October 2016 IndyASQ Dinner Event

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Meeting Date: October 11, 2016
Event Title: Listen to Your Customers; But Don’t Believe Everything They Tell You
Workshop: TBD
Fee: $12.00 Prepaid / $15.00 at Door CASH/CHECK

Topic Description:
In the quality profession, we are trained that the essence of quality is meeting or exceeding customer requirements. And who should know more about customer requirements than customers? So all we have to do is ask them what they want or need, right? This presentation will explain why that may not always be true, and what you can do to try to ensure you learn what customers really need.

Program Speaker:
Harry Rowe spent almost forty years working for a Fortune 100 manufacturing company, with assignments in Engineering and Construction, Computer Systems, R&D, Quality, and Product Development in businesses ranging from alumina refining and aluminum smelting to aluminum and plastic packaging to custom engineer-to-order machinery. After retiring, he founded Rowe Quality Services, hoping to help small and medium businesses improve their bottom lines by improving product and service quality and process performance. He has served as the Voice of the Customer Chair for ASQ Section 0903 in Indianapolis since 2011. He was a member of ASQ’s Voice of the Customer Committee from January 2013 and its Chair from January 2015 until stepping down from the Committee in August 2016. He is an ASQ Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence. Harry holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He resides in Indianapolis with his wife Susie.

Location:
Schwitzer Student Center (Trustee Dining Room)
University of Indianapolis
1400 Hannah Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227

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

Dinner Menu:
Salads: Spinach and strawberry salad, Mixed green salad
Sides: Green bean almandine, Baby carrots, Rice pilaf
Entrees: Baked cod, Sweet corn soufflé

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.

Review of September 2016 Tour of Singota Solutions

A comment from Theresa Smith who attended the September 2016 Tour of Singota Solutions:

“The Sept 13 Indy ASQ meeting was excellent. We toured Singota Solutions, whose primary business is offering outsourcing partnerships to the pharmaceutical and life science industries. It was fascinating to witness their labs, storage warehouses, and testing capabilities. The Singota team was nice, answering all questions and demonstrating strong competencies. This was definitely worth the drive to Bloomington!”

We love hearing feedback from those who attend our tours and dinner events! Your feedback helps us to improve our future offerings to you!

2016 Inspection Division Conference – Florence, KY

Conference Dates: September 29-30, 2016
The Indianapolis ASQ Section and Inspection division invite you to attend the 2016 Inspection Division Conference in Florence Kentucky.   The conference will be held at American National University in Florence Kentucky.

Event Information:
This is a two day conference focused on inspection.  The cost is 1 day for $200 or full conference (2 day) for $300. Which is a great value!

Register: http://asq.org/java_members/calendar/displayEvent.jsp?event_id=14149

Flyer:Inspection Division 2016 Conference Flyer

Questions:  Feel free to contact asqinspect@gmail.com or vice.chair@indyasq.org for more information.

September 2016 IndyASQ Event – Tour of Singota Solutions

 

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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.

ASQ Quality Management Division Offers Webinars

CorrectSPC: The Correct Use of Non-Shewhart SPC in Precision Machining

Joint Webinar with the Automotive Division

Date: August 1, 2016
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM EDT
Presenter: Bob Doering
This presentation is very controversial, as it destroys the myth of the normal curve in precision machining! It goes into the correct distribution, and the proper setup of control charts that allow absolute control of the process! It covers how Cpk’s cannot be calculated for precision diameters and lengths – because the distribution is non-normal (see AIAG PPAP 4th edition 2.2.11.5, NOTE), and how compressing control limits increases variation, and is not continuous improvement! It sounds like blasphemy, but it is all true – and once you see the facts, it is impossible to argue!

