Programs for 2010-2011
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Pre-Dinner Tutorial 5:30-6:15 (unless otherwise noted) |
After-Dinner Program 7-8 |
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November 16 |
Dr Steb Hipple on the Economy – Joint with APICS |
Holiday Inn, JC |
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November 19 |
Road trip to BMW |
Greenville, SC |
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January
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Creating Quality Scorecards in Excel |
Sustainability – Supplier Scorecard– Joint with APICS |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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February 15 |
Plant tour of Modern Forge – Joint with APICS |
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March
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Minitab and Beyond - Several Tutorials |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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April
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3 Sessions on The Calculation and Effective Use of Capability and Gauge R&R Metrics – Kevin White |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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May
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Hands on Gauge R&R with a Catapult – Led by Arved Harding and Mark Ewing |
Bulk Powder Particle Size Determination – A Process Improvement Case Study by Jason Barger |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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Programs for 2009-2010
Date |
Pre-Dinner Tutorial 5:30-6:15 (unless otherwise noted) |
After-Dinner Program 7-8 |
Location |
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September 17 |
Applying Quality Thinking to Help Our Environment- Dave Hrivnak |
Stress Management – Mike Russo |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport
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October 13 |
Tri-Cities Quality Forum (8am-Noon) |
Toy F. Reid Employee Center, Kingsport |
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November 19 |
Quality Book and Resource Swap – Bring resources you don’t use so others can have them. |
Auditing Outside the Box: Thoughts on Improving the Audit Function – Duke Okes |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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January
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Statistics Tutorials Attend One Fitting Reliability Distributions: Hugh Broome The two sample t-test – Some tips – Arved Harding |
Leadership in the Ranks of Management - Dale Patterson |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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February 18 |
Report from our ASQ Region 11 Director. How ASQ is trying to meet section needs better. Eric Hayler |
Eric Hayler – Region 11 Director How BMW Manages and Improves Quality |
TBD |
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March
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Six Sigma and Lean Projects |
Six Sigma and Lean Projects |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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May |
Tour of the Tri-Cities Airport |
Tri-Cities Airport |
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Tuesday
May |
Data Fun with M&M’s – Arved Harding |
LEGO LEAN Game joint with APICS |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
Programs for 2008-2009
Date |
Pre-Dinner Tutorial 5:30-6:15 (unless otherwise noted) |
After-Dinner Program 7-8 |
Location |
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September 18 |
The Critical Need for Quality Language Translation of Business Documents – Anne Marie Stone |
Quality and Risk Management Connection – Cecil Gibbs |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport
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October 14 |
Tri-Cities Quality Forum (8am-Noon) |
Toy F. Reid Employee Center, Kingsport |
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November 14 |
Tour to Toyota Plant in Georgetown, KY |
Leave from Colonial Heights in Kingsport |
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January 15 |
MINITAB Tutorials |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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February 19 |
Putting Quality Learning’s to Practice in Our Education System – David Timbs & Allyson Raines |
10 Ways to Mess Up an Experiment & 8 Ways to Clean It Up – Arved Harding |
Northeast State Technical Community College |
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March 12
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Our Iceberg is Melting: Lessons learned from this great little book on change Arved Harding |
The Change Acceleration Process – Anne Ellery |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
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April 16 |
ASQ CQIA (Certified Quality Improvement Associate) – Randy Bennett |
Computer System Validation – Charles Lankford |
Eastman Employee Center in Kingsport |
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May 21 |
Introduction and Examples of Simple Monte Carlo Simulations - Jim Stuart |
Dayana Cope – Computer Simulation – What is the payoff? |
Eastman Lodge in Kingsport |
Programs for 2007-2008
Date |
Pre-Dinner Tutorial 5:30-6:15* |
After-Dinner Program 7-8 |
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September 20 |
Simultaneous Tutorials 5:30-8 |
Simultaneous Tutorials 5:30-8 |
Eastman Lodge |
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October 16 |
Tri-Cities Quality Forum 8am - Noon |
Toy F. Reed Eastman Employee Center |
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November 5 |
Methamphetamine Labs in Our Communities |
Using Quality Tools in Education at Dobyns-Bennett |
Eastman Lodge |
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January 17 |
Retirement/Investment Planning |
Using the TNCPE Criteria in a Government Organization |
Eastman Lodge |
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February 26 |
No Tutorial |
Plant Tour – Snap-On |
Snap-On, Elizabethton, TN |
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March 18 |
TBD |
Beer Games joint with APICS |
Eastman Lodge |
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April 17 |
Simultaneous Tutorials – Software How-to's 5:30-8 |
Simultaneous Tutorials – Software How-to's 5:30-8 |
Eastman Lodge |
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May 15 |
Gray Fossil Site Tour |
Gray Fossil Site Speaker |
Gray Fossil Site |
Programs for 2006-2007
Date |
Pre-Dinner Tutorial 5:30-6:15 (unless otherwise noted) |
After-Dinner Program 7-8 |
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September 21, 2006 |
Improve Your Organization's Management System – Level 1 Application TN Center for Performance Excellence (TCPE) Workshop
Katie Rawls President TN Center for Performance Excellence |
MSHA: Our Journey to Excellence
Dennis Vonderfecht President and CEO Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA) |
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October 17, 2006 |
SPECIAL HALF DAY SEMINAR 2:00 – 6:00 Special Seminar ($150/person): "Unleashing Leadership and The Art of Constructive Confrontation"
Dr. John Hoover Nationally Known Author and Leadership/Communications Consultant |
"How to Work for an Idiot."
