ASQ Illiana – Section 1213

November, 29 2018 Dinner Meeting Announcement

Posted on 11/14/18 | Categorized under: General

ASQ Illiana Section 1213 – November 29^th, 2018 Dinner Meeting

Good Grief – It’s Internal Audit Time Again, Charlie Brown!!

Internal auditing is required by every management system standard and regulation. It can be profoundly beneficial to any organization but typically ends up being an exercise in bureaucratic paperwork taking more resources than providing results. This guided discussion is designed highlight common audit failures and misconceptions while presenting alternative ideas and insights to reinvigorate your company’s internal audits and bring bottom line value.

Speaker: Daniel J. Brown, ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, RAB/QSA Principal Auditor of Quality Management Systems

President of DB Performance Solutions, LLC, Dan has been a quality professional for over thirty (30) years in a variety of industries, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, nuclear suppliers, sales incentives, warehousing/distribution, and machinery rebuilding/repair. He has held a variety of positions, from Technician to owner. He is also Lead Auditor for Eagle Certification Group and the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI). Dan is a Director of the ASQ Chicago Section 1201 and an instructor for their Institute for Quality Control Training.

When: Thursday, November 29^th, 2018

5:50 p.m.: Pre-meeting session (setting up, early networking)

6:00 p.m.: Registration and networking

6:30 p.m.: Dinner

7:30 p.m.: Presentation begins (~ 1 hour, followed by Q&A)

Location:

True BBQ & Whiskey Bar

8940 Calumet Ave.

Munster, IN 46321

(219) 836-2122

Cost: $25.00 (0.5 RU Points)

Menu Selections:

– Chips and Pickles

– Appetizer: House Smoked Pulled Pork Sliders with goat cheese, greens, and a raspberry BBQ sauce

– Side Salad

– Entrees (Choose One): Smoked Beef Brisket, BBQ Grilled Chicken Breast, or Dry Rubbed Atlantic Salmon

– Sides (Choose One): Coleslaw, Yukon Mashed Potatoes, Sautéed Green Beans, or White Cheddar Mac-N-Cheese

– Desserts (Choose One): Peanut Butter Pie or Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

– Beverages (included): diet and non-diet sodas, coffee, iced tea, and hot tea.

– CASH BAR

Please register by end of business day on Wednesday, November 28^th, 2018 at

http://asq-illiana.org/reservations/

October 23, 2018 Dinner Meeting Announcement

Posted on 10/11/18 | Categorized under: General

Measuring What Matters in Healthcare

Carefully-chosen metrics, presented in a meaningful way, are key to creating organizational alignment and increasing staff engagement. To demonstrate, let’s go back to healthcare’s original big data scientist – Florence Nightingale.

Nightingale was a pioneer in the use and visual analysis of data, and her impressive talent emerged following her work in field hospitals during the Crimean War. By providing leaders (thousands of miles away in England) with a better way to understand mortality data and focus on what was important, she sparked unprecedented changes in healthcare delivery and paved the way for evidence-based medicine. In the field of data visualization, the Nightingale Rose – coxcomb as she called it – is still in use.

Even today, in all industries there is much room for improvement in how we collect and present data. Are we measuring what matters, or what is easy to collect? What measurements are staff collecting that were not asked for, or no longer necessary to collect, or lacking a connection to external requirements? It is a business imperative to ensure internal process measurements are clearly connected with stakeholder metrics.

