ASQ Kitchener Section #405

Past Events

2009-2010 Past Events

Date Event
September 16 The Quality of Geothermal Earth Energy Systems by Ray Culver [read more]
October 20 Presentation on McLaren Performance Technologies (a Linamar Company) by Ovidiu Mitica, Senior Manager, Transmission Engineering and a tour of Linamar's Training and Technology Centre [read more]
November 25 The good, the bad and the ugly side of Quality Systems with Carolyn Macdonald [read more]
December 10 ASQ Social event: Black Forest Inn Conestogo [read more]
January 20 Presentation: Supply Chain Security - Supplier Compliance Manager [read more]
February 17 How to be a Preeminent Service in a Declining Economy by Brent Ferguson [read more]
March 17 ASQ Canada Updates from the Regional Deputy Director
The ATS Business & Quality Management System Award Winning System [read more]
April 21 Innovation with Peter Merrill [read more]
May 19 Plant Tour of Bend All Automotive Incorporated (BAA) [read more]
June 16 What's new on the legal side of Health & Safety - what every manager needs to know [read more]

2008-2009 Past Events

Date Event

17-Sep-08

Christie Digital Plant Tour [read more]

15-Oct-08

Is ISO 9001 Dead? Or is it a Lean Enabler? [read more]

19-Nov-09

Lean Six Sigma [read more]

22-Nov-08

Christmas Party @ Arboretum, Guelph Theatre [read more]

21-Jan-09

Paul Mederios - Factors Affecting Health Inspector Judgement and Behaviour During Food Premises Inspections [read more]

18-Feb-09

Com Dev Plant Tour [read more]

18-Mar-09

Incorporating Quality Risk Management into Internal Auditing [read more]

22-Apr-09

Everything I Learned About Lean, I Learned in Kindergarten; general election for the ASQ Kitchener Leadership Committee [read more]

27-May-09

Jump Start Your ISO 14001 Implementation [read more]

2007-2008 Past Events

Date Event

October 16

You Too Can Innovate [read more]

November 21

Lean Performance with Vaidesh Subramanyam [read more]

December 1

Annual Christmas Party [read more]

January 23

Emerging Tests in the NA Marketplace [read more]

February 20

VEHCOM Plant Tour [read more]

March 5

The Häagen-Daz ice cream problem: Why Quality Management Systems don't get the support and commitment needed in order to truly achieve their potential
[read more

March 24

How Can My Member Unit Host a Stakeholder Dialogue? [read more]
2008-2009 Election Meeting.

April 23

Effective Internal Audits - Is Outsourcing the Answer?
[read more | view presentation (ppt)]
Section General Elections.

May 28

Sleeman Breweries Plant Tour [read more].

2006-2007 Past Events

Date Event

October 26

Help, I found a defect [read more]

November 22

Quality in the Health Care System [read more]

November 24

Theatre in the Trees: There's a Burglar in My Bed [read more]

January 17

Using External Employees to Perform Your Process Audits [read more]

February 27

C-TPAT - Process for Border Security [read more]

May 15

Plant Tour of Tigercat Industries [read more]

2005-2006 Past Events

Date Event

September 20

Lean Manufacturing [read more]

October 20

Sleeman Plant Tour [read more]

November 17

Managing for Organizational Competancy [read more]

December 9

Holiday Celebration: Theatre in the Trees [read more]

January 31

ATS Plant Tour [read more]

February 21

Dalsa Plant Tour [full]

March 23

Section Elections, Awards & Recognitions

How can I change my software process to work for me? [read more]

April 22

Dave Delong Workshop [read more]

2004-2005 Past Events

Date Event

September 15

ASQ Living Community Model & ASQ Certification with Brenda M. Fisk & Elizabeth E. Burns [read more]

September 28

Plant Tour - Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing Ltd.
Overview of Company, History, Products with Glen McKee, Quality Manager [read more]

October 21

Supplier Development with Benson Tendler, VP of Product Quality, Research in Motion [read more]

October 27

SOLD OUT! Christie Digital - Presentation & Product Demo
Cinema Going Digital - Image Quality Challenges with Peter Pekurar, Quality Manager [read more]

October 30

Saturday Workshop: GD & T - Everything You Need to Know about Positional Tolerances with David DeLong, ASQ CQE/CET, ASME GD & T Professional - Technologist Level [read more]

November 9

ISO 9001:2000 - The Morning After with Denis Devos, BA, B.E.Sc, M.Eng, P.Eng [read more]

November 18

CANCELLED
BASICS Office Furniture & Design - Presentation & Tour with Lucy Hart, In-house Ergonomist for The Global Group

December 3

ASQ Kitchener Section Annual Christmas Event: Funny Money A comedy by Ray Cooney. Directed by John Snowdon. [read more] [map]

December 7

Blount Canada - Presentation & Plant Tour
Maintaining a Quality Culture with Ben McCarl, MASc, P.Eng Manager Quality and MIS, Blount Canada [read more]

January 24

Leading @ the Speed of Change: How to Align People, Processes, and Personal Effectiveness for Continuous Success with Jim Clemmer: bestselling author & internationally acclaimed speaker, workshop/retreat leader and management team developer on leadership, change, customer focus, culture, and personal growth. [read more]

February 23

Engel Canada - Presentation & Plant Tour
"Engel...be the first" - Overview of company, products & quality system with Steve Schock, ASQ CQE, Qualty Manager [read more]

March 5 - May 14

CQE — Certified Quality Engineer Refresher Course [read more]

March 22

Section Elections, Awards & Recognitions
Supply Chain Quality with Duke Okes, ASQ CQE, CQM, CQA, Fellow ASQ Member, APLOMET/Applied Logical Methods [read more]

April 13

What's New in Software Quality? A Joint Meeting of the ASQ Kitchener Section and the Kitchener-Waterloo Software Quality Association. [read more]

April 20

The Security of Quality: unlock your company's potential - a one-day symposium
[read brochure] [enroll] [schedule]

April 21

BLUE BIRD - Presentation & Plant Tour
History & Overview of Company with Tony Martins, Quality Manager [read more]

2003-2004 Past Events

Date Event

September 23, 2003

Six Sigma @ Raytheon - A plant tour and discussion on how Raytheon implemented Six Sigma at their facilities. [read more]

September 25 & 30, 2003

Training - Insights for Improvement [read more]

October 22, 2003

Statistical Engineering - An Algorithm for Reducing Variation in Manufacturing Processes, with Stefan Steiner. [read more]

November 20, 2003

Corrective Action with Cause & Effects Diagrams utilizing FMEA Ratings with David DeLong, Quality Management Services Inc. [read more]

December 5, 2003

Annual Christmas Party - Featuring the comedy Boeing-Boeing, by Marc Camoletti & Beverly Cross, directed by John Snowdon. [read more]

Reserved ASQ tickets SOLD OUT

January 13, 2004

A Plant Tour of ATS Systems Division [read more]

February 19, 2004

Annual Kitchener Quality Conference - Convergence Breeds Innovation

March 23, 2004

ASQ Kitchener Section Elections & Dinner.
On-Line Quality Systems, with Ben McCarl from Blount Canada. [read more]

April 15-16, 2004

Advanced GD & T Seminar [read more]

April 21, 2004

A plant tour of Tigercat Industries [read more]

May 7

Response Surface Methodology - A One-Day Workshop [read more]

May 24-26, 2004

58th Annual Quality Congress in Toronto, Ontario.

June 12, 2004

ASQ Golf Event
Brookfield Golf & Country Club. CANCELLED