The Nor’easter
News from the Northeastern Illinois Section
American Society for Quality
www.asq1212.org
__Sailing into the Future ____________________________________________________ ___________________
FEBRUARY 2008
Volume 38, Number 2
February 21st Section Meeting: Difficult Decisions
By Marlyn Hyde, Section 1212 Program Chair
Do you struggle with tough decisions? Making the right decision means focusing on the process, not just the results, and
the consequences of that choice - to keep problems from becoming catastrophic nightmares. These are difficult decisions,
which may mean standing up to others in your organization and in your company. In the long run, both you as an
individual, and your company will grow, mature, and be better off. Learn the tools and proven, real-world advice from an
FDA expert with a wealth of inspectional experience and expertise to help you make decisions with greater clarity and
better outcomes. Understand value-based decision-making is more than a delicate balancing act between competing
forces. Learn to identify the source of difficulty, gain the strategies, resources, and courage to make the right choices
personally and professionally that will improve quality processes in areas that have long needed improvement. Whether
you are from the service, manufacturing or pharmaceutical industries, this presentation will enable you to have the tools
necessary for decision analysis, and to be able to turn unexpected outcomes into positive ones.
This evening’s program will be followed by an Ask the expert’s session. The question and answer format following
tonight’s program will allow participants to get the information that they need about corporate compliance, the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) Inspectional process, how to prepare for a successful FDA inspection, and how to interact with
the FDA investigator. If you had the opportunity to talk with the FDA Investigator of the Year, what would you want to ask?
What would you want to know? Facing a FDA challenge? Get the FDA perspective. Bring all your FDA Inspection
problems to February’s ASQ meeting and get the advice and answers you need.
Lorelei Jarrell has worked for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Chicago District for 30+ years. She has done
virtually every type of inspection in all commodity areas. For the last twelve years, she has been Chicago District’s preapproval manager, specializing in medical device and pharmaceuticals. She currently wears three hats - Acting Special
Assistant to the District Director, Acting Compliance Officer, and Pre-Approval Manager. Lorelei has been instrumental in
several precedent-setting cases and has won several FDA awards. She is most proud of being the very first FDA
Investigator of the Year.
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JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT SECTION MEETING!
Don’t miss this presentation at our next section meeting, Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at the Arboretum Club, 401 W. Half Day Rd (Rt. 22 E. of Rt. 83), at Buffalo
Grove Road (across from the large Dominiks store), in Buffalo Grove, IL.
Pre-meeting presentation: 5:30 Networking: 6:00 – 6:30 P.M.
Dinner: 6:30P.M.
Business Meeting: 7:30 P.M.
The meals are $20. If planning to have dinner, you must reserve in advance; please send e-mail to asq1212reservations@yahoo.com at least 5 days in advance.
Football’s over, time for that career improvement you’ve been putting off.
Our CMQ class with Marlyn Hyde kicked off successfully on January 26th. Our remaining spring classes are shown below. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.
Class
Duration
Coordinator
Contact
Start date
ASQ Test
Registration
CQE
30 Hrs
Bill Antti
antti@charter.net
3/22/08
Green Belt Certification
30 Hrs
David Spengler
gdspengler@yahoo.com
3/22/08
Quality Auditing
Two Days
Bettina Karlove
vanguard@ameriteck.net
April TBD
SPC
Two Days
Dave Ingram
ingramd@baxter.com
Not Scheduled
Statistics Workshop
Four days
Dave Ingram
ingramd@baxter.com
Not Scheduled
Almost any quality related subject can be arranged for in-house training. Contact Dave Taylor kolimat@yahoo.com for details.
4/4/08
4/6/08
4/6/08
NA
NA
Exam
6/7/08
6/2/08
6/2/08
NA
NA
Quality Quote
"In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."
