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Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Topic:  "Risk Management: The Future of Quality" Quality Digest, June 2008

Speaker: Greg Hutchins - Principal Engineer at Quality Plus Engineering (Q+E) LLC

Location: Biltmore Hotel (2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara, CA 95054)

Presentation Link

Meeting agenda:

  • 5:00 - 5:30 - Check In & Registration
  • 5:30 - 6:00 - Networking
  • 6:00 - 6:45 - Dinner
  • 6:45 - 7:00 - Section Business / Training and ASQ drawing - Greg Novacek / Doug Chapman
  • 7:15 - 8:30 - Greg Hutchins - "Risk Management: The Future of Quality", Principal Engineer at Quality Plus Engineering LLC

Dinner $35; Walk-in $40; Unemployed $20; Presentation only and special guests $0

We're not accepting any more dinner reservations, but come for the presentation at 6:45PM anyway.

The ASQ Silicon Valley Leadership Team hopes to see you all at our dinner meeting!

RISK MANAGEMENT: THE FUTURE OF QUALITY

  • It’s a VUCA world (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity)
  • Role of quality in the VUCA world
  • Integration of risk and quality management
  • What does risk management look like?
Recommend Greg's article in Quality Digest, June 2008

Greg Hutchins PE, CERM (Certified Enterprise Risk Manager) is a licensed professional engineer (WA/OR) and Principal Engineer at Quality Plus Engineering (Q+E). Greg is the author of 12 books including: ISO 9000 (published in eight languages), Standard Manual of Quality Auditing, Supply Management Strategies, Developer of the Certified Enterprise Risk Manager® Certificate, and Developer of Value Added Auditing® (a DHS anti-terrorist technology).

Quality Plus Engineering (Q+E) specializes in Critical Infrastructure Protection: Forensics, Assurance, and Analytics®. It is United States Department of Homeland Security Safety Act Certified and their technologies are DHS “Qualified Anti-Terrorist Technologies”.  For more information, visit www.qualityplusengineering.com

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SV ASQ will hold drawing each month for an online course worth $35.

Introduction to Lean Six sigma Course Objectives:

  • Understand the scope and breadth of a Lean Six Sigma initiative.
  • Gain an understanding of what waste is and how to identify it so that it can be reduced.
  • Become aware of variation and techniques to reduce it.
  • Become familiar with the DMAIC team project model.
  • Be aware of the infrastructure needed to support a Lean Six Sigma effort.

Other small courses the winner can choose from:

  • Role of a Champion (1/2-credit)
  • Mapping Office Workflows (1/2-credit)
  • Lean Process Layouts (Micro-Mapping) (1/2-credit)
  • Value Streams (Macro-Mapping) (1/2-credit)
  • Six Sigma Start-Up

The name/email address drawn by the section program chair at the end of the event will be mailed to Govind Ramu who will set up the profile and provide access to the free training.

Future Dinner Meetings:

August 20, 2011: ASQ Silicon Valley Annual Potluck/Picnic

September 21, 2011 - TBD - Accepting topics from Prospective speakers

October 20, 2011: No Dinner Meeting, 2011 Silicon Valley Quality Conference: "Roadmap to Performance Excellence"

November 17, 2011: TBD - Accepting topics from Prospective speakers

December - No Dinner Meeting, Holiday break

 

If you are interested in being a guest speaker at one of our dinner meetings, please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it