December 2007 Membership Meeting

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First Presentation: Quality in the Pharmaceutical Industry, presented by Larry Mattson, KV Pharmaceutical.

Second Presentation: Trivia Night, hosted by Jim Ebone, Quality Manager, Marlo Coil (and Comedian in Residence, ASQ St. Louis).

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Sunset 44 Bistro
118 West Adams Avenue, Kirkwood, MO 63122
(314) 965-6644

• 5:30 – 6:00 pm: Registration & Social
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm: First Presentation – Quality in the Pharmaceutical Industry, presented by Larry Mattson, KV Pharmaceutical.
• 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Section Business
• 8:00 – 9:00 pm: Trivia Night, hosted by Jim Ebone, Quality Manager, Marlo Coil (and Comedian in Residence, ASQ St. Louis).

Please register by Monday, December 3, by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on safe and secure web environment.

Starting this year, members registering and pre-paying online are entitled to a $5 discount, which brings the meeting fee down to $20.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

Map to Sunset44 Bistro

Sunset 44 Bistro Website

Driving Directions

1. From Lambert International Airport to Sunset 44
2. Head west on Lambert International Blvd – go 0.8 mi
3. Turn left and merge onto I-70 W - go 0.5 mi
4. Take the Lindbergh Blvd exit 235A-B, follow signs - go 0.7 mi
5. Merge onto Lindbergh Blvd - go 10.0 mi
6. Continue on N Krikwood Rd/US-61S/US-67S - go 1.4 mi
7. Turn Right at W Adams Ave - go 150 ft.

About the Presentations

First Presentation
Quality in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Presented by Larry Mattson, KV Pharmaceutical.

Quality in the pharmaceutical industry covers all aspects from documentation and validation through manufacturing processes to facility design and management. Larry will present a pharmaceutical case study/simulation game for teams to work on using concepts such as metrology, quality life cycle, auditing, method transfer, suppliers, compendial, and sampling.

Larry Mattson is the Quality Control Manager of Technical Services at KV Pharmaceutical. His responsibilities include managing metrology services, technology transfer, training, raw material methods development and validation, and research and implementation of new technology. Larry has 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical quality control/assurance. Prior to joining KV Pharmaceuticals, Larry was Quality Assurance Manager for Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt we he was responsible for quality oversight of drug product manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, testing, and vendor auditing. In addition, Larry worked as Laboratory Manager at Forest Pharmaceutical managing QC and sampling operations and Associate Director of Celsis Laboratories managing contract lab operations and project management/sales. Larry holds a B.A. in Science and MBA from Webster University.

Second Presentation:
Trivia Night hosted by Jim Ebone

Since 1996 Jim has been the Quality Manager for DRS Marlo Coil where he led the registration effort to obtain ISO 9001 and maintain ASME U-stamp Certification. He participates in contract reviews, new product development, supplier surveys/surveillance, reviews work in process and final product audits, internal audits, corrective and preventative action, field service follow up. Jim has an extensive background in quality working for National Graphics, National Vendors, Carrier Air Conditioning, AM Sterilizer, Roper Corporation, and Ingersoll Rand.

Jim holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN and an MBA from Auburn University in Montgomery, AL. Jim has been a member of ASQ since 1976. He is a Certified Quality Engineer (1986), Certified Quality Auditor (1996), and a Senior Member of ASQ.

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Please register by Monday, December 3, by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on safe and secure web environment.

Starting this year, members registering and pre-paying online are entitled to a $5 discount, which brings the meeting fee down to $20.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

October Membership Meeting

Tour of Alberici

Presentation by Thomas Taylor, General Manager of Vertegy, an Alberici Enterprise. Q&A and Tour to Follow.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Alberici
8800 Page Avenue, Overland, MO 63114

• 5:30 – 6:00 pm: Arrival and Registration
  
• 6:00 – 6:45 pm: Presentation by Thomas Taylor
• 6:45 – 7:30 pm: Tour of Alberici
• 7:40 – 8:30 pm: Dinner & Section Business.
  Dinner at Mandarin House Restaurant, 9150 Overland Plaza, Overland, Mo 63114

Please register by Monday, October 15, by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on safe and secure web environment.