~ Max De Pree
Submitted by: Willie Carter
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Inside This Issue
February Section Meeting & Pre-Meeting Clinic
1 & 2 SLC Contact Information
3
Guest Article
5
Mark Your Calendars
2
January Section Meeting & Pre-Meeting Clinic Reviews
3
Call for Articles
6
Education
1 & 2 Quality Quotes
1,3,5
ISO Group Minutes
6
ASQ 1208 Section Meeting Invitation
6
Placement News
4
Plan to Advertise in the Nor’easter
7
February 21st Pre-Meeting Clinic: Successful Supply Chain/Supplier Quality Management: Best Practices
By Marlyn Hyde, Section 1212 Program Chair
"For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider
was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.”
Benjamin
Franklin
With the impact of new standards and their derivatives, as well as the intranets and extranets making supply chains
progressively more transparent, there is a revolution happening in supply chain politics. Learn how to make improvements
and build efficiencies into the processes throughout the supply chain; identify and reduce cost components; build a
supplier relationship/management program that creates open communication and a universal acceptance of change.
Learn how to make the most of your customer-supplier partnerships to substantially improve customer satisfaction levels
and the entire quality process from receiving inspection thru product shipment. Correctly managing the quality
performance level of your supplier base will keep your quality systems and processes lean and profitable, significantly
increasing the quality of your product and process, as well as your market position and bottom line.
Marion Menze, PE, CQA, CQE, employed by Siemens Building Technologies, will present the responsibilities of an SQE
at SBT regarding participating in supplier selection to approving, monitoring, evaluating, and improving a supplier’s quality
performance. Find out what the details are and how to improve the quality of your suppliers.

Planning Ahead - Mark Your Calendars:

Regular Monthly Meeting Schedule (see back panel for highlights)
ISO Support group
Date: 1st Thurs. each month
Location: The New China Buffet.
1161 S Milwaukee Ave.
Time: 6:00 pm
Leadership Committee Meeting
Date: 2nd Thurs. each month
Location: Dover Straits, 890 E Rt 45,
Mundelein. (847) 949-1550
Time: 6:00 pm
Section Meeting
Date: 3rd Thurs. each month
Location: Arboretum Club 401 W. Half Day Rd (Rt. 22 E. of Rt.
83), Buffalo Grove
Pre-meeting clinic: 5:30 pm Networking: 6:00 – 6:30 pm
Dinner: 6:30 pm
Presentation: 7:15 – 8:00 pm –
Education Program Opportunities. By David Taylor, Education Chair.
Classes are scheduled for the winter/spring.
As always, your input is welcomed! If you have any ideas or want to serve on the team email Dave Taylor at kolimat@yahoo.com
Look for training information in this newsletter.
ON-SITE COURSES OFFERRED ALL YEAR
One accomplishment of note, all the CMQ (Manager) students passed the certification exam on the last session. Congratulations to Marlyn Hyde
(The trainer) and all the students!
We are now planning our classes for the spring (see page 1). Any suggestions would be appreciated.
There is NO quality-related subject we cannot provide for your training needs.
If your company has specific training requirements or you want information about any of our courses, please contact Dave Taylor at
kolimat@yahoo.com.
FREE TRAINING! - Because of the high cost of meeting space, we are constantly looking for opportunities to present classes in the training rooms of
our members’ companies. If you think your company could make space available for our one or two day workshops, or on Saturdays for the
Certification classes, call me at the number below. We offer the incentive of one FREE enrollment for your company in each class hosted.
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January Section Meeting Review Pictures: By Karen Perkins
January Section Meeting Review:
Newly Elected SLC Members
Section 1212
These candidates were unanimously elected for these
positions.
