ASQ Golden Spike Section 0620
Golden Spike Section 0620 of The American Society For Quality
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Certification Congratulations for Golden Spike Members
Posted on November 22nd, 2010 No commentsCongratulations to the following members for passing their certification exams in October:
Name/Exam
Mat J. Olsen - Certified Quality Inspector
Tiandra Sazama - Certified Quality Inspector
Vaughn J. Heslop - Certified Reliability Engineer
Elodie Cadence - Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence
Theresa A. Kerrigan - Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence -
November Meeting – Tour of Inovar, inc of Logan.
Posted on October 28th, 2010 No commentsTitle: November Meeting – Tour of Inovar, inc of Logan.
Location: Inovar; 1073 West 1700 North in Logan
Description: Great opportunity to tour Inovar and see first hand their manufacturing operations.
Cost: $17 for dinner/meeting, $5 for meeting /no dinner,
Student Cost: $12 for dinner and the meeting is free.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-11-11
End Time: 20:00Work Shop Teaser: During the visit, we will review the business model that has helped Inovar to be recognized as one of Utah’s top 100 fastest growing companies for an unmatched 9 years in a row. Inovar is a privately held contract electronics manufacturing service provider that serves customers in multiple industries (e.g. military/defense, medical, aerospace, commercial, etc). Through this tour, you will experience the Inovar difference and have the opportunity to tour our manufacturing operations first hand.
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Christmas Social - Mystery Dinner Theater
Posted on October 19th, 2010 No commentsTitle: Christmas Social - Mystery Dinner Theater
Location: Boccia’s Restaurant, 1045 Washington Blvd, Ogden
Description: Join us for our Christmas Social at Boccia’s. Mystery dinner theater with prizes and lots of fun!
Cost: $25/person on or before November 12th, $30/person after. We are offering the reduced rate of $20 per person until Friday Nov. 3rd.
Reservations accepted through December 3rd only!
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2010-12-09
End Time: 21:00Italian Buffet dinner: choice of entrée, salad, breadsticks, beverage.
Join us for a great night of fun and prizes.
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October Monthly Dinner Meeting - Ray Hanson \”Mission / Project Scope Statements that Work - Really!\”
Posted on September 16th, 2010 No commentsTitle: October Monthly Dinner Meeting - Ray Hanson “Mission / Project Scope Statements that Work - Really!”
Location: Bella’s Mexican Restaurant, 2651 N 1850 W, Farr West, I15 exit 349
Description: Add a huge success factor to the management of your projects.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-10-14
End Time: 21:00Dinner at 6pm / Meeting at 6:30pm
Cost: $17.50 for dinner and meeting - $7.50 meeting only (students free for meeting and $12 for dinner)
Two choice Mexican dinner with chips and salsa
Project Scope/Mission Statements That Work - Really!
Quality Basics - Best Practices
Workshop Teaser
So, there’s a problem at work, and you’ve been asked to participate as a member of a task force charged with “getting it fixed.”
A decent Root Cause Analysis has already been completed. However, the elements of a Corrective Action Plan are not readily obvious to all participants - who have a wide variety of backgrounds and points of view. No consensus seems to be forming.
Your sensitivity to group dynamics tells you the group is unlikely to ever really agree on, and get behind, the “HOW” (the “DO” of PDCA) until they agree on “WHAT” they ultimately want to accomplish — the “Plan” of PDCA, or the “Define” phase of DMAIC.
But you’re not sure what method to use to clarify and achieve genuine alignment quickly enough to hold everyone’s attention…, unless you attended the October Golden Spike dinner meeting, where you learned a low-risk technique for creating powerful Project Scopes or Mission Statements that will enable you to focus everyone on a common goal in less than an hour.
This is the same workshop that was presented in 2009 at the Audit Division Conference in Tucson and in March of 2010 at the Quality Management Division Conference in New Orleans, and was also featured in the May-June issue of The Auditor.
