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February 13, 2010 Training Event: Lean Enterprise Technology Overview On February 13 ASQ Austin conducted a workshop demonstrating how to apply lean tools to improve manufacturing processes. Adil Dalal was the instructor. This seminar is part 2 of the 3-part FY 2009/2010 scheduled educational events. Attendants participated in exercises to show how manufacturing processes are impacted went lean methods are not used and how they are improved after lean methods are applied. Mr. Dalal provided several examples of how well some companies are operated when they apply lean methods. A video clip of the training session can be found here
February 10, 2010 Regular Meeting: The Effective Transition from Design to Production An informative presentation was given by Dr. David Ciambrone who spoke about what you need to do and not do in order to have a solid bridge between initial concept to final product release. http://www.davidciambrone.com/ Mr. Ciambrone presented some interesting tools that he used to assess vendors including an assessment form: Vendor Assessment Form
January 11, 2010 Tony Perez and Victor F. Figurelli provided an interesting talk on the process of becoming an Examiner for the University of Texas Center for Performance Excellence (UTCPE). http://www.utexas.edu/ce/cpe/
December
9, 2009 This year's Holiday dinner meeting was at Marie Callender's. ASQ members and guests attended to this great event. A fire place, a Christmas tree, wonderful food, and the door prices made this dinner a great event to share with friends and piers. Thank you to all the ones that made this another successful event. Click thumbnail for larger view of photo.
November 11, 2009 Regular Meeting: Quality and Regulatory Environment in Medical Device Industry
Evangeline Loh, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Emergo Group, a consulting firm with international offices, delivered the presentation “Quality and Regulatory Environment in Medical Device Industry” This presentation introduced the attendants to the regulations affecting medical devices in different countries. Evangeline was very engaging and knowledgeable. Thanks to Evangeline for such a good presentation and sharing her material with us. For a copy of the presentation used by Angeline, please click here. Below you will find some pictures of the latest section monthly meeting. Click thumbnail for larger view of photo.
Speaker's Presentation First slide of the “Global and Regulatory Environment in Medical Device Industry” presentation
November 14, 2009 Training Event: A Lean Tool-Kit for Project Leaders On November 14 ASQ Austin conducted a workshop introducing concepts on how to apply lean tools to project management. Adil Dalal was the instructor. This seminar is part of the 3-part FY 2009/2010 scheduled educational events. Attendants with different Quality professional backgrounds said that the content was very interesting and relevant for their job related engagements. Much appreciation to Adil for developing and sharing this presentation with ASQ Austin. Below you will find some pictures of this training event. Click thumbnail for larger view of photo.
Attendants at the Training Event The training event had 27 people in attendance and was well received |