Chair Elect Sandra Storli - sandra.storli@abbott.com
Secretary David Norby - david.norby@abbott.com
Treasurer Joseph Lierman - j.lierman@lycos.com
Current SLC contact information:
Chair/ Placement Peter Larson
twins0649@yahoo.com
Chair Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Jim Hopkins
jcquality1@yahoo.com
Madrene Bradford
maddy_bradford@steris.com
Joe Lierman
j.lierman@lycos.com
Cell: 847 877 6956
Home 815-675-6741
Cell 224 381 8123
Cell: 224-610-0269
Certification/
Re-certification
Merle Goddard
merle.goddard@abbott.com
Education Dave Taylor
kolimat@yahoo.com
Newsletter Frances Blosser
fab8850@aol.com
Programs
Marlyn Hyde
marlynhyde@hotmail.com
847-938-8252
Home 847 816 1638
Cell: 248-892-4680
Home: 847-816-4933
Awards Winners from January’s 1212 Section Meeting.
Come – Invite friends. Invite co-workers. Invite managers. Invite strangers. Learn. Enjoy.
Congratulations to our award winners!
Founder’s Award:
Dave Spengler – Historian
Distinguished Service Awards:
Marlyn Hyde – Programming
Frances Blosser – Newsletter
Peter Larson – Section Chair
Dave Taylor – Education/ISO Chair
Exceptional Service Award:
Donna Nash – Awards Chair
From Peter Larson,
To all,
I just wanted to say "Thank you" for your contributions at this evenings Business Meeting. In retrospect of this evenings
meeting, things went well. I owe this to the members of the SLC board. They are an extraordinary group of people that I
have the privilege of working with in 1212.
Peter
Q ualit y Quot e
"It is not enough to manage results. The way in which those results are achieved (the process) is also important. If we are
achieving the results, we need to know why. If we are not achieving the results, we need to know why. In both cases, to a
great degree, the answer lies in the process."
~ Gary A. Rummler & Alan P. Brache.
Submitted by: Willie Carter
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Placement News. By Peter Larson, Placement Chair
As a service to our members, we offer this space to list any openings that benefit our membership. How it works: To list
openings in your organization simply e-mail a brief position description before the third Wednesday of the month. Include
job requirements, company, location, and compensation, as appropriate. To further inquire about any available positions,
please e-mail Peter Larson your resume or inquiry any time. Contact: Peter Larson, Placement Chair. E-mail:
twins0649@yahoo.com. ASQ Section 1212 provides advertising access to its newsletter as a service, but has no control
over the operating policies or practices of those who provide the advertised services.
I. From the ASQ Headquarters:
ASQ's Career Center http://www.asq.org/career/index.html is free to all job seekers and provides access to the best
employers and jobs in the quality industry. It is powered by Boxwood Technology, an external vendor, so job seekers
must register separately from the regular ASQ member site to apply for a position or post a resume. ASQ also offers an
unemployment benefit http://www.asq.org/members/leadership/mbrapp/index.html to those unable to pay membership
dues due to being unemployed.
II. Positions Available
Head of Consulting Operations: The Luminous Group LLC (Farmington Hills,
Michigan).
Primary Responsibilities:
- Oversees non-sales activities of on-going consulting and training practice. Plans
and manages client engagements. Manages employees and contractors. Provides
consulting and training facilitation on client engagements. Interfaces with clients and
assures project objectives are met.
Requirements:
Significant consulting experience. Excellent organizational skills and attention to
detail
- Superior interpersonal skills. Process/systems thinker. Expert (depth of knowledge
and experience) in practice area, such as: Lean, Six Sigma, TQM, Quality Planning or
Change Management. Track record of proven results. Must be available to travel
out-of-town approximately 20%-30% of the time. Professional certification (such as
ASQ, PE, APICS, PMI) and a Master’s degree are preferred. Conversation
proficiency in one or more foreign languages would be a plus.
More information about our firm is available at: www.LuminousGroup.com
Please send response with resume to jobs@luminousgroup.com
2-08
Lean Specialist
Job Qualification Requirements:
Bachelors of Science Degree and 5-10 years in manufacturing applying lean techniques
Six Sigma Green Belt certification
Cross functional experience and team skill
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Presentation and facilitation skills
Travel required
Second shift Quality Inspector wantedLewis Plastics, a plastic injection molder is seeking a Quality Inspector for second
shift.