Dr. John Hoover Nationally Known Author and Leadership/Communications Consultant |
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November 9, 2006 Eastman Lodge A1/A2 |
Stephen Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" - What are they and How to Effectively Use Them to Improve"
Dr. Deborah Harley Assistant Vice-President Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership East Tennessee State University |
Building Customer Relationships: Four Tools for Immediate Impact
Russell Justice, PE Pal's Business Excellence Institute
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January 25, 2007 |
No Tutorial |
Plant Tour Bush Hog |
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February 15, 2007 |
Certification Tips
James J. Rooney, PE ASQ
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
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John Deere Production System
Susan Farris |
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March 15, 2007 |
ISO 9001 – Using your management review to improve
Panel of Experts |
Human Error Prevention
BW (Ben) Marguglio Management & Technical Consulting High Technology Seminars
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April 19, 2007 |
What is Six Sigma? A Basic Overview
David J. McClaskey, PE Senior Quality Associate and Six Sigma Black Belt Instructor Global Quality Eastman Chemical Co. |
LeanSigma “The Best of Both Combined"
Kevin Schutt Manager Business Process Improvement (LeanSigma) Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. |
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May 10, 2007 |
Build a Stage for Them to Stand On - Strengthening Personal Relationships
Russell Justice, PE Pal's Business Excellence Institute |
Leadership Skills
Greg Maciolek President Integrated Management Resources
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Programs for 2005-2006
Date |
Pre-Dinner Tutorial |
After-Dinner Program |
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September 15, 2005 |
Beyond Brainstorming Pam Lature MSHA |
Six Sigma at Bank of America James Bossert, Sr. VP Bank of America |
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October 20, 2005 |
The Business of Maintenance Robyn Wilbanks Prospective |
Why Lean? Applications and their Results Michael Rigg, Principal Operations Associates |
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November 10, 2005 |
Simplex as an Alternative Method for Design of Experiments Mark Crossley |
Being Right...Being credible … or Recognizing and Understanding Error in Statistics Mark Crossley |
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December 6, 2005 |
Tour of Operating Rooms at Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport Gary Fillers, Director of OR |
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January 19, 2006 |
The DiSC Personal Profile System Judy Worthy-Henry Worthy Solutions |
Since We Know Why Transformation Efforts Fail, Let's Do Something About It Rick Toomey, Eastman |
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February 16, 2006 |
Plant Tour of Bosch Braking Systems, Johnson City Bob Beaver, Quality Methods Manager |
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March 16, 2006 |
Lean Office Eastman Chemical Company |
Preventing Human Error Lee N. Vanden Heuvel ABS Consulting |
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April 11, 2006 |
Using Benchmarking and Basic Data Plots to Drive School Improvements Arved Harding, Eastman |
Quality in the Business School Joe F. Alexander, Dean Monfort College of Business |
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May 18, 2006 |
Negotiation Skills Cindy Tauscher Northeast State |
ISO 9001 and Sarbanes Oxley Bill Stimson, PhD |
2004-2005 Programs
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Date |
Program Meeting Topic – Speaker |
Pre-Meeting Tutorial – Speaker |
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Supplier Quality Assurance Panel
Discussion Mike Gladson – TRW Bob Harrison, Eastman Dave Parr, Parker Hannifin Sandy Richards, Siemens Evie Vaugn, John Deere |
Keeping Fit Stan Johnson, MEDFIT |
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Rick Lovorn, Merillat |
Value Stream Mapping Jamie Hunigan, Siemens |
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Six Sigma at Eastman Calvin Crim |
Six Sigma in David Ruller |
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Customer Service Approach Eugene Fibuch, (a 2003 Baldrige Winner) |
Moving from Career Survival to Career Management Mike Bishop |
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None |
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3 tutorials done 2 times: Process Diagrams – James Newell, Bosch KANBAN – Mike Franklin, Parker Hannifin Visual Management – Jerry
Eberhart, NN |
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3 tutorials done 2 times: Statistical Hypothesis Testing – Dave Stevens, Eastman 2-D Guidelines for % Gage R&R and % P/T Ratio – Kevin White, Eastman Using Statistics with Management Metrics - Jim Stuart, Eastman |
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BAE/HAAP Tour |
None |
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Leveraging Individual Values for
Organizational Effectiveness Jeff Brunson, Basic Approach |
None |
2003-2004 Programs
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Date |
Program Meeting Topic |
Program Speaker |
Pre-Meeting Tutorial |
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Sept. 16, 2003 |
Pal's Leadership and Key Learnings Since Earning the 2001 Baldrige Award |
