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July 17, 2010
Region 14A Member Leader Training
This successful ASQ Section 14A Leadership was
conducted on July 17, 2010. John Hartzler, section 1414 chair,
introduced Belinda Chavez, ASQ Section 14 Director, and Cynthia
Nazario, ASQ Community Development administrator. In this way the
event was officially opened. Belinda provided updates on the latest
structure within ASQ Headquarters and the expectations HQ has from
the Sections. Cynthia went through the ASQ web site and the Member
Leader Area as well as SharePoint features. Lastly Belinda and
Cynthia went through the roles of various Member Leaders including
the Section Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, and Membership Chair as
time permitted towards the end of the day. The talk that Mac McGuire
gave was very interesting and well received by those in attendance.
Attendants to the Section 14 Leadership Training Stephanie Reed ( Section 1414), Marlene Van Reens (Section 1414) and Belinda Chavez. Belinda is the ASQ Region 14 Director. Belinda chavez, Mike Harkins (Section 1414), and Cynthia Nazario Dave Thomas (Section 1423 Chair) and Eva Esparza (Section 1414) Perry Duke (Section 1414) and guest. Attendees to the Social Event on Friday July 16th in Austin Attendees to the Social Event on Friday July 16th in Austin Belinda Chavez, ASQ Region 14 Director. Leadership training session Leadership training session Cynthia Nazario, Administrator, ASQ Community Development Leadership training session John Hartzler, Section 1414 Chair. Leadership training session Lunch during the Leadership training Mac McGuire, keynote speaker during the Leadership training Mac McGuire receives a recognition from Himanshu Deo for his participation at the event
Attendants to the Section 14 Leadership Training
May 15, 2010
Awards Meeting
ASQ Austin is a very dynamic section with very
committed members to achieve excellence. During this event at County
Lane on the Hills, ASQ Austin had the opportunity to award all those
people that had made a contribution to the section as well as
delivering the Flories and Team 2000 scholarships.
ASQ Austin 2009-2010 Awards Meeting Excutive Committee Members A guest, Stacey Foreman and Scott Berman (Excutive Committee members) Ken, one of the Awards dinner attendees George Brennan receives an award for the support provided by Luminex to the ASQ Austin section Theresa Harking receives an award for the support provided by Austin Community College to the Section Rai Chowdhary, Team 2000 President. Team 2000 sponsors several of the scholarships awarded by Section 1414 Rai Chowdhary, Todd Minnick, and Mike Harkins preparing for awarding the Team 2000 scholarships Lee Taylor received the Team 2000 scholarship Jose Santos, Rai Chowdhary, Aura Stewart and Todd Minnick. Jose received one of the Team 2000 scholarships Angelica Ledesma, Rai Chowdhary, Aura Stewart and Todd Minnick. Angelica received another Team 2000 scholarship Phil Flories, a long time ASQ Austin instructor. "Phil Flories" is the name of the other scholarship provided by ASQ Austin Andreas Hennen received the Phil Flories scholarship Todd Minnick, Toni Van Gompel, and Phil Flories. Toni Van Gompel received another Phil Flories scholarship Scott Berman reported on the ASQ Total Quality Award received by the Austin section Mike Harkings recognized for his contributions to the local section Stephanie Reed recognized for her contributions to the local section Donyelle Sims recognized for her contributions to the local section Aura Stewart recognized for her contributions to the local section Marlene Van Rens recognized for her contributions to the local section Bruce Burnett recognized for his contributions to the local section Adil Dalal, instructor, recognized for his contributions to the local section John Hartzler recognized for his contributions to the local section Scott Berman recognized for his contributions to the local section Stacey Foreman recognized for her contributions to the local section Perry Dukes recognized for his contributions to the local section Sammie Miller recognized for his contributions to the local section Ralph Fulwood, lead instructor, recognized for his contributions to the local section Allan Howard, lead instructor, recognized for his contributions to the local section Bob Laffey recognized for his contributions to the local section Bruce Burnett recognized for his contributions to the local section Allan Howard received the Member Leader Excellence Award Aura Stewart received the Member Leader Excellence Award Stephanie Reed received the Member Leader Exellence Award
ASQ Austin 2009-2010 Awards Meeting
May 15, 2010
Training Event: 12 Pillars of Project
Excellence
This class was the last one on the series of Lean
and Project Management training events scheduled during 2009/2010.
This event introduced to the participants Project Management
principles as well as the pillars needed for achieve successful
projects. Some of the attendants said that this was a very
informative event. Adil Adal was the instructor.
April 14, 2010
Regular
Meeting: Monte Carlo Analysis Demo
The presenter of "Monte Carlo Analysis Demo" was
Dr. Harrison (Skip) Weed from Dell. Dr. Weed has over 30 years of
consulting and instructional experience in statistical, quality and
Lean Six Sigma methods for industrial, university and US government
organizations. His presentation was very well received by one of he
most large audiences to the recent ASQ Austin general meetings.
March 10,
2010
Plant Tour - Flextronics
A joint event
was held on March 10th with ASQ Austin and the local Society of
Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Flextronics provided an
excellent tour of their facility with a large
staff of tour guides volunteering their services.
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
Regular Meeting:
Performance Excellence (UTCPE Examiner Training)
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/
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