- First piece, In process, and Final inspections
- Visual and Mechanical inspections
- Ability to read blueprints and use inspection tools
- Ability to use a computer a plus
- ASQ certification a plus
Regulatory Affairs Specialist III
A Major medical device manufacturer located here in the Chicago area is looking for a Regulatory
Affairs Specialist-Level III. Under general supervision of RA Manager, is responsible for developing,
implementing, enforcing and maintaining the company’s policies and procedures to ensure
regulatory compliance. Performs related duties as required.
Training and Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, quality management, or a related field
supplemented by at least three years experience in regulatory affairs in a medical
device or pharmaceutical organization.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills

Thorough knowledge of cGMP and ISO 13485 (or equivalent) as well as industry
requirements for Class I and II medical devices. Thorough knowledge of Health
Canada and MDD regulations.
Demonstrated leadership ability. Ability to
communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. Ability to respond to inquiries
pertaining to regulatory compliance. Ability to handle multiple assignments and
meet deadlines.
Ability to teach and train others.
Excellent analytical
skills, with demonstrated ability to solve problems and make logical decisions. Good
leadership and interpersonal skills.
Contact Information: Kenneth Bruning, FPC of Hinsdale, 630-920-1952, kenneth@fpchinsdale.com
12-07
Quality Manager
Carematix is a fast growing healthcare technology company in Downtown Chicago. The Carematix
wireless patient monitoring system enables regular monitoring of patient's vital signs. For more
details visit www.carematix.com
The Quality Manager is directly responsible for the quality system, and manages all aspects of
quality conformance at Carematix. The Quality Manager is the Appointed Management
Representative.
Requirements: 2-5 years experience with FDA and ISO 13485 regulated organizations as a part of
a quality management system - Bachelors degree in applicable field and/or relevant work
experience in quality assurance.
Proven ability to manage multiple people and multiple varied concurrent tasks - Excellent
communications skills (written and verbal)
Reply by email with your resume/coverpage/requirements to jobs@carematix.com
12-07
Send resume with salary history to Donna Nash, Quality Manager
donna.nash@lewis-plastics.com
01-08
Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs Manager:
A Major Medical Device company is looking to fill their open position of QA/RA Manager.
Under general supervision, is responsible for maintaining at one of the company’s sites a
quality system that meets all regulatory requirements worldwide. Through administration of
Quality Assurance & Control activities, process improvement initiatives and product design
verification activities, assures that products sold by the Division meet all customers’ needs
and expectations while supporting all other Divisional objectives.
Training and Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college or university
supplemented by at least eight years work experience in Quality and
Regulatory Affairs.
Experience in the Medical Device industry including
the FDA Quality System, the Medical Device Directive and other international
and local regulatory systems including ISO 13485. At least three years of
supervisory experience. Or an equivalent combination of training and
experience is required.
Please contact: Kenneth Bruning, FPC of Hinsdale, 630-920-1952, kenneth@fpchinsdale.com
12-07
To apply for this position contact: John Garcia, Winergy Drive Systems, 950 Tollgate Rd.,
Elgin, IL 60123
Fax 847-937-9818 or e-mail: john.garcia@winergy-usa.com
No phone calls, please
01-08
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A Few Excerpts from the IMDS 2007 Supplier Questionnaire Results
First, an explanation: IMDS is not “Material Safety Data Sheets”.
The IMDS is the automotive industry material data system. It is a joint development of Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, Opel, Porsche, VW and the
Swedish firm Volvo. Other vehicle manufacturers have joined the community and still others are adding their participation in the IMDS each year. At
the time of this survey about 126,000 users were registered in the IMDS. In the IMDS, all materials used for car/vehicle manufacture are archived
and maintained. This will facilitate the recycling of old cars in future. In this way is it possible to meet obligations placed on car/vehicle
manufacturers, and thus on their suppliers, by national and international standards, laws and regulations to compile and transfer specific part and
material data from the supply chain to comply with the European Union’s End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive.