Starting this year, members registering and pre-paying online are entitled to a $5 discount, which brings the meeting fee down to $20

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

Map to Alberici

Driving Directions
From Lambert International Airport to Alberici

• Head toward the I-70W entry ramp and go onto I-70E - go 0.7 mi
• Take exit 238B to merge onto I-170 S toward Clayton - go 3.6 mi
• Take exit 4 for Pabe Ave/MO-D - go 0.2 mi
• Turn left at Dorsett Rd go - 0.1 mi
• Turn Left to Arrive at 8800 Page Ave, St. Louis, MO 63114

Parking
Please park in the garage across from the main entrance and enter through the main entrance. Alberici will have someone at the door to direct people to the conference room for the presentation.

To Go to Mandarin House Restaurant

• Head west on Page Ave and go 0.4 mi
• Turn left at Overland Plaza (It's a Strip Mall with Schnucks, Marshalls
  etc.)

About Alberici Tour

Presentation by Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor is the General Manager of Vertegy, an Alberici Enterprise. Thomas is a fourth generation construction professional turned sustainability consultant. He has served Alberici Corporation for over 20 years. Thomas represented both owner and construction manager on Alberici’s dual-certified Four Green Globes and LEED® Platinum Certified Headquarters. He holds a B.S. in Business Management from Southern Illinois University with a minor in Construction Management.

Alberici began in 1918 as a construction company. Today they are comprised of many different construction-related companies around the world. In 2002, Alberici decided to take a “green” approach to constructing their new corporate headquarters in Overland, MO. Their headquarters was designed and constructed to satisfy the LEED® Platinum criteria. The six categories which define LEED® include sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, material and resource, indoor air quality and innovation.

Dinner to follow at Mandarin House Restaurant, 9150 Overland Plaza, Overland, MO 63114.

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Please register by Monday, October 15, by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on safe and secure web environment.

Starting this year, members registering and pre-paying online are entitled to a $5 discount, which brings the meeting fee down to $20

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

September 2007 Membership Meeting

First Presentation: Effective Failure Reduction with RED (Risk in Early Design) by Katie Grantham Lough, Ph.D., University of Missouri - Rolla.

Second Presentation: Dialogic Approaches to Organizational Learning and Effectiveness by Ray Luechtefeld, Ph.D., University of Missouri - Rolla.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Sheraton Lakeside Chalet at Westport
191 Westport Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63146
(314) 878-1500

• 5:30 – 6:00 pm: Registration & Social
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm: First Presentation - Effective failure reduction with RED presented by Dr. Katie Grantham Lough
• 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Section Business
• 8:00 – 9:00 pm: Second Presentation - Dialogic approaches to organizational learning presented by Dr. Ray Luechtefeld
  

Please register by Monday, September 17, by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on safe and secure web environment.

Starting this year, members registering and pre-paying online are entitled to a $5 discount, which brings the meeting fee down to $20

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

Map to Sheraton Lakeside Chalet, Westport

Driving Directions
From Lambert International Airport to Sheraton Lakeside Chalet

• Head toward the I-70W entry ramp and go onto I-70W - go 3.6 mi
• Take exit 232 to merge onto I-270 S toward Memphis - go 2.6 mi
• Take exit 17 for Dorsett Rd - go 0.2 mi
• Turn left at Dorsett Rd go - 0.1 mi
• Turn right at Progress Pkwy go - 0.9 mi
• Continue on Westport Plaza go - 0.1 mi
• Arrive at 191 Westport Plaza Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146

About the Presentations

First Presentation:
Effective Failure Reduction with RED (Risk in Early Design)
Presented by Katie Grantham Lough, Ph.D.

This presentation will discuss problems with state of the art failure analysis techniques. Also, the presentation will demonstrate the RED method to assist with some of the existing drawbacks of failure analysis. RED is a risk assessment method that can be applied as early as the conceptual design phase with minimal functional information needed from the product undergoing analysis. In order to mitigate risk and failures RED links failures to product function. The failure linkage also exists between product components so that as the design matures, so can the FMEA analysis. These linkages provide designers the ability to use catalogued historical failures as to prevent failures in new designs or redesigns. RED reuses failure information via matrix manipulations which calculate preliminary risk likelihood and consequence for specific areas of a product. This information is used to contribute significantly to initializing an FMEA. The information automatically pinpoints and ranks areas of concern in the product so that engineers can focus the significant portion of their efforts on risk mitigation.