Presenter Information:
Raymond L. Hanson brings a passion for optimizing performance, and over 30 years of broad business experience, to the organizations with which he is involved.
After earning a degree in Chemistry and an MBA in Finance and Systems from Brigham Young University, he worked in commercial equipment lending for six years with Fortune 100 companies, including Citicorp, Wells Fargo, and GE Capital.
Subsequent to perfecting a streamlined strategic business planning process at a Fortune 50 computer manufacturer, Mr. Hanson used the process as the basis of a strategic planning consulting practice for eight years. In all, he worked closely with over 70 organizations, in all states of business health and stages of growth - with most of them going on to achieve outstanding results.
Ray worked for seven years as the quality manager (Continuous Improvement Facilitator), lead internal quality auditor, and de-facto ISO Management Rep, for a former client, WesTech Engineering - an ISO 9001:2008-certified environmental process equipment designer and manufacturer headquartered in Salt Lake. He is currently their Lean Implementation Coach. Mr. Hanson has done post-graduate work in Decision Support Systems, as well as Strategic Management, at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
He holds CMQ/OE and CQA designations from ASQ, is current Chair for ASQ section 0615 in Salt Lake, and is a participating member of TC 176, the group responsible for the next version of ISO 9001.
AUTO CONFIRMATION IS NOT CURRENTLY WORKING CORRECTLY. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN AUTO CONFIRMATION ERROR MESSAGE, HOWEVER YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED.
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September Dinner Meeting - Mckay Dee Hospital
Posted on August 31st, 2010 No commentsTitle: September Dinner Meeting - Mckay Dee Hospital
Location: 4401 Harrison Boulevard, Ogden (in the cafeteria area)
Description: Come see how McKay Dee Hospital defines quality and what they do to measure it. Learn their approach to implementing the concepts of Lean within the healthcare field.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-09-09
End Time: 20:30Dinner: Chicken kabob, lemon rice, pita bread, potatoes
Cost: $12.00 dinner and meeting ($8 for college students with student ID), $5 meeting only (free for college students with student ID)
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June Monthly Dinner Meeting - TRIZ - The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
Posted on May 28th, 2010 No commentsTitle: June Monthly Dinner Meeting - TRIZ - The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
Location: Autoliv, 1000 W 3300 S, Ogden (31st Street exit off I-15)
Cost: $15/person with dinner or $7.50/person meeting onlyDinner: BBQ pork and beef brisket sandwhiches, dutch oven chicken, potato, salad, drink
Date: 2010-06-10
Start Time: 18:00
End Time: 20:30TRIZ Basics, One Company’s Experience
Description: TRIZ is powerful! TRIZ works! TRIZ is used at many world class companies. Come see what TRIZ has to offer you and your organization
Program Outline:
This presentation will provide an overview of the basics of TRIZ and how it can be used in business and personal situations to arrive at “Inventive Solutions”. Real world examples and the results from one company’s efforts and experiences to date in implementing this tool will be presented, followed by a question and answer session.
Our presenter, Rick Gour, graduated Cum Laude from Weber State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. Rick began his career as an Industrial Engineer with Morton Thiokol, and continued his Aerospace experience with Hughes Aircraft Company as a Manufacturing Engineer and Program Manager.
He has held positions of increasing responsibility, working on a variety of projects in the Aerospace and Automotive industries including Manager of Value Engineering for TRW Automotive, where he focused on implementing Value Engineering on future products. Rick is currently Director of Quality at Inovar, a contract electronics manufacturer located in Logan, Utah.
Rick is a Six Sigma Black Belt, a Pretium Certified TRIZ Master Black Belt and a SAVE International certified Associate Value Specialist.