Speaker: Keith H. Poole

Keith Poole, MSQA, is a Leadership Advisor with khrusallis, a High Reliability + Lean business transformation consultancy specializing in healthcare. Keith works closely with senior leadership teams to deploy strategy and create alignment in the organization all the way to front-line staff. Proving once and for all that quality tools are universal, Keith turned a Metallurgical Engineering degree into a successful career in healthcare and has served as a Quality Professional for:

ArcelorMittal – one of the world’s largest steel producers;

Merkle-Korff – a world-wide manufacturer of small electric motors;

Here (formerly NAVTEQ) – the world’s leading digital map provider;

Franciscan Alliance (formerly SSFHS) – mid-sized hospital system in IN and IL;

Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) – largest hospital system in the US;

Vizient (formerly University Healthsystem Consortium) – a member organization and data processor for 120+ major academic medical centers in the US and Canada

Keith’s specialties include: High Reliability, Process Mapping, Process Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, PDCA, PDSA, kata, healthcare, training, team facilitation, project management, root cause analysis, customer experience, voice of the customer, supplier assessment, and more.

When: Tuesday, October 23, 2018

5:50 p.m.: Pre-meeting session (setting up, early networking)

6:00 p.m.: Registration and networking

6:30 p.m.: Dinner

7:30 p.m.: Presentation begins (~ 1 hour, followed by Q&A)

Location:

DOC’s Smokehouse & Craft Bar

1420 Calumet Ave.

Dyer, IN 46311

(219) 262-3627

Cost: $25.00

Menu: Buffet Style Dinner

– Smoked Onion Dip with House cut Chips

– Tossed Salad (Mixed greens, Carrot, Cucumber, Tomato), with Ranch & Balsamic Dressings

– Entrees: Smoked Wings, Smoked & Sliced Turkey, and Smoked Beef Brisket

– Sides: Bacardi Baked Beans, Crispy Brussel Sprouts

– Buns, BBQ Sauces, & Pickles are included.

– Dessert: Jumbo Cookies

– Beverages (included): Non-Alcoholic Beverages included, except coffee (The venue does not carry any coffee products in house).

– CASH BAR

Please register by end of business day on Monday, October 22, 2018

Prep Courses for CQE & CMQ/OE certification

Posted on 07/18/18 | Categorized under: General

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 12TH. Don’t miss this great opportunity!

ASQ Section 1302 is offering prep courses for CQE & CMQ/OE certification. These are fully online classes with learner-learner, learner-faculty, and learner-content interaction and activity.

Classes start the first week of August. For more information, please visit: http://www.asq-1302.org/education-and-training/cqe-test-prep/.

Attached is additional information.

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First Annual Virtual Conference – Blue Ridge Section

Posted on 03/19/18 | Categorized under: General

Click on the following link for information regarding the First Annual Virtual Conference for the Blue Ridge Section.

First Annual Virtual Conference Program

March 20, 2018 Dinner Meeting Information

Posted on 03/5/18 | Categorized under: General

The reliability of your product strongly influences business success, whether you’re making semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, motorcycles, farm equipment, medical devices or kitchen appliances. Reliability analysis can help ensure that a product or process functions as intended throughout its life, making for satisfied customers who provide repeat business and referrals. Dependable products also reduce warranty costs, which can otherwise quickly eat away at profit margins. Various techniques will be presented for evaluating the reliability of your product, process, or system.

Speaker: Erich Gundlach

Erich Gundlach is the Systems Engineer for the US Midwest region for JMP, a business unit of SAS that specializes in data visualization software. Before joining JMP, Erich worked for 13 years as an analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. He has held positions in both quality control and R&D, and he used JMP routinely for statistical quality control, design of experiments, and fitting linear and non-linear models.

He earned a B.S. in biology from Bowling Green State University and a M.S. in chemistry from Ohio State. He completed graduate work in statistics at Purdue University.

When: Tuesday, March 20^th, 2018

5:50 p.m.: Pre-meeting session (setting up, early networking)

6:00 p.m.: Registration and networking

6:30 p.m.: Dinner

7:30 p.m.: Presentation begins

Location:

Theo’s Steaks & Seafood

9144 Indianapolis Boulevard

Highland, IN 46322

(219) 838-8000|

RU Points: 0.3

Cost: $25.00

Please register by end of business day on Monday, March 19, 2018 at

http://asq-illiana.org/reservations/

Hope to see you there!!

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