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February 2016 IndyASQ Event – User Experience Design as a Tool to Reduce Mistakes

January 4, 2016 by James Pickett

Meeting Date: February 9, 2016

Reminder that the Indianapolis ASQ Section will not host an event in January in honor of our winter break. We will host our next event on February 9, at the University of Indianapolis. A preview of the February event is shown below, with registration details to follow soon. We look forward to seeing you all in February!

February 2016 Event Description:
People Make Mistakes! After all, we are only human. Imperfect.

Have you ever pressed the wrong key at the wrong time, resulting in loss of data, or time, or even creating a bigger problem! Mistakes can cost money and time. Mistakes can make life unpleasant. Mistakes can make actions dangerous and be deadly. Rather than being an “accident waiting to happen,” there are techniques that can be used to anticipate problems BEFORE they occur.

If we know how people tend to respond under the proposed circumstances, we can develop processes, tools, and other solutions that work well for humans. GravityDrive knows how to learn from the people who will perform a service or use a product. We can anticipate many of the problems that are likely to occur, and help to provide solution that will prevent many problems. We would like to engage you in a process that will show you how you might learn from your employees or your customers.

Program Speakers:
Michael Miserendino, President, GravityDrive
Suzi Shapiro, Principal User Experience Consultant, GravityDrive

Location:

Room: UIndy Hall C
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.

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IndyASQ 2015 Year End Celebration

December 1, 2015 by admin

The IndyASQ Section is celebrating the leaders and volunteers who served in 2015 and welcoming the new leaders and volunteers who will serve in 2016. All section members are invited to join us for a congenial evening at the Indianapolis Propylaeum (http://thepropylaeum.org/). We will enjoy dinner and drinks, an award ceremony, new officer induction and a tour of the facility. Please join us for this celebration!

Date: December 10, 2015
Time: 5:30 – 8:00
Location: The Indianapolis Propylaeum
1410 N Delaware St #2
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Cost: $20 in advance or at the door

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November 2015 IndyASQ Dinner Meeting – “Root Cause Analysis – Tools for the Trainer”

October 27, 2015 by admin

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

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October 2015 IndyASQ Event – Tour of Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc

September 28, 2015 by James Pickett

Meeting Date: October 13, 2015
The Indianapolis ASQ Section invites you to attend a tour of the Subaru of Indiana Automotive facility located in Lafayette, IN. Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA), a subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., is home of North American Subaru production. Models built at the Lafayette, Indiana plant include the Subaru Legacy and Outback. SIA also produces the Toyota Camry under contract with Toyota.

Event Information:
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to observe award-winning automotive assembly in action! The tour will take place on an elevated catwalk where you will walk a mile seeing various manufacturing processes. SIA is an industry leader in quality, safety, and environmental stewardship. You will have the opportunity to witness this impressive facility and see Subaru vehicle production from start to finish. The tour of SIA will highlight the Stamping process where you will observe giant presses turning raw coils of steel into the vehicle’s metal structure. Then see these panels expertly welded together by over 860 robots in the Body Assembly area. After the paint shop, see Associates assemble over 5,000 parts on each vehicle in Trim and Final. At the end of the line, there is a viewing of the Tester Line that proves Subaru’s commitment to quality and safety. Ultimately, come and see what makes a Subaru a Subaru! The facility is 3,401,664 sq. ft. and is the first US auto manufacturing plant to become ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 certified.

Location:
Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.
5500 IN-38
Lafayette, IN 47905

Meeting Agenda:
5:30 PM Check In
6:00 PM Tour
7:30 PM End of Tour

Fee: Free

Special Instructions:
The facility is located at Exit 168 from Interstate 65. Enter at the second plant entrance. There will be a sign out by the road that says Main Entrance, please turn in there. Stop at the guard shack, give them your group name “ASQ”, and tell them you are here for a tour. The guard will give you a pink parking pass, please leave that in your vehicle.

You will be instructed to park in the Guest Parking lot to the right of the entrance. You will be instructed to walk to the security office for the start of the tour. The tour will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m.

There are no cell phones or cameras allowed on the tour. Those items should be left behind in your vehicle. Everyone needs to wear closed-toe flat shoes; no sandals, dresses, or skirts. We will be walking on an elevated catwalk for 1 mile and go up and down 200 steps throughout the tour.

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IndyASQ Social – A Taste of Chicago – October 21, 2015

September 27, 2015 by admin

Join your fellow ASQ professionals for a free catered event by Portillos
Bring your best Chi-CA-go accent, attire and attitude.

Limited to the first 30 registrants.

Thanks to Rick Van Doel for hosting this event at his company, Performance Validation.

When: October 21, 2015 – from 5:00 PM until 7:30 PM

Where: Performance Validation, LLC
Two Park Fletcher
5420 W Southern Ave, Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46241

Registration is free. Open to the first 30 to register.

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IndyASQ Social – Networking Event – September 14, 2015

September 10, 2015 by admin

Prior social participants thought the Rathskeller would be a great venue. Autumn will be coming. Time for pretzels, wursts and perhaps some Bier. Join us for appetizers and appetizing conversation. We hope to be in the Bier Garten weather permitting. Look for ASQ signs.

When: September 14, 2015 – from 5:00 PM until whenever

Where: The Rathskeller, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis 46204

Registration is free (but it’s a cash bar). Open to the first 30 (or so) to register.

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2016 Call for Nominations

August 31, 2015 by mboswell

Please submit names of nominated individuals to Megan Boswell, Secretary, via e-mail at mboswell@indianablood.org by September 30, 2015. Eligible individuals must be Regular Members of the Society and have a membership in the Indianapolis Section 0903.

The Indianapolis ASQ Section has a progressive chair plan, so that the normal pattern of succession is:

The Section Vice Chair shall be nominated as the Section Chair for the following year.
The Section Treasurer shall be nominated as the Section Vice Chair for the following year.
The Section Secretary shall be nominated as the Section Treasurer for the following year.

Below is a brief description of each position that is open for nominations. Each of these positions is for a one year term.

Secretary

The Secretary documents member unit business and maintain the records. This position serves as the official correspondent of the member unit.

Senior Advisor

The Senior Advisor shall serve on the Section Leadership Committee in carrying out the general management of the section.

For more information, please contact Joelene Smith-Drake, Nominating Committee Chair, at JKSmith.Drake@dow.com

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September 2015 IndyASQ Dinner Meeting – “Root Cause Analysis: Quality Intersecting with Project and Quality Management”

August 28, 2015 by admin

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.

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August 2015 IndyASQ Dinner Meeting – “Reduce Waste, Improve Processes, and Change Your Organization”

August 4, 2015 by admin

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.

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IndyASQ Social – Networking Event – July 30,2015

July 15, 2015 by Harry Rowe

Introducing the IndyASQ Social

We heard you wanted a time to get to know other members outside the monthly dinner meetings. Come to the social on July 30 to meet, chat, and learn about fellow ASQ members.

When: July 30, 2015 – from 5:30 PM until whenever

Where: The Ale Emporium, 8617 Allisonville Road, Indianapolis 46250 (NE corner of 86th and Allisonville) (There are two separate rooms. Enter through the rightmost door to get to the quieter of the two.)

Registration is free (but it’s a cash bar). Open to the first 30 (or so) to register.

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