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2008 Programs

Date Day Location Program
January 10 Thurs Phoenix Seeing Your Way to Quality Improvement
(A Case Study with Data Support)


Jami Hampton, JMP Systems Engineer,
SAS Institute.
Febuary 14 Thurs Phoenix Goal Sharing

2008 Arizona State Quality Award
Showcase In Excellence Award Recipient
Sonora Quest Laboratories
March 13 Thurs Phoenix Design of Experiments (DOE)

Dr. Douglas Montgomery, Regents Professor, Arizona State University.

Additional Free DOE Seminar on
March 14, 2008
presented by SAS Institute

Why DOE? . . .video podcast. . .

Practical Application of DOE. . .

ASQ members receive free book "Introduction to Design of Experiments with JMP Examples". Identify "ASQ" when register in question - How did you hear about this Seminar? Anyone submits the registration can download 2 free chapters, but only ASQ members will get the free hard copy book.
April 10 Thurs Phoenix   From Quality to Excellence

Lisa Hershman
May 8 Thurs Phoenix   Dynamic Leadership Solutions, Inc.
Building Your Business Through Effective Meetings

Rachel Bohl, President
June 12 Thurs Phoenix   Change Management Best Practices

Carla C. Carter CPT, PMP
July 10 Thurs Phoenix  TBD
TBD
August 14 Thurs Phoenix  TBD
TBD
September 11 Thurs Phoenix Practical Approaches to Root Cause Analysis
Interactive Workshop
Utilizing 5 Why, Fishbone, and 8D Methods


Joe Kipling & Jack Hamilton,
EAGLE Registrations Inc.
October 9 Thurs Phoenix  TBD
TBD
November 13 Thurs Phoenix  TBD
TBD
December 11 Thurs Phoenix  TBD
TBD

2007 Programs

Date Day Location Program
January 11 Thurs Phoenix  Medtronic Lean Sigma Successes
Virgina Connolly. P.E.
February 8 Thurs Phoenix

Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive & Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Vinay Goyal, Beckman Coulter Inc.
 

Material Declaration & Data Collection for RoHS

Larry Yen, Pacific Oaks Technology 

March 8 Thurs Phoenix
April 12 Thurs Phoenix

 Strategic Six Sigma
Robert Carter
 http://www.in2thestratosphere.com

May 10 Thurs Phoenix 2007 AZ State Quality Awards Program (Malcom Baldrige)

 

June 14 Thurs Phoenix

Anton G. Camarota

“The Power of Positive Change”

July 12 Thurs Phoenix

Holly Duckworth, ASQ Director - Region 7
ASQ’s Value to You

August 9 Thurs Phoenix

Scott Pletzer, President
CARZER Technologies, LLC
ISO 13485 Medical Device Standard

September 13 Thurs Phoenix

Thomas R. Axon, Principal Engr & Sr Level GDTP Certified, Honeywell
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

September 29 Sat Casa Grande

Second Annual Southwestern
Conference:

Key Note
Define Phase
Measure Phase
Analyze Phase
Improve Phase
Control Phase

 

October 11 Thurs Phoenix

Bob Reary, HealthTOC
Making Healthcare Better

November 8 Thurs Phoenix

 

Bill Boryshuk and John Little
Arizona MEP Growing Arizona’s Businesses

 

December 13 TThurs Phoenix

Erik V. Myhrberg, CEO, Moorhill International Group, Inc.,
and
Rudy Hacker, Operational Excellence Manager, Intel Corp.

180 Degrees of Change – Looking Back, Looking Forward

Presentation   ::   Download Movie

2006 Programs

Date Day Location Program
January Thurs Phoenix "Compliance and Auditing in Law Enforcement"

by Mitch Kelsey, Glendale Police Department

February Thurs Phoenix ISO 14001 History, Standard Content overview – intermediate level, The Registration Process, Benefits of doing ISO 14001, Implementation and integration with other ISO standards
March Thurs Phoenix Black Belt Success: It’s Not About the Stats - Delivering a Recipe for Improving Black Belt Influence
April Thurs Phoenix

 “Improving Speed & Consistency of Processes: A Hands-On Workshop”

Participants will become familiar with and empirically experience the concepts of Lean Six Sigma; bottleneck analysis and elimination; just-in-time and pull systems; minimization of waste, inventory and work-in-process; standard work processes; and applications of Little’s Law for process improvement while in a hands-on workshop.

 

May Thurs Phoenix

Medical Products Launch Process (MPLP)
by
Ali R. Hobeheidar, President and CEO,
QS One Inc.

June Thurs Phoenix
Applying Continuous Improvement to Transactional Business Operations

by Rudy Hacker, Manager,
Operational Excellence
July Thurs Phoenix

The Sonora Quest experience in the pursuit of Quality

Camy Goebel-Rush

 
August Thurs Phoenix

Implementing Core Values
Keenan L. Evans, Ph. D., ON Semiconductors

September Thurs Phoenix
October Thurs Phoenix Todd King, VitalSmarts
October Sat. Casa Grande Southwest Regional Conference
November Thurs Phoenix

Bob Dovich

 

December Thurs Phoenix

Collaborative SPC for Entire Value Chain
Douglas C. Fair, Vice President, Statistical Applications, InfinityQS

 

2005 Programs

Date Day Location Workshop Program
January Thurs Phoenix None

"Lean Thinking Applied to Healthcare"

Sylvia Bushell, Organizational Effectiveness Consultant


by Scottsdale Healthcare

February Thurs Phoenix None SWOT Analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats)
March Thurs Phoenix None Lean Manufacturing Applied to Healthcare

by Donna Passante, Mayo Clinic

April Thurs Phoenix None Nondestructive Testing (NDT)

by William (Bill) Spaulding, Honeywell

May Thurs Phoenix None Change Management for Projects
&/or
Implementing Six Sigma Initiative

by Janet Young

June Thurs Phoenix ASQ Certification Workshop

By Dennis DiPasqual

"A Roadmap For Change “ 

by  F. Tedesco, VP Juran Institute

Joint networking meeting with Arizona Quality Alliance

July Thurs Phoenix None DFMA-Design for Manufacture and Assembly

by Dr. Shin Ta Liu

August Thurs Phoenix None Risk, Auditing, and Improvement in a Changing Business Climate

by Richard (Dick) A. Gould

September Thurs Phoenix None Root cause/corrective action

by Andrew Fienberg, ON semiconductor

October Thurs Phoenix None

The New Frontiers of Quality

 

Anton G. Camarota, President of the ISO Coach

November Thurs Phoenix None Improving Quality Using Business Acumen

Celeste Null

December Thurs Phoenix None "A Philosophy On Quality:  Trust But Verify", Quality in the Military

Walt Hokett, Honeywell Aerospace

2004Programs

Date
Day
Location
Workshop
Program
January
Thurs
Phoenix

 None

Quality: Making a Difference in People’s Lives Through Excellent Pati