For questions concerning the analysis of this questionnaire or a complete copy of the analysis, please contact Ilona Pollok at
(ilona.pollok@eds.com.
Excerpts from the survey: Published with permission from Ilona Pollok, EDS.
More than seven years after the implementation of IMDS, and many more users than in the beginning, an evaluation Of the IMDS data provision in
general and of the characteristics of the IMDS application was carried out. In the beginning, the IMDS application was mainly used by European
supplier companies. With the participation of North American and Asian car manufacturers the use of the IMDS application has changed to a
growing extent to represent the global automobile industry structure. Most of the companies in this survey have either less than 100 or 101-500
employees. An additional size category for the micro-companies was introduced and shows that within this category about 5% of the companies
have less than 10 employees. Additionally, the growing number of smaller companies has to be pointed out (66% in 2007; 2005: 62%). Now,
especially, the lower tiers are registering as the request is passed on bottom-down from the car manufacturers and tier1 suppliers.
Most of the users (81%) are working the IMDS tasks within the two departments: Product design & development (21%) and Quality (60%).
The IT department as well as Logistics are also involved but in most cases not assumed to have the knowledge on materials used in the products.
Therefore, the involvement of the departments in direct contact with the products and materials needs to be recommended to the supplier
companies. The largest group entering data into IMDS is the group of engineers (31%). Nearly a third of the IMDS responsibles (about 27%) are in
a management position. In the micro companies this figure is as high as nearly 50%. The findings show that for most employees (86% of the cases
on average) working on IMDS is a part-time, additional task. Especially in very small companies as well as in very large companies 13% and 16%
of the employees spend more than 20 hours a week on IMDS tasks. Additionally, in micro companies this is to a high extent time spent by
management or temporary employees who work full-time.
The responses to the question, “On which supplier tier is your company mainly operating?” deliver the following picture of the tier distribution within
the automobile industry. The main groups of suppliers, about 37% each, are tier1 and tier2 suppliers. Tier O suppliers are tier 1 suppliers producing
on the manufacturers’ site. Note that tier 3 down suppliers represent 21.1% of the participating companies.
This question, “Please evaluate the general importance of IMOS' aims for the automobile industry.” was asked in order to check if for the users the
aims of IMDS are connected to the aims of recycling. That the large proportion of 74.3% of the respondents evaluated the aims of IMDS as very
important or important suggests some consensus on the importance of the IMDS use. However, 17.6% (2005: 24%) of the respondents still are
convinced that the aims of IMDS are not important or even not important at all. In the later question on recycling it was be checked if the IMDS aims
are known to the employees working on these tasks. It can be concluded that there has been better information on IMDS aims during the past two
years as the figures show an improvement of its importance.
The question “Please evaluate the general importance of vehicle recycling for the future.” crosschecked to the earlier question on the importance of
the IMDS aims. Whereas the importance of the IMDS aims for the automobile industry was ranked in 74% of the cases as very important or
important, the importance of recycling aims is rated as very important or important by 89% of the respondents. This question was only
answered in 8% of the respondents as less important or even not important at all -the same categories for the importance of IMDS aims counted up
to 17%. This leads to the assumption that even now, 7 years after using IMDS its aim is not clear to all the suppliers.
Summary
Actual IMDS use is dominated by the number of small and medium-sized companies (66%). About half of the IMDS companies (50.6%) are situated
in Europe. Most of the IMDS users (81%) are working in Product design & development and Quality. It is highly recommended that the
departments in direct contact with the products and materials should provide the IMDS data. For 86% of the users working on IMDS is a part-time,
additional task. In about half of the cases in the micro companies IMDS is a managerial task. 25% of the micro-companies employ temporary staff
for IMDS tasks. 74% of the supplier companies in IMDS are tier1 and tier2 suppliers. Two thirds of the users confirm that they would take IMDS
training if there was an offer. If training was taken it was in 81.4% of the cases considered to be very important or important for the IMDS work. An
IMDS conference should be offered in order to exchange ideas and to speed up data provision. The recycling information provided in IMDS is mainly
estimated to be correct. Whereas recycling already has a high importance in the automobile industry (nearly 90%), IMDS' importance is increasing
(74%).