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May Monthly Dinner Meeting - Past & Future with Raving Fans Activity
Posted on April 29th, 2010 No commentsTitle: May Dinner Meeting - Past & Future Featuring “Raving Fans” Activity by Pinnacle Security Systems
Location: BATC - Brigham City Campus, 325 W 1100 S, Brigham City, Main Conference RoomDate: May 13, 2010
Time: 6pm - 7:30pm (Dinner: 6pm, Meeting begins at 6:30 pm sharp)
Dinner: Fajita Bar including sides, chips and salsa, drink and dessertCost: $15/person with meal; no charge for meeting alone
You MUST register online and, if eating, pay online in order to attend the event. It is important to have accurate headcounts for our events. Registration and payments MUST be received no later than 5pm on Tuesday, May 11th.
Description:
First on the agenda is a celebration of the history of the Golden Spike Section of the ASQ. We expect to have many of our past leadership in attendance. They created the organization we get the benefits from so please come and help thank them.
“The Raving Fan”
After celebrating our past we will start the planning for next year. Join Aaron Loftus, a customer service facilitator from Pinnacle Security Systems in Orem Utah, as he helps us understand what it takes to create “Raving Fans” (that’s you, the members) for our section.
Pinnacle Security Systems is one of the largest home security systems providers in the United States. Their vision is offer world class customer service that ultimately builds a customer base of not just satisfied customers, but loyal customers who are raving fans of their services and brand. They strive to do this by offering exceptional service during every interaction with their customer. Their goal is to not just to meet their customers needs, but exceed their expectations and give them a story to tell.
After his short presentation Aaron will facilitate us through an exercise intended to understand the Golden Spike membership needs. Your membership will use this information to strengthen our service to you, our members.
The Drawing…
At the end of the evening we will draw to see who will receive the all expense paid trip to Washington DC and visit to the NIST laboratories. Even though you do not have to be present to win come join the excitement as your section provides such an exciting opportunity to one lucky member.
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April April Monthly Dinner Event - Tour of JD Machine
Posted on March 30th, 2010 No commentsTitle: April Meeting - Tour of JD Machine
Location: 1600 W (Parkland Dr) 2744 N, OgdenDate: April 8, 2010
Time: Dinner: 6pm, Tour: 6:45 pm - 8:30pm
Description:The meal this month will be Wraps, Salad, Dessert and Drinks from Bistro 258 in Ogden
The cost for this months meeting is: $15 with meal, $7.50 meeting only.
This month we are going to tour JD Machine in their new facility in North Ogden. “JDPS”is the JD Production System which is a comprehensive production system based on employee involvement, lean manufacturing principles, reporting and accountability and continuous improvement. Their Lean journey started back in 1999 and now they are actively pursuing the Shingo Prize for Excellence. To be awarded the Shingo Prize for Excellence you must reduce quality defect levels by 50% or more each year, increase productivity by a similar amount and demonstrate how these metrics positively impact your profitability. In this tour you can expect an extraordinary view of what quality and continuous improvement looks like in a small organization.
Even though “clean and organized” is not what we usually associate with a machine shop JD Machine will surprise you when you see the result of focusing on waste elimination. JD Machine is a professional machine shop that uses workplace organization as a foundational tool to implement a world class quality system. The Golden Spike section regularly tours some very progressive shops that use the Lean Philosophy to create a world class organization. This is the first time we have toured JD Machine but you can expect this tour will be in high demand in the future. You won’t want to miss this one.
JD Machine is registered to the ISO9001 and AS9100 quality systems and has experienced significant growth receiving “Utah’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies” award for three consecutive years and “Small Business Subcontractor of the Year Award”.
RSVP and Pay Now now to assure you get your seat as space is limited and we expect it will fill fast. Only 45 places are available. Only reservations for current members will be accepted through Sunday, April 4th; non-members may make reservations beginning on April 5th. No reservations after 5pm on April 6th in order to accommodate food ordering.