Dr. Grantham Lough joined the Interdisciplinary Engineering Department of the University of Missouri - Rolla as an Assistant Professor in January of 2006. At UMR she develops and applies risk assessment methodologies to product design principles. These methodologies are aimed at educating novice engineers about critical issues in the design process. Before joining the UMR faculty, Dr. Grantham Lough served as a research scientist for 21st Century Systems where she currently holds a part time position. As part of 21st Century Systems she has added risk assessment techniques to their existing defense software products. Also, she was involved with projects to identify both hardware and software failures in mechatronic systems.

Second Presentation:
Dialogic approaches to organizational learning and effectiveness
Presented by Ray Luechtefeld, Ph.D.

Ray will present a common focus on the centrality of communication and dialogue to organization to increase team effectiveness. Fairly simple interventions in a conversation can significantly improve team performance. An experiment involving more than one hundred teams working in a problem-solving simulation showed that exposure to these interventions improved the quantitative measure of team performance. Improved team performance is the result of an improved ability to constructively handle conflict. Teams exposed to interventions are able to share information more effectively and come up with win-win solutions more readily than teams not exposed to the interventions.

Dr. Luechtefeld is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering in the University of Missouri - Rolla. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla, his MBA from the University of Minnesota, and his Ph.D. from Boston College. Dr. Luechtefeld has nine years of industrial experience as a Development Engineer with IBM. He has consulted to numerous businesses and organizations and is a Senior Member of IEEE.

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Please register by Monday, September 17, by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on safe and secure web environment.

Starting this year, members registering and pre-paying online are entitled to a $5 discount, which brings the meeting fee down to $20

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

June Membership Meeting

This is an annual joint meeting of the ASQ St. Louis Section and the Consortium of Supply Chain Management.

Cathie Farroll and Paula Hughes, representing MoDOT will provide information about the first, and largest, design-build project in the history of the Missouri Department of Transportation. Their presentation will include the compelling reasons for accomplishing the project now, how the project will be accomplished and what measures are being put in place to mitigate the challenges of maintaining the regional roadway network for all the motorists who use sections of I-64 that will be closed during various stages of the construction.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Sheraton Lakeside Chalet - Westport
191 Westport Plaza Drive
St. Louis, MO 63146
(3

14) 878-1500

• 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Registration and Social
• 6:00 - 7:00 pm: First Presentation - Cathie Farroll
• 7:00 - 8:00 pm: Dinner & Section Business
• 8:00 - 9:00 pm: Second Presentation - Paula Hughes

Please register by Sunday June 17 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web environment.

You can also send and email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers' Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

Map to Sheraton Lakeside Chalet


Driving Directions
From Lambert International Airport to Sheraton Lakeside Chalet

1. Head toward the I-70W entry ramp and go onto I-70W - go 3.6 mi
2. Take exit 232 to merge onto I-270 S toward Memphis - go 2.6 mi
3. Take exit 17 for Dorsett Rd - go 0.2 mi
4. Turn left at Dorsett Rd go - 0.1 mi
5. Turn right at Progress Pkwy go - 0.9 mi
6. Continue on Westport Plaza go - 0.1 mi
7. Arrive at 191 Westport Plaza Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146

About the Presenters

Cathie Farroll has more than 20 years experience in transit and transportation. She managed Public Involvement and Project Communications for both the St. Clair County and Cross County MetroLink Expansions.

Cathie is now with HNTB, an engineering, architecture and planning firm. She is a consultant to MoDOT, providing expertise in communications, project information and governmental relations.

Cathie completed her bachelor’s degree at Lindenwood University and her MBA at Fontbonne University, while working full time at Metro, the local transit provider in the St. Louis region.

Paula Hughes has over eight years of project management, public involvement and transportation planning experience and five years of market research and operations management experience.