BOB DOERING has been in the quality field for over 20 years. He is currently a quality engineer for an automotive component manufacturing firm, as well as a consultant in SPC, Metrology and Quality Concepts training. He holds associates degrees from Lorain County Community College of Elyria, Ohio and The University of Akron of Akron, Ohio; BA in Business and MBA in Systems Management from Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio.
Please use this link to register for this webinar:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1244861943345967362
Webinar ID: 155-873-227

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Understanding and Applying the Kano Model
Joint Webinar with the Education Division

Dates: 8/31; 9/28; 10/26; 12/7/2016
Time: 5:00 pm ET/ 4:00 pm CT/ 3:00 pm MT/ 2:00 pm PT
Presenter: Deborah Hopen

First Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Duration: 1.5 hours
Session #1: Understanding the Kano Model
Abstract: This first session will focus on describing the Kano Model—its axes and the information that is plotted on them, as well as their interpretation and application to product/service design and improvement. The session will address all the basic conceptual aspects of the Kano Model, and it offers an introduction to this valuable tool. The contents of this webinar will be sufficient for participants who are unfamiliar with the model to gain basic understanding, those who need to refresh their understanding of the Model, or those who are planning to continue with the webinar series and learn how to conduct, analyze, and interpret Kano data.
Please use this link to register for this webinar:
Registration link URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1134563333928579331
Webinar ID: 123-659-427

After registering for each webinar, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.

Second Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Duration: 1 hour
Session #2: Applying the Kano Model (Part 1)
Abstract: This session will provide a high-level view of the process used to conduct, analyze, and interpret a Kano study. The challenges associated with this approach will be presented along with methods for dealing with them. A case study-based exercise will be used to give participants a hands-on opportunity to practice determining what product/service features should be investigated, based on information obtained from a variety of data and feedback sources.
Please use this link to register for this webinar:
Registration link URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6292331697895612675
Webinar ID: 125-804-907

After registering for each webinar, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.
Third Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour
Session #3: Applying the Kano Model (Part 2)
Abstract: This session will continue the discussion, moving from the procedure for identifying product/service features to be considered in the Kano analysis to writing survey questions in the specific Kano format to gather customer input on the selected features. The case study exercise will be carried forward from the previous session, providing initial information for practice. This session also will demonstrate the tabulation process for customers’ responses to Kano survey questions.
Please use this link to register for this webinar:
Registration link URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4793741329702065923
Webinar ID: 128-442-459

After registering for each webinar, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.

Fourth Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Duration: 1 hour
Session #4: Applying the Kano Model (Part 3)
Abstract: This session will pick up the previous case study, and participants will learn how to transform the respondents’ tallied data into specific metrics that can be plotted on the Kano Model. The results from the previous case study work will be displayed, and they will be used to teach how to interpret the findings. A discussion of longitudinal use of Kano analysis also will be conducted so that participants understand how organizations can detect when customers’ perspectives of product/service features have changed.
Please use this link to register for this webinar:
Registration link URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/69545675513051356195
Webinar ID: 129-287-827

After registering for each webinar, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.

DEBORAH HOPEN, Deborah has over 40 years of experience in total quality management. She has served as a senior executive with both Fortune and Inc 500 companies. Her varied experience includes time spent in general management, quality assurance and quality control, training, human resources, organization development, research and development, process engineering, and accounting.
From July 1995 through June 1997, she served as President and Chairman of the American Society for Quality. She also has served as President of the Washington State Quality Award Program and the International Standards Initiative, as well as being involved as a leader with numerous Washington State cultural and charitable organizations. Hopen is a Fellow of ASQ and is the editor of ASQ’s Journal for Quality and Participation.
In 2015, she was recognized with the Asia Pacific Quality Organization’s Miflora M. Gatchalian Medal for Women in Global Quality Leadership. She was a 2014 recipient of the ASQ Distinguished Service Medal. In 2011 she received ASQ’s Gryna Award, its Quality Management Division’s Roger Berger Spirit Award, and its Los Angeles Section’s Simon Collier Award. She also received the APQC C. Jackson Grayson Distinguished Pioneer of Quality Award in 2012.
In addition to being the author of more than 200 publications and presentations, she has taught statistics and statistical process control, quality management, production management, and production costing at the university level. She has a B.S. in Applied Science. Since then she has completed advanced studies in business administration, industrial and clinical psychology, and operations research. She was a Certified Quality Engineer for over 15 years and is recognized as a LSS Master Black Belt. Her consulting list includes clients from the manufacturing, service, military, government, healthcare, education, and not-for-profit sectors.