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CMQ/OE Certification Class
Posted on February 5th, 2010 No commentsTitle: CMQ/OE Certification Class
Location: WSU Davis Campus, 2750 North University Pkwy, Layton         Room 105
Description: CMQ/OE Certification Exam Prep ClassDates: Monday, February 22 through April 26Â (Every Monday night)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Exam:Â May 1, 2010
Start Time: 6:00pm
End Time: 9:00 pmBack by popular demand!!! Due to the popularity of the Certified Quality Auditor and Certified Quality Engineer certification exam prep classes held last year, ASQ Golden Spike Section is offering the Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) certification exam prep class beginning in February. As a benefit to its members and local businesses, and thanks to section member John Lee of Alpha QC, the section is offering the class at next to no cost to its members. The only cost will be the price of purchasing the primer for the class ($75 plus shipping) and the cost of the exam. Compared to the $500-$600 cost of the typical prep class, this offer is a steal! At this rate, you can’t afford not to invest in yourself or your employees. John is one of the best resources for local certification training. The class you will receive is the exact same class that is offered at Weber State. Don’t miss out on this opportunity.
ASQ certifications provide the quality professional with evidence that he/she has the skills and knowledge to take their organizations to the next level in quality; a must for competitive advantage. In today’s competitive market, employers are insisting that new hires and existing employees obtain their certifications. Employers understand that ASQ certifications are based on a Body of Knowledge created by leading industry experts which contain the key to unlocking the knowledge that their organization needs in order to stay competitive in today’s markets. Individuals in the market for new employment are quickly realizing that ASQ certification is what is setting some applicants apart from the hundreds of others that apply for each position.
There are three stipulations for participating in this class:
1. Participants MUST be members of the Golden Spike Section (or pay $100 if you are a member of another section). Sign up at http://www.asq.org/membership/members/your-benefits.html
2. Participants MUST commit to taking (and paying for) the certification exam on May 1st (Participants MUST apply for and show evidence of exam application on or before the first day of class). DO NOT APPLY ONLINE AT ASQ FOR THIS EXAM. THIS EXAM WILL BE A SPECIAL EXAM JUST FOR THE GOLDEN SPIKE SECTION. PRINT OFF THE APPLICATION FORM AND EITHER SEND TO MARY MARTIN VIA E-MAIL AT (MMARTIN@ASQ.ORG) OR FAX: 1-414-298-2500Â
3.  Participants must purchase a CMQ/OE primer from the Quality Council of Indiana to use during class (http://www.qualitycouncil.com/cmq_p.asp).
Reserve your seat in this class by reserving below by February 17th. Order your books immediately in order to get them delivered in time for the class to begin.
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March Dinner Meeting - Theory of Constraints with Scott Jensen
Posted on January 16th, 2010 No comments
President / CEO Control-Point-Technologies
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Title:Â Theory of Constraints
When:Â March 11, 2010
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Where:Â BATC - 335 W 1100 S, Brigham City
Dinner:Â Fried Chicken, Cole Slaw, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Rolls, Drink
Cost:Â $15/person (Dinner and Presentation) or $10/person (Presentation Only)
Scott Jensen is the President and CEO of Control-Point-Technologies. The author of several articles on the Continuous Improvement methods, Scott Jensen is recognized as one of Utah’s foremost experts and implementers of the TOC body of knowledge and one of the nations chief promoters. With over 25 years of industry experience, Scott’s career has been divided between management, teaching, and consulting roles. Now, in a teaching and consulting role at Weber State University and Control Point Technologies, Scott’s areas of specialty include constraints management and lean manufacturing.
Many organizations struggle with their continuous improvement efforts. Achieving real bottom line results, whether in cost savings or increased revenues, has proven to be difficult. In spite of the widespread implementation of Lean and Six Sigma principles, poor results can persist. An integration of three methods, TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma (The TLS process) can generate 5 to 10 times better performance than Lean or Six Sigma alone. In this session, Scott will explain some of the reasons why, and how using these three synergistic methods together can transform your system into a competitive weapon! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn what your Lean or Six Sigma initiatives might be missing.
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