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Apr 16, 2016 Ohio Nonprofits Benefit From Lean Six Sigma Training From the moment a food item was donated to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank last year to the time it was in the hands of those in need, it would sit in the foodbank's volunteer center for 92 days, on average. But now, with the help of lean Six Sigma training from Akron Children's Hospital,... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 Chipotle Spends Big on Free Burritos to Win Back Customers Chipotle is trying to give away the store. It offered $50 off catering during the Super Bowl, gave away free guacamole and chips for playing a video game, and celebrated youth soccer with "buy one, get one" deals. The numerous promotions and giveaways, along with new food safety protocols, are... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 Big Data Yield New Hopes, Challenges in Cancer Care The ability to sequence the genome of thousands of cancerous tumors and compile the data in huge warehouses is giving scientists unprecedented tools for understanding the genetic roots of cancer. That capability allows them to identify who may be predisposed to develop the disease. It also... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 Is Claiming Autonomous Vehicles Impossible to Road Test Just Nonsense? A new report from the RAND Corporation says autonomous vehicles will need hundreds of years of testingbut thankfully that's not true. The RAND Corporation policy think tank has released a new report on the state of self-driving car research, arguing that the industry's goal of a safe,... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 Files Show Takatas Worry Over Cost of Air Bag Recalls Internal documents and emails reveal new details about how economic pressures helped guide the companys handling of its air bag defect. There is the cold-eyed calculation of the costs of an air bag recall: $100 each, translating to millions of dollars in expenses for Takata, the auto parts... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 Ford Using Engine Listeners to Find Defects Whiskey sniffers have their nose, wine tasters use their palate and now Ford has agreed there is no substitute for the human senses when it comes to the new Ford Focus RS. In a world that is increasingly populated with hi-tech devices, the company has discovered that nothing beats a good set of... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 Test Driving Autonomous Vehicles Cant Demonstrate Safety, Report Says Alternative testing methods needed Autonomous vehicles would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and, under some scenarios, hundreds of billions of miles to create enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety, according to a new RAND report. Under even the most-aggressive... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 New Method to Determine the Content of Inorganic Arsenic in Food A new European standard method to determine the content of inorganic arsenic in food has been developed at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark. Inorganic arsenic is carcinogenic according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Being able to accurately measure the... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 Study: Collaboration Technology Improves Supply Chain Efficiencies New research released from the University of Tennessees (UT) Global Supply Chain Institute, in collaboration with leading B2B integration provider DiCentral, looks at supply chain trends, issues, and challenges expected in 2016 and beyond. The survey of over 200 organizations from a wide... National Feed more
Apr 16, 2016 Study: Poor Ventilation at Work Lowers Cognitive Ability If you didnt feel like going into work today, your instincts might just have been right. According to recent research, the office could actually be bad for our health. The study was undertaken by the Harvard T H Chan School of Public Healths Centre for Health and the Global Environment,... National Feed more
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