWG8Z

To help motivate you, we're offering several prizes to randomly selected survey participants. The prizes include...

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Six Sigma for Agriculture and Textile Chemical?

Like many authors, I keep track of where I'm cited. So I was a bit surprised to see I had been referenced in a paper in the Agricultural Association of Textile Chemical and Critical Reviews Journal: https://doi.org/10.21276/AATCCReview.2026.14.03.22 Not the usual journal I expect. But even more curious, the title of the paper is "An overview of qua...

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Cut Your QC! Free webinar 9/25/26 11 am cst

After premiering this event at ADLM, we are opening it up to everyone through zoom. Please join us September 25th, at 11 am central standard time. At last, a frank look at why we need to do less QC, and how we can make those reductions safely.  If you enjoy being out of control every day, if you get a thrill every time you have to repeat a con...

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Indonesian hematology analyzer that can't hit anything

A paper from Surabaya, Indonesia assessed the performance of an anonymous hematology analyzer. The study used the old CLIA 1992 goals. We updated it with an assessment using CLIA 2025 goals. And then it became clear why this instrument was not named. None of this performance would meet CLIA's standards. Is performance so bad in this analyzer, ...

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Q and A: Is the 10:x rule still compulsory?

A recent question came to me via social media: "Hello Sir, Good morning, How are you? I wanted to know is still 10x rule is coumpulsary?[stet.]  Even [when] we are using lab mean and lab SD. Please share the details.Thanks and Regards, [anonymous]"10:x is not compulsory by any regulation that I am aware of. Many regulations require you to...

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