A Random Talk On Quality
Joint Webinar with ASQ Section 411

Date: 10/13/2016
Time: 7:00 pm AT/ 8:00 pm ET/ 9:00 pm CT/ 10:00 pm MT/ 11:00 pm PT
Presenter: Douglas Wood

This one hour session takes you on an audience-directed stroll through topics related to quality, communication, and institutional difficulties. This is a look at the soft side of quality, performed in a creative manner that you probably have never seen before. Sometimes all we need is a twist to our outlook to make a difference, to reach a new level of commitment to improvement. Rather than focus on a single topic, this fast moving talk engages participants by asking them to listen and think. The slides are limited, to allow freer thinking. Participants choose the very order of (up to) 16 subjects based on visual hints, avoiding the usual ‘death by PowerPoint’ scenario.
This talk is a creative attempt to look at where we are and how we got here. Where may we go if we take hold of our future and make something of it?

Please use this link to register for this webinar:
Registration link URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/922740220679271171
Webinar ID: 158-720-643
Douglas Wood has taught over 100 classes in Root Cause Analysis, Performance Measurement, preparation for ASQ certifications in quality management and engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, Cost of Quality, Statistics, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Inspection and Supplier Quality Control. His educational approach is one that provides interesting and applicable stories to show why the key points in the class are important.
Mr. Wood has been an examiner with the Kansas and the Missouri quality awards, and authored “The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing Quality Cost Programs”, (ASQ Press 2007); edited “Principles of Quality Cost: Financial Measures for Strategic Implementation of Quality Management” 4th ed. (ASQ Press 2013). He also contributed to the Certified Manager of Quality/ Organizational Excellence Handbook 4th Edition (ASQ Press, 2014).
He has more 30 years of experience in industrial engineering and quality. His company’s website is www.dcwoodconsulting.com.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Upcoming Member Webinars

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In an effort to help members fully understand the benefits of their membership and the opportunities available to participate in technical communities, the ASQ Technical Communities Council (TCC) is sponsoring a series of special webinar presentations. Each webinar will highlight a division and its contribution to the global quality community. All member leaders are welcome to attend and can help raise awareness of these free webinars by distributing this information to members.

August featured division: Quality Management Division
Date: August 9, 2016
Time: Noon – 1pm EDT
Register Here
Registered attendees will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

If you have any questions about the upcoming webinar or the series, please contact David Auda at david.auda@volvo.com. Thank you in advance for your assistance in sharing this information.

Sent by Community Development, on behalf of;
David Auda, CRE, CMQ/OE
TCC Effective Practices Committee Chair
david.auda@volvo.com

August 2016 IndyASQ Dinner Meeting – Teaching an Old FMEA New Tricks

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Meeting Date: August 9, 2016
Event Title: Teaching an Old FMEA New Tricks (Presented at the 2016 World Conference on Quality and Improvement)
Workshop: ASQ Recertification Hints from Lou Ripberger


Topic Description:
Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, or the FMEA, is a popular risk assessment tool used to manage potential risk in processes and designs. Not surprisingly, there may be failure modes associated with the activity of conducting an FMEA. Accurate results require accurate input rankings; however, complete and accurate information is not always available. When FMEA input rankings are based on collective intelligence that are skill-based and/or sometimes subjective, there needs to be a method of assessing the sensitivity of prioritized risk values associated with ranking uncertainty. This presentation will describe several potential failure modes associated with the activity of conducting an FMEA along with a simple method to assess the sensitivity of the Risk Priority Number to input rankings.
Learning Objectives:
• Learn potential failure modes associated with conducting the FMEA
• Understand why some RPN values are more sensitive to error than others
• Learn how to perform sensitivity analysis of RPN values for better decision making
• Learn how to update the standard FMEA template in order to measure marginal risk values


