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Meeting Date: September 13, 2016
The Indianapolis ASQ Section and Singota Solutions invite you to attend a tour of Singota’s headquarters in Bloomington Indiana. After recently announcing a plan for a service expansion and rebranding, the company has transitioned from BioConvergence LLC to Singota Solutions, and will soon begin construction to prepare for aseptic filling operations. The 72,000 sq. ft. facility currently contains a controlled room temperature warehouse, GMP laboratory, and other workspace. 

 

Event Information:
Come hear from Singota Solutions regarding how quality is the central focus for every service the company provides-whether it’s formulation development, GMP testing, labeling and kitting, or storage. Also learn how Singota is taking the next step into aseptic manufacturing, and the state-of-the-art technology it has chosen for this new service. See demonstrations of the equipment and tour the facility. For more information, visit www.singota.com.

 

Location:
Singota Solutions
4320 W. Zenith Drive
Bloomington, IN 47404
 

Meeting Agenda:
5:30 – 6:00 PM Check in – refreshments will be available
6:00 PM Presentation by Singota
6:30 PM Facility tour and discussion
7:30 PM Event concludes

 

Fee: Free

 

Food: Refreshments

 

Parking and Directions:
From I-465 Go South on IN-37. Take the exit from IN-37 South to IN-46 West towards Ellettsville/Spencer. At the first stop light (Curry Pike), turn left.  A mile and a half down the road, At the third stoplight, turn right onto Profile Parkway. This will wind to a stop sign where you will turn right. The red brick facility is the first building on your right.
Park in any space in the front lot and enter through the front main doors.  No special personal protective equipment is required. 

 

The presentations will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m.  Please no cell phones or cameras allowed on the tour.

Meeting Date: March 8, 2016

NOTE: THIS IS BYOD! What is BYOD? Bring Your Own Dinner. We’re trying something new this month, so the normal buffet dinner is not being provided. You’ll notice that the cost is significantly less as well! UIndy has a snack bar and dining hall options in Schwitzer Hall. Check in will also start half an hour later than usual!

Meeting Topic:

You will learn how Total Employee Engagement (TEE) at the Raytheon Indianapolis facility leverages the creativity of employees by empowering them to drive innovation and continuously improve business processes through daily application of lean and Raytheon Six Sigma tools and techniques. All employees, including front line employees, are empowered to identify and solve problems or obstacles to achieving organizational goals. Employees are seen as “problem solvers” and just not as a source of labor.

TEE recognizes that it’s too easily to be caught up in those large, “break-through” innovations and miss the significance of smaller improvement opportunities. TEE harnesses the collective contributions of small incremental implemented improvements to reduce cycle and lead times, improve the bottom line, increase safety, and exceed quality requirements that over time lead to enhanced business results creating a sustainable competitive advantage. Could your organization cultivate strengths of all your people to become stronger and more competitive than those that do not create this advantage?

Program Speakers:

Gene Dunlap, Raytheon Company, Operational Excellence

Mike Terry, Raytheon Company, Operational Excellence

Location:

Room: Schw 013 – This is not one of our normal rooms!

Schwitzer Student Center
University of Indianapolis
1400 Hannah Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

Meeting Agenda:
6:00 PM Check in – This is a new time for this month!

6:30 PM Workshop/Announcements

7:00 PM Speaker

8:00 PM Meeting End

Fee: $5.00 Prepaid / $5.00 at Door CASH/CHECK

Food: Dinner is not provided for this meeting! There are several options within Schwitzer Hall, or feel free to bring your own!

Parking: Parking restrictions in student lots are enforced from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM during academic year. If an area is not marked as a parking stall, it is not intended for parking.

Meeting Date: November 10, 2015
Training Root Cause Analysis to Quality Professionals who “speak the language” is much easier than training those who run when the word “quality” is uttered. However, companies are made up of more individuals who either don’t speak “quality” or are only occasional practitioners.
It is up to the Quality Professional to teach problem solving application of basic quality principles to others within the organization.
The purpose of the session is to assist Quality Professionals in the development of training tools and materials for problem solving and root cause analysis that can be easily adapted to their differing needs. This will be accomplished by presenting some non-traditional case studies to illustrate the power and impact of proper Root Cause Analysis in solving fundamental issues.