Thom Crosby, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pal’s Sudden Service. |
"Baldrige in Education Successes at Cherokee High School" presented by Jim Hageman and Gloria Silvers |
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Oct. 16, 2003 |
Layered Audits in Manuf. Proc. |
James Newell |
None |
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Date Changed to Nov. 20, 2003 |
Plant Tour at Siemens |
Dave Mixon |
Presentation on Failure Analysis |
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Dec. 16, 2003 (Guest Night Social) |
Christmas Storytelling |
Larry Kelley |
Christmas music |
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Jan. 15, 2004 |
Lean Manufacturing Concepts |
Mike Davidson |
Communication Skills |
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Feb. 19, 2004 |
1. Measurement Uncertainty |
1. Marcus Nachman |
None |
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March 18, 2004 |
Tennessee Quality Award Panel Discussion |
Marie Williams |
TQA Promotion |
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April 15, 2004 |
Competitive Intelligence |
Clay Hodges |
Accounting for Non-Accounting Professionals |
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May 20, 2004 |
Career Planning |
Russ Westcott |
Resume Preparation |
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2002-2003 Programs |
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Program Meeting Topic |
Program Speaker |
Pre-Meeting Tutorial |
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Sept. 19, 2002 |
Converting Capabilities Into Dollars |
Donald Wheeler |
Process Capability Indices (Arved Harding and Kevin White) |
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Oct. 17, 2002 |
Work Place Ergonomics |
Jeff Snodgrass, Manager Wellmont Ergonomics |
Ergonomics Device Exhibit (Tim McGlothlin) |
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Nov. 14, 2002 |
Integrating ISO 9001 and ISO 14000 |
Lisa Deans |
A Review of the Worldwide Acceptance of the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 Standards (Marc Nachman) |
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Dec. 17, 2002 (Guest Night Social) |
The Many Languages of Love |
Russell Justice |
No Tutorial |
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Jan. 16, 2003 |
Cancelled due to snow |
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Feb. 20, 2003 |
Tutorials |
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Six Sigma Introduction, R. Perry |
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Design for Six Sigma Overview, R. Perry |
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Promodel Simulation Software Demonstration, D. Stevens |
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5S Tied to Improved Safety Prerformance and Increased Customer Satisfaction, J. Newell |
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20-Mar-03 |
16949 Standard |
Marc Nachman, Nachman Precision Systems |
Quality Standard 17025 (Marc Nachman) |
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24-Apr-03 |
The Future of Quality Managers |
Duke Okes, Aplomet |
NSTCC Supervisory and Leadership Program (Cindy Tauscher) |
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22-May-03 |
FedEx Customer Measurements and How the Information Drives Improvement |
Cary Pappas, VP Customer Service at FedEx Express |
No Tutorial |
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2001-2002 Programs |
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Date |
Program Meeting Topic |
Program Speaker |
Pre-Meeting Tutorial |
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Sept. 18, 2001 |
Planning for External Surveys |
Chris Presley, Advanced Statistician, Eastman Chemical Company |
Note: Pre-meeting tutorial was moved to the main program. |
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Oct. 25, 2001 |
Dealing with Difficult People - Whine, Bark, Growl |
Russell Justice |
The Key Teachings of Phil Crosby (Speaker: David McClaskey) |
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Nov. 13, 2001 |
Top Management Panel: How to Get Top Management Support for Quality Efforts |
Executives from small, medium, and large manufacturing and service businesses |
Process Optimization While Keeping In-Spec Production (Speaker: Dave Stevens) |
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Dec. 13, 2001 |
How Koalaty Kid Is Benefiting Northeast Tennessee Schools |
Local Teachers and School Administrators (Arved Harding will Moderate) |
No Tutorial but will have Koalaty Kid Poster Session |
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Jan. 17, 2002 |
Developing World-Class HR Processes for Small Businesses |
Thom Crosby, CEO Pal's Sudden Service |
The Baldrige Criteria: How the Baldrige Categories Form a Guide for World-Class Management System (Speaker: Dan Jordan) |
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Feb. 19, 2002 |
"5 S" Applications and Techniques |
Mark Blizard, Independent Project Consultant |
Pal’s Sudden Service Improvement Stories (speaker: Cisco Burnette) |
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19-Mar-02 |
Design for Six Sigma |
Steven E. Salzman, Master Black Belt |
Six Sigma Basics and What’s Different About Six Sigma? (Speaker: Jim Stuart) |
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25-Apr-02 |
Breakthrough Performance: Implementing the Lean Enterprise |
Ken Kirby, Associate Professor University of Tennessee |
Lean Manufacturing (Speaker: Mark Blizard) |
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16-May-02 |
