Quality Progress - December 2017 - 13
News Briefs The Leapfrog Group, a healthcare advocacy organization, is hosting its first national healthcare ratings summit Dec. 6-7 in Arlington, VA. Get more details at https:// healthcareratingssummit.com. The International Association for Food Protection is looking for nominations for its 2018 awards. All award nominations and applications are due Feb. 20. For Make the Write Decision An average adult makes about 35,000 decisions each day, according to various internet sources. Now that QP's 2018 editorial calendar has been released, there's one more to make: Do you want to write for Quality Progress? If your answer is yes, take a look at the specific topics we're planning to cover: January ISO 9001:2015-Are You Ready? July Continuing Education and Your Career more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/ food-protect-awards. February Lean and Six Sigma August Basic Tools and Terminology Feraidon Ataie, an assistant professor of engineering at California State UniversityChico, has won the 2017 Professor of the Year Award from the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International, a global standards development organization. The award recognizes the contributions of educators in developing students' understanding of standards. March Engagement and Culture September Operational Excellence April Product Safety October Quality 4.0 May Cost of Quality November Project Management June Generations in the Workforce December Salary Survey For more details, visit http://tinyurl.com/ astm-prof-award. A team of students from Loyola University in Chicago recently won the fourth annual American Production and Inventory Control Society and "The Fresh Connection" International Student Team Competition. The competition involves presenting teams with supply chain problems and having them solve the problems using a computer simulation game. This year, 10 teams competed. For more details, visit http://tinyurl. Visit qualityprogress.com and click on "Author Guidelines" at the bottom of the page for more details. Make sure to submit the article three to six months before the issue date for time to review, revise and prepare for publication. If you've missed the deadline or have another topic in mind, visit our website for details on the review and submission processes. If writing isn't in the cards, keep on reading. Maybe reconsider sometime in the future. We're always looking for new contributors to the quality body of knowledge. com/apics-team-winner. Mr. Pareto Head By Mike Crossen qualityprogress.com ❘ December 2017 QP 13
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