For Vector Communications, Paula currently provides community outreach as a part of the Gateway Constructors public information team for the New I-64 Project and public engagement consultancy services for the Northside -Southside Transit Improvements Study.

As a consultant, Paula’s primary duties revolve around public participation and operations evaluations in the policy areas of transportation, community planning and human services coordination. Paula received a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University) and a Master of Science degree in Transportation Planning and Management from Texas Southern University.

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Please register by Sunday June 17 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web environment.

You can also send and email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers' Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

May Membership Meeting

First Presentation: 2006 Missouri Quality Award Winner – Dr. Kevin Johnson, VP of Medical Affairs and Quality, SSM DePaul Health Center.

Second Presentation: ASQ Certifications – Will Meyer and Other ASQ St. Louis Leadership Committee Members.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Engineers’ Club of St. Louis
4359 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 533-9333

• 5:30 – 6:00 pm: Registration & Social
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm: First Presentation - 2006 MQA Award Winner presented by Dr. Kevin Johnson
• 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Section Business
• 8:00 – 9:00 pm: Second Presentation - ASQ Certifications presented by William Meyer and other members of ASQ St. Louis Leadership Committee

Please register by Sunday May 13 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on safe and secure web environment.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

Map to Engineers’ Club of St. Louis


Driving Directions
From Lambert International Airport to Engineers’ Club of St. Louis

• Head toward the I-70E entry ramp and go onto I-70E - go 0.7 mi
• Take exit 238B to merge onto I-170 S - go 7.9 mi
• Take exit 1A to merge onto I-64 E/US-40 E toward St Louis - go 4.7 mi
• Take exit 36B for Kingshighway N - go 0.2 mi
• Merge onto S Kingshighway Blvd - go 0.9 mi
• Turn right at Lindell Blvd - go 0.7 m
• Arrive at 4359 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63108

April 15, 2007 Membership Meeting Highlights

First Presentation

2006 MQA Award Winner

Presented by Dr. Kevin Johnson
VP of Medical Affairs and Quality, SSM DePaul Health Center

Kevin Johnson, MD, is the Vice-President of Medical Affairs and Quality at SSM DePaul Health Center. He received is MD from St. Louis University and an MBA from Southern Illinois University. Dr. Johnson has 30 years of experience in medicine, 20 years at SSM and the last 13 years within quality.

Second Presentation

ASQ Certifications

Presented by William Meyer
and other Members of the ASQ St. Louis Leadership Committee

We will present on overview of the certification renewal process. The presentation will cover many points faced by someone recertifying, and addressing issues such as sources of RU's, Synchronizing, required documentation, and how to prepare your final package. The presentation will also include an opportunity to address specific questions posed by members. If you have any points you would like addressed in the meeting, you can e-mail them in advance to meyerwc@charter.net, or ask them at the meeting.

William has also worked as a volunteer at ASQ, in support of test development for ASQ’s Certification program. Over the past 10 years, he has been involved with the CMI, CQM, CQPA, and CQIA, and has served on the CQIA subcommittee for the past four years. He is currently the CQIA Certification Chair. Other LC members have a variety of expertise in the Quality field. Most carry multiple certifications and have recertified a number of times.

Overview of the ASQ certifications

• List certs
• Some require renewal, others are lifetime

How do you prepare your certificate package?

• Documentation required
• Don’t send originals

Synchronizing certifications

Where can you get points?

• Work
• Volunteer activity

Section support

National activities

• Meetings
• Training
• Teaching

Submitting your package

• Ed’s rules
• Mailing address
  

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Please register by Sunday May 13 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on safe and secure web environment.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

April Membership Meeting

Section Awards Night
This meeting will recognize our members who received certifications in the last 12 months and those with outstanding achievements over the last 12 months. We will also have election of officers

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Dave and Buster's
13857 Riverport Drive Maryland Heights, MO 63043
(314) 209-8015

• 5:30 – 6:00 pm: Registration & Social
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Section Awards & Recognition
• 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Section Business
• 8:00 – 9:00 pm: Section Awards & Recognition

This is also our Annual Business Meeting with Election of Officers. As a Leadership Committee member or assistant you have the opportunity to become acquainted and involved with professionals at all levels. We currently have opportunities to join our Leadership Committee or 2008 Spring Conference Committee. If you are considering either of these incredible opportunities, please contact Chris Anderson or Stephen Mundwiller.