Panel Discussion: Experiences and Lessons Learned on How to Transition to ISO 9000:2000 |
Moderator: Duke Okes (Aplomet) |
No Tutorial This Month |
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Panel Members: Dave Alderman (U.L), Almont Mitchell (Bsi America), Lisa Deans (Five Rivers), Bobby Jones (John Deere), Dave Parr (Parker Hannifin), Steve Myers (BTL Industries) |
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2000-2001 Programs |
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Date |
Topic |
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Sept. 21, 2000 |
Customer Service & Customer Loyalty |
Gary Henderson (Ben & Jerry’s) |
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Oct. 17, 2000 |
The Virtual Factory |
Mike Osterberger |
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Nov. 16, 2000 |
Kaizen Blitz Applied to Quality Procedures and Systems |
Mike Gladson |
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Dec. 5, 2000 |
Racing to Help Children & |
Claudia Byrd |
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Tour of the Raceway Lights |
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Jan. 18, 2001 |
Minitab Tutorial |
Jerry Eberhart |
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Jan. 18, 2001 |
Six Sigma Overview and Panel Discussion |
Tracey Carden |
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Mike Nichols |
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Jim Stuart |
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Feb. 15, 2001 |
ISO 9001-2000: Changes and the Expected Impacts |
Duke Okes |
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15-Mar-01 |
Tutorials, Tutorials, Tutorials (Attend 2 of 3) |
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Process Capability Concepts and Indices |
Jim Stuart |
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Mistake Proofing to Achieve Zero Defects |
Bob Beaver |
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ISO 9001-2000: Changes and the Expected Impacts |
Duke Okes |
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26-Apr-01 |
Getting On-the-Job Value from Professional Training and Programs |
David McClaskey |
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24-May-01 |
Information Quality Management: The Next Frontier |
Larry English |
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1999-2000 Programs |
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Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
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Sept. 19, 1999 |
All American City Award |
Liesa Jenkins |
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Oct. 19, 1999 |
Chaos Theory – Its Promise, Applications and Examples |
Dick Morley |
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Nov. 16, 1999 |
e-Business: The Future of Business-to-Business Interaction |
Fred Buehler |
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Dec. 1999 |
NO PROGRAM |
NO PROGRAM |
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Jan. 20, 2000 |
Everything You Wanted To Know About Professional Certification – But Forgot To Ask |
Multiple Speakers |
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Feb. 8, 2000 |
Partnerships |
John Mariotti |
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16-Mar-00 |
Tutorials, Tutorials, Tutorials (Attend 2 of 3) |
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Lean Manufacturing – Identifying and Eliminating the 8 Kinds of Waste |
Matthew Ball |
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Root Cause Failure Analysis Overview |
Gary Hallen |
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Introduction to Effective Experimentation Using Statistically Designed Experiment |
Dave Stevens |
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18-Apr-00 |
Advanced Strategic Planning for Improving Corporate Competitiveness |
Rod Reasor |
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16-May-00 |
Managing Change |
Terry Lund |
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1998-1999 Programs |
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Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
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Sept. 17, 1998 |
The Saturn Difference |
Delores Favors |
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Oct. 15, 1998 |
We’ve Got 140,000 Friends Coming Over To Watch The Race Saturday Night |
Bristol Motor Speedway |
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Nov. 19, 1998 |
Complaint Analysis by Tennessee Eastman Company |
Hank Somers |
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Jim Wallace |
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Gary Hallen |
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Dec. 10, 1998 |
Update on the Consolidation of Health Care Providers in NE Tennessee |
Randy Cook |
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Jan. 21, 1999 |
Quality at Pal’s |
Thom Crosby |
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Feb. 18, 1999 |
Methodist Medical Center – Recipient of the Tennessee Quality Award |
Wilma Brantley |
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9-Mar-99 |
Quality Centered Strategic Planning: Practical Steps for Blitz Building your Strategic Plan |
Dr. John Robert Dew |
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22-Apr-99 |
Business Process Re-Engineering |
Bob Savell |
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20-May-99 |
Critical Thinking – A Fundamental Requirement for 21st Century Organizations |
Duke Okes |
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