ASQ e-News: February 2009
In This Edition: Triangle Networking Group (TNG) Event Upcoming Professional Development Dinner Meeting, Plant Tour at Caterpillar, One Day Workshop Seminar: “Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard”, Six Sigma (SIG) February Meeting,
ASQ Events
Registration Required. Please follow the ‘Register Online’ links below.
Inclement weather affecting ASQ Raleigh Events will be posted in real time on the www.asqraleigh.org homepage.
| One Day FREE Career Event, “Expanding Your Career Vision: Emerging Successfully in Challenging Times” | February 16, 2009 | 8:00-4:00 pm | Hope Community Church, Google Map |
Cost: FREE to ASQ-Raleigh members
To register: E-mail patrick.willhite@medel.com, but hurry because space is limited!
Presented by the Triangle Networking Group
Format: A series of five 75-minute presentations to assist those in career transition or re-evaluating their career. Expecting to include a variety of exhibitors providing opportunities, services, and training
Topics:
- Hands-on Networking Workshop to become a more effective networker (70% of all jobs still are found this way)
- Opportunities in Business Ownership - different ways to start-up, risks and advantages of each
- Sales & Marketing tools for the Career Seeker - learn what gets you noticed and how to improve your chances of securing your next job through business practices that work
- Releasing the Entrepreneur Within
- Recruiter Panel Discussion
Full detail is available at: http://www.trianglenetworkinggroup.com/event_main.html
| Professional Development Dinner Meeting | February 18, 2009 | 5:30-7:30 pm | NCSU University Club Google Map |
Speaker: Forrest W. Breyfogle III, CEO and president of Smarter Solutions, Inc.
Topic: “Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard - Introducing the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) System”.
5:30 - 6:00pm Networking
6:00 - 6:30pm Dinner and Announcements ($20 Members & Non-Members / $10 Students) (Register Online)
6:30 - 7:30pm Presentation: Forrest Breyfogle is a Professional Engineer, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and Reliability Engineer, an ASQ Fellow, and serves on the board of advisors for University of Texas Center for Performing Excellence. More recently, Mr. Breyfogle received the 2004 Crosby Medal for his book, Implementing Six Sigma, 2nd edition.
Mr. Breyfogle began his career with IBM in development and later transferred to the product test organization. Within these organizations, he became very interested in the benefits resulting from the wise use of statistical techniques. From 1980 to 1992, Mr. Breyfogle served IBM in applying “Six Sigma methodology” to testing, development, manufacturing, and service organizations.
| Plant Tour - Caterpillar | February 19, 2009 | 8:00-9:45am | Clayton Visitor Center Google Map |
Free ** Due to Space Limits: MEMBERS ONLY EVENT - (Register Online)
8:00 a.m. - Group Arrives at the Clayton Visitor Center. Refreshments will be served. Hats & Name Tags Distributed.
8:15 a.m. - Welcome Presentation
8:30 a.m. - Factory Tour
9:45 a.m. - Wrap-up & Depart
| One Day Workshop Seminar “Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard” | February 19, 2009 | 8:30-4:30 pm | NCSU University Club Google Map |
Cost: $249 members and $299 for nonmembers - (Register Online)
Instructor: Forrest W. Breyfogle III, CEO and president of Smarter Solutions, Inc. (Instructor Bio above)
Are business goals not being met?
Do you have all the right tools, but still find yourself wasting time firefighting the same problems over and over again?
Does your organization simply tell stories when reporting metrics but the metrics don’t seem to be improving?
Are projects either not getting completed or, when completed, don’t seem to impact the bottom-line as much as claimed?
This one-day seminar with renowned Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement expert and author Forrest Breyfogle helps organizations address these issues and more.
Competitive pressures are forcing executives to react faster to changing business conditions and customer requirements. Line managers and decision-makers need to have an efficient and effective system for day-to-day business operation with access to performance metrics that lead to the most appropriate activities. In short, what’s needed is a performance measurement and improvement system to drive financial and operational success: Integrated Enterprise Excellence.
Come learn from Forrest Breyfogle how to address these issues using the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system, which goes beyond Lean Six Sigma and The Balanced Scorecard. IEE helps orchestrate the three R’s of business (everyone doing the Right things and doing them Right at the Right time).
Full detail and brochure is available at: http://www.asqraleigh.org/enrichment/education
| Six Sigma Special Interest Group (SIG) | February 24, 2009 | 6-7:30pm | Nortel Networks Google Map |
Free (Register Online)
Speaker: Robert Guzman, Associate Director - Corporate Quality and Compliance, Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Topic: Process Constraints Analysis and Improvement - Case Study
Robert will present this case study as it relates to the use of DMAIC, capacity constraints, process mapping and analysis, compliance and the transition from R&D to manufacturing.