Please register by Sunday, April 15, 2007 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web environment.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

Map to Dave and Buster's


Driving Directions to Dave and Buster's
(From Lambert St. Louis International Airport)

1. Head north on Lambert International Blvd towards I-70 W
2. Merge onto I-70 W - go 5.3 mi
3. Take exit 231A for Earth City Expy S 0.3 mi
4. Merge onto Earth City Expy 0.6 mi
5. Turn right at Riverport Dr N 0.1 mi
6. Turn right to stay on Riverport Dr 0.7 mi

Please register by Sunday, April 15, 2007 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web environment.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

March Membership Meeting

First Presentation: Dealing with Extreme Workgroup Dysfunctions by Mark T. Vilbert, Organization Development Advisor, Boeing Integrated Defense System (IDS)

Second Presentation: Could Organizational Alignment be the Foundation for Performance Improvement? By Presented by Ken Meyer, President and CEO of Alignment at Work, LLC

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Favazza’s
5201 Southwest Ave St. Louis, MO 63139
(314) 772-4454

• 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Registration & Social
• 6:00 - 7:00 pm: First Presentation - Dealing with Extreme Workgroup Dysfunctions presented by Mark T. Vilbert
• 7:00 - 8:00 pm: Dinner & Section Business
• 8:00 - 9:00 pm: Second Presentation - Could Organizational Alignment be the Foundation for Performance Improvement? presented by Ken Meyer

Please register by Sunday, March 18, 2007 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web environment.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

Map to Favazza’s



Driving Directions
From Lambert International Airport to Favazza's:

1. Head toward the I-70 E entry ramp and go onto I-170 E – go 7.5mi
2. Take the Union Blvd exit 244A to Kingshighway - go 0.1 mi
3. Bear left at Bircher Blvd - go 0.4 mi
4. Bear right and head toward N Kingshighway Blvd - go 348 ft
5. Bear right at N Kingshighway Blvd - go 3.3 mi
6. Continue on S Kingshighway Blvd - go 2.0 mi
7. Turn right at Southwest Ave - go 0.4 mi
8. Arrive at 5201 Southwest Ave, St Louis, MO 63110

Click Here To Go To Favazza’s Website

March, 2007 Membership Meeting Highlights

First Presentation

Dealing with Extreme Workgroup Dysfunctions

Presented by Mark T. Vilbert
Organization Development Advisor
Boeing Integrated Defense System (IDS)

Ever experienced a team that missed the help they really needed early on - ending up sinking deeper and deeper into misery? Team dysfunctions left unchecked will eventually lead to a rut of poor performance. Fortunately there is a process that will allow you to help almost any team or group through the most challenging scenarios. Please join us as we look closely at:

• A diagnostic model for sorting out dysfunctions
• A set of steps to guide you and help keep your sanity
• A glimpse at the vast amount of tools available

Mark Vilbert’s work history includes the position of program coordinator for the high performance work organization. He is the current board president of the St. Louis Organization Development Network. Key Areas of Expertise: Designing and implementing team and other large group interventions. He utilizes a theoretical practice of aligning strategy, structure, and culture for implementing work design to promote performance through powerful workplace relationships in both union and non-union settings.

Second Presentation

Could Organizational Alignment be the
Foundation for Performance Improvement?

Presented by Ken Meyer
President and CEO of Alignment at Work, LLC

Ken Meyer will share his insights on how to measure and create organizational alignment. Ken has more than fourteen years of experience as a change agent for many manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies. Ken will explore such critical issues as:

• Creating organizational alignment
• Understanding how to successfully implement organizational change and improvement
• Reducing the frustration experienced with change
• Speeding and sustaining change
• Lowering the cost of quality

Alignment at Work is the leading provider of education, training, licensing and coaching on Pull Thinking, a methodology with a set of proprietary tools that helps organizations align their people around common purposes and goals and serves as the foundation for service minded leadership, Four Dimensional Alignment and process improvement. In 1988, Ken invented the Pull Principle^® and the Pull Thinking^® methodology out of a need to find a more effective way to rapidly gain organization-wide support for sustainable change and innovation in businesses.