Program Speaker:
Julie Congress is the Proprietor at JC Quality Consulting, LLC in Fishers, IN. JC Quality Consulting provides design and implementation of ISO and FDA-based Standards management systems for a variety of service, manufacturing, medical device and military organizations. Julie brings over 25 years of experience in implementation, problem solving and lean and six sigma tools and methods. Julie is active in the ISO 9001 Technical Advisory Group 176, ASQ CMQ/OE Certification Board and ASQ Biomedical Division. Julie has been a speaker at ASQ Division and section conferences, local section meetings and WCQI

Location:

Room: UIndy Hall B
Schwitzer Student Center
University of Indianapolis
1400 Hannah Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

Meeting Agenda:

5:30 PM Check in
5:45 PM Workshop
6:00 PM Announcements/Dinner
7:00 PM Speaker
8:00 PM Meeting End

Fee: $12.00 Prepaid / $15.00 at Door CASH/CHECK
Food: Dinner is served buffet style with vegetarian and fresh fruits/salads available.
Parking: Parking restrictions in student lots are enforced from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM during academic year. If an area is not marked as a parking stall, it is not intended for parking.

Meeting Date: September 8, 2015
Come ready for an interactive multi-media presentation where Nick will discuss root cause and corrective action principles transferrable to almost any industry. As part of his presentation, Nick will share compelling case histories and insights from over 25 years of failure analysis experience in the Defense and Aerospace industry!
Program Speaker:
Nick Warren has been the featured speaker at a number of ASQ chapters in the Midwest (including the Indianapolis chapter), discussing Root Cause Failure Analysis and the importance of understanding the Physics of Failure when solving problems in industry. For those unfamiliar with this topic, the analytical instrumentation and disciplined approach of Failure Analysis is similar to what is seen in the popular TV series CSI. Nick’s lab does not solve crimes against humanity like CSI. Instead, they solve the most challenging technical problems found in industry!

Come ready for an interactive multi-media presentation where Nick will share compelling case histories and insights from over 25 years of experience! As time permits, Nick will field your most difficult questions regarding component failures (material, mechanical and electrical). This presentation will be technically informative for those working in the quality, procurement, manufacturing, design, component, and process engineering disciplines.

Location:

Room: UIndy Hall B
Schwitzer Student Center
University of Indianapolis
1400 Hannah Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

Meeting Agenda:

5:30 PM Check In
6:00 PM Announcements/Dinner
7:00 PM Speaker
8:00 PM Meeting End

Fee: $12.00 Prepaid / $15.00 at Door CASH/CHECK

Food: Dinner is served buffet style with vegetarian and fresh fruits/salads available.

Parking: Parking restrictions in student lots are enforced from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM during academic year. If an area is not marked as a parking stall, it is not intended for parking.

 

Meeting Date: August 11, 2015
The rate of change in healthcare has done everything but slow down over the last few years. More than ever, the ability to adapt to change has become foundational in modern-day healthcare strategy development and deployment.
In the current environment that healthcare operates in, concepts like strategy activation, talent management, and change leadership have grown tenfold. This presentation discusses the high-level strategic model of Community Health Network’s Performance Improvement program and how Community is using Lean Six Sigma to keep pace with the rapid changes in healthcare. Additionally, the speakers will highlight strategies to implement Lean Six Sigma thinking in your organization.

Program Speaker:
Tom West, MBB, PMP – Performance Improvement, Community Health Network
Sarah Helms, PMP – Performance Improvement, Community Health Network

Location:

Room: UIndy Hall B
Schwitzer Student Center
University of Indianapolis
1400 Hannah Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

Meeting Agenda:

5:30 PM Check In
6:00 PM Announcements/Dinner
7:00 PM Speaker
8:00 PM Meeting End

Fee: $12.00 Prepaid / $15.00 at Door CASH/CHECK

Food: Dinner is served buffet style with vegetarian and fresh fruits/salads available.

Parking: Parking restrictions in student lots are enforced from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM during academic year. If an area is not marked as a parking stall, it is not intended for parking.