Portland, OR—Northwest Analytical, Inc. will hold a product seminar focusing on enterprise quality and software integration for statistical quality and process control (SQC and SPC). The program will include an overview of enterprise quality, hands-on product demos of NWA Quality Analyst Web Server (off-line software for SQC) and NWA Quality Monitor 2.1 (on-line plant floor workstation software for SPC) and discussion of how Blue Diamond is implementing enterprise quality. There also will be a plant tour of Blue Diamond's Sacramento processing plant.

Northwest Analytical, Inc. (NWA) provides analytical software for understanding processes and improving quality. The NWA software suite includes NWA Quality Analyst (comprehensive off-line SQC charting and analysis), NWA Quality Monitor (workstation software for plant floor SPC) and NWA Quality Analyst Web Server (a company-wide solution for SQC reporting and analysis). NWA's software is used in more than 4,500 companies worldwide.

Blue Diamond Growers in Sacramento, Calif., is the world's largest tree nut processing and marketing company. The cooperative of 4000 California almond growers processes more than one-third of California's almonds annually.

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