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Please register by Sunday, March 18, 2007 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web environment.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

February Membership Meeting

First Presentaiton: Obtaining Lightning Fast Process Improvements by Chris Anderson, CQA, CQIA, Section 1304 Chair

Second Presentation: Lean Manufacturing Exercise presented by John Duffy, CQA

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Sunset 44 Bistro
118 West Adams Avenue, Kirkwood, MO 63122
(314) 965-6644

• 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Registration & Social
• 6:00 - 7:00 pm: First Presentation - Obtaining Lightning Fast Process Improvements. Presented by Chris Anderson
• 7:00 - 8:00 pm: Dinner & Section Business
• 8:00 - 9:00 pm: Second Presentation - Lean Manufacturing Exercise presented by John Duffy, CQA

Please register by Sunday, February 18, 2007 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web enviornment.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.

Map to Sunset 44 Bistro

Sunset 44 Bistro Website

Driving Directions
From Lambert International Airport to Sunset 44

1. Head west on Lambert International Blvd – go 0.8 mi
2. Turn left and merge onto I-70 W - go 0.5 mi
3. Take the Lindbergh Blvd exit 235A-B, follow signs - go 0.7 mi
4. Merge onto Lindbergh Blvd - go 10.0 mi
5. Continue on N Krikwood Rd/US-61S/US-67S - go 1.4 mi
6. Turn Right at W Adams Ave - go 150 ft.

February 2007
Membership Meeting Highlights

Obtaining Lightning Fast
Process Improvements

Presented by Chris Anderson CQA, CQIA; Section 1304 Chair

How much time does process improvement need to take? Is there a minimum amount of time required? And just what constitutes process improvement in the first place? In this interactive presentation we will explore some of the factors that inhibit us from obtaining lightning fast process improvements.

We will see process improvement efforts ranging from seconds to hours unfold before your very eyes. Imagine what your company could do with second’s long improvement efforts. Come to see how a manufacturing process is changed in hours to reduce WIP inventory, uneven flow, and line stoppages. We will see set-up time reduced and waste vanish.

We will join process experts from within three host companies along with participants from the outside to see process improvement first hand in an AME Kaizen Blitz (sm) video presentation. The team is trained to apply the AME Kaizen Blitz(sm) tools and is empowered to tackle a clearly defined problem. These "Learning by Doing" results are spectacular!

An AME Kaizen Blitz(sm) team made it possible for EG&G Sealol to get 3,900 extra hours of annual production time on just one machine using a 3-day event. What could you do with the extra production capacity if set-up time could be cut by 79%? Another AME Kaizen Blitz((sm) team made it happen at Tech Industries. 30 minute video and interactive discussion.

About the Presenter

Chris Anderson, M.B.A., the Managing Director for Bizmanualz, Inc., is a strategic deployment and process improvement trainer, consultant, and public speaker having published dozens of articles and taught hundreds of hours of classes on creating well-defined processes, implementing lean six-sigma, and deploying process improvement strategically for competitive advantage.

Lean Manufacturing Exercise

Presented by John Duffy, CQA

Join us in an exercise in developing, improving and sharing technology. A competition will be held to determine the best performing design for a common item. On completion of the competition, participants will share the design of the winning competitor in order to improve the performance of the whole group and the improvement in performance will be measured.

Learning Points:

• Developing new technology causes wide variances in performance
• We are weak on methods for sharing technology
• Together, we are smarter than any one of us individually

About the Presenter

John Duffy is currently a consultant for Bizmanualz, Inc. working as a trainer, consultant and developer of quality systems. He holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) from University of CT and a BS in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) from University of CT. John is an ASQ CQA and a IRCA Certified ISO 9000 Auditor.

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Please register by Sunday, February 18, 2007 by visiting the online registration page (click here). You can prepay for membership meetings via credit card on a safe and secure web enviornment.

You can also send an email to registration@asqstlouis.org, call the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis at (314) 533-9333 or send a fax to (314) 533-9336.