Program Speaker:
Eugene Bukowski is a senior engineering manager at General Electric Healthcare, Ambassador Medical in Noblesville, Indiana. His engineering team is responsible for the compliant refurbishment of ultrasound medical devices. Bukowski has more than 30 years of combined experience in the computer, automotive, health insurance, healthcare and management consulting industries, including IBM, General Motors, United Healthcare, the George Group, and Accenture. His industry experience includes functional assignments in product design and development, engineering management, large computer system sales and marketing, marketing strategy and business intelligence, finance capital management, corporate quality and continuous improvement, operations excellence, and business transformation. He is a Senior member of the ASQ, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Shainin® Red X® Master. He has a degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Duke University, and a degree in manufacturing management from Kettering University. Bukowski has published 10 inventions, six of which were awarded patents.


Location:
Schwitzer Student Center (Trustee Dining Room)
University of Indianapolis
1400 Hannah Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227


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.

IndyASQ May Social Event – May 4, 5:00 p.m. at Chuy’s Tex-Mex in Noblesville

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Meeting Date: May 4, 2016 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Event Information:
Cuatro De Mayo!
Why? Because Quality always has to be ahead of the party.
This is a social event to have some great apetizers and drinks while meeting fellow ASQ members. We plan to be on the side patio. Just look for the ASQ signs!

Location:
Chuy’s Tex-Mex
14150 Town Center Blvd
Noblesville, IN 46060 (map) 

Fee: Free

 

April 2016 IndyASQ Event – Tour of Gene Haas Training and Education Center

 

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Meeting Date: April 12, 2016
The Indianapolis ASQ Section and Vincennes University invite you to attend a tour of the new Gene Haas Training and Education Center located in Lebanon IN and learn about the Vincennes University intensive training programs in Industrial Maintenance, CNC Machining and Industrial Dimensional Metrology. This new 22,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility contains Amatrol Industrial Maintenance trainers, HAAS mills and lathes and an extensive collection of Mitutoyo CMMs and inspection instruments and is also home to the Haas Factory Outlet – Midwest.

 

Event Information:
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to hear from the Vincennes University Business and Industry staff about the training programs and the success of the CNC Machinist NOW program. Learn about how the 600 contact hour programs prepare participants for employment in Industrial Maintenance, CNC Machining or Industrial Dimensional Metrology in a 15 week time period. These programs target Veterans, older displaced workers and incumbent workers needing skill building in a short time period. You will also learn about funding options to allow the participants to graduate from the program with little to no student loan debt and about how the University works with industry partners to assure graduate placement. See demonstrations on the equipment and learn how these programs can raise the level of your skilled employees. For more information about the HTEC programs and the VU campus and Lebanon facility go to:
http://www.htecnetwork.org/member_info.cfm?member=1007
http://www.vuhtec.org/index.cfm

 

Location:
Gene Haas Training and Education Center
316 N. Mt. Zion Road
Lebanon, IN 46052

 

Meeting Agenda:
5:30 – 6:00 PM Check In – refreshments will be available
6:00 PM Presentation by Vincennes University
6:30 PM Facility tour and demonstrations
8:00 PM Event concludes

 

Fee: Free

 

Special Instructions:
The facility is located at Exit 140 from Interstate 65 in Lebanon IN. After exiting I65, travel West on Indiana 32 to the second stop light at Garrofolo Blvd. Turn left and follow Garrofolo Blvd which will merge with Mt. Zion Road. Continue on Mt. Zion Rd for approximately one quarter mile. The building address is 316 N. Mt. Zion Rd. It is a blue and grey building across from the Holiday Inn Express.

 

Park in the lot and enter at the north door. No special personal protective equipment is required.
The presentations will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. Cell phones or cameras are allowed on the tour.

March 2016 IndyASQ BYOD Meeting – “Employees? Who needs them? We all do – How to instill a competitive advantage culture with Total Employee Engagement”

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?Register Now

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.