Concluding, it can be stated that the IMDS is intensely used by more and more people in many companies of different sizes and on different tiers.
The system is steadily growing the number of users and companies, the number of MDS’s as well as the materials and basis substances available.
Improvements are necessary and highly valued by the users in order to speed up data entry and guarantee high quality IMDS data in order to meet
all deadlines set in the EL V regulations for the different regions.
IMDS questionnaire results – © Copyright by EDS Operations Services Gmbh. All rights reserved. This publication (IMDS Questionnaire Results), or parts thereof, may not be reproduced without permission.
Edited & Submitted by Frances Blosser
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From The Nor’easter Editor - Call for Articles
By Frances Blosser, Editor, The Nor’easter
Many thanks to those who have contributed articles and we wish to emphasize that we need articles. Please submit all information for the February
2008 Nor’easter by Thursday, February 28, 2008.
If your technical, quality related article of one page or less (approximately 500 to 1000 words) is published, you can receive 1 RU credit, as long as
you keep a copy of the newsletter as proof. You then submit that to ASQ with your re-certification journal packet. Text can be sent to
fab8850@aol.com. If you have graphics, logos, photos, etc., please call or e-mail. Please call 248-892-4680 with questions. The editor reserves
the right to edit material, and items received after the deadline may be dropped or inserted in a future issue.
Q ualit y Quot e
"I can't give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is - try to please everybody." ~
Herbert Bayard Swope
Submitted by: Willie Carter
ISO Support Group Minutes for January 2008 By David Taylor
In attendance were Jim Hopkins, Dave Spengler, Peter Larson, Joe Lierman, Frances Blosser, Bill Sherman, John
Perkins, Sara Lundborg, Phil Umali, Willibert Fabritias, John StJohn, Karen Perkins and Dave Taylor.
We completed our review of ISO 14000, the standard for Environmental Management. We voted on each element as to
how much additional difficulty it was to a system that was already ISO 9001 compliant. Results were tabulated by Dave
Spengler and will be shown at a later date in this newsletter. We will begin a review of ISO 19011, The Standard for
auditing next month.
In the round robin review: Bill S is on a contract assignment at Takeda Company. John Perkins is consulting on
electronics design and learning about quality systems. He is doing planning and review of his current systems and
looking into ISO 9001. Karen Perkins is working with outside sales doing quality survey for customers. Frances has
completed two projects with Electrodynamics and is looking for new assignments. Sara is doing medical filings for the
FDA. Phil is on a project to convert X-ray photography to digital. Willibert is auditing with BSI for a year now,
concentrating on TS 16949. He is not traveling as much as previously, which he appreciates. Dave S is concentrating on
CAPA systems at Methode and doing CQE training. Joe continues in establishing first article inspection. Jim is working
on his first cycle of internal audits. Now studying the measurement systems. John St. John is new to the group. He is
the Quality Manager at Methode. Current problems are the integration of new computer systems with Office 2007. Dave
T is continuing an assignment developing Work Instructions for a Waukegan company. Also, he is still doing management
representative assistance and internal auditing for two customers.
The next 2 meetings will be held at the New China Buffet in Libertyville on February 7 and March 6.
We will begin our new review of ISO 19001, the quality system auditing standard. A copy will be distributed with the
invitation to the February meeting.
A pleasingly moist buffet will be served for $5.00 (free for members searching for a position), the balance being funded by
ASQ section 1212 Northeast Illinois. The public is always invited and we welcome your questions about Quality
Management Standards. Let me know if you have particular subjects to discuss.
Contact Dave Taylor at
<kolimat@yahoo.com> if you have any questions or need directions.
ASQ Fox Valley Section 1208 is proud to present an exciting evening of uncommon and interesting information.
WHAT: Our monthly dinner meeting will highlight nationally-recognized speaker Roger Moerman, on the topic of Suspect and Counterfeit Items. S/CI
is a growing problem, costing companies, federal agencies, and consumers millions of dollars a year and putting lives at risk. Roger will show us
what the problem is, what it means to us, and what we, as professionals, can do to help control it. During the presentation, we will be introduced to
the growing number of counterfeit items through hands-on training with actual hardware parts and materials. We will be asked to identify what we
believe may be the problem with the item and why the item is a potential S/CI.
WHEN & WHERE: The event will be held at Courtyard Banquets (3S200 Rte. 59) in Warrenville, IL on February 12th. The meeting itself is free and
a full buffet dinner will be available between Mr. Moerman’s presentations for $25. Registration and networking starts at 5:30 PM. The pre-dinner
presentation will begin at 6:00 PM. The main, psot-dinner talk is scheduled to end by 9:00 PM. Please visit us at http://www.asqfoxvalley.org/Meetings/Meetings.asp for more information and to make reservations. If you have special dietary needs or do not wish to purchase the
dinner, please include this information in the Special Request section of your reservation. For additional info, e-mail Craig at cheinze@flash.net.
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Plan Now to Advertise in The Nor’easter
by Frances Blosser, Editor, The Nor’easter
E-mail your ad to: fab8850@aol.com
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SECTION 1212 GENERAL MEETING INFORMATION
Meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month - Pre-Meeting Clinic begins promptly at 5:30; Networking / Social from 6:00
Dinner is served 6:30; Main Presentation from 7:30-8:30 - For reservations, contact asq1212reservations@yahoo.com
If you wish to attend without the meal, there may be a section reserved for non-dining
DATE
PRE-MEETING CLINIC
Jan 17
2008
Section 1212 Annual Business Meeting
Feb 21
2008
FDA Guidance
Mar. 20
2008
MAIN PRESENTATION
By Lorelei Jarrell, FDA Chicago Branch
Council on Competitiveness
April17
2008
All members and guests invited.
Achieving Process Excellence
By Praveen Gupta of Accelper Consulting
www.accelper.com
FDA
By Hugh Grimes
May 15
2008
Getting Your Certification – How to Take the
Exam
By Dave Taylor and Dave Spengler
Recert & Packet Info
By Merle Goddard
June 19
2008
Putting Contest and Statistics
By Dave Taylor
Quality Tools
By Wayne Taylor
Place: Arboretum Club
401 Half Day Rd. (Rt. 22 E. of Rt. 83),
Buffalo Grove
Meal: $FREE
Place: Arboretum Club
401 Half Day Rd. (Rt. 22 E. of Rt. 83),
Buffalo Grove
Meal: $20.00
Place: Arboretum Club
401 Half Day Rd. (Rt. 22 E. of Rt. 83),
Buffalo Grove
Meal: $20.00
Place: Arboretum Club
401 Half Day Rd. (Rt. 22 E. of Rt. 83),
Buffalo Grove
Meal: $20.00
Place: Arboretum Club
401 Half Day Rd. (Rt. 22 E. of Rt. 83),
Buffalo Grove
Meal: $20.00
Place: Arboretum Club
401 Half Day Rd. (Rt. 22 E. of Rt. 83),
Buffalo Grove
Meal: $20.00
Feel free to contact any of the committee chairs or officers, if you have any questions or if you would like to help us provide quality meetings, programs and
activities. We welcome your participation.
©2006 ASQ
ASQ is a society of individual and organizational members dedicated to the ongoing development, advancement,
and promotion of quality concepts, principles and techniques.
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