Programs for 2007-2008
Date |
Pre-Dinner Tutorial 5:30-6:15* |
After-Dinner Program 7-8 |
Location |
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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 |
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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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Winning the Shingo Prize for Lean 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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John Deere Plant Tour (a |
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 |
| Sept. 16, 2003 | Pal's Leadership and Key Learnings Since Earning the 2001 Baldrige Award | Thom Crosby, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pals Sudden Service. | "Baldrige in Education Successes at Cherokee High School" presented by Jim Hageman and Gloria Silvers |
| Oct. 16, 2003 |
Layered Audits in Manuf. Proc. Certified Calibration Tech Cert. Software Quality |
James Newell Jerry Eberhart Lloyd Pitney |
None |
| Date Changed to Nov. 20, 2003 | Plant Tour at Siemens | Dave Mixon | Presentation on Failure Analysis |
| Dec. 16, 2003 (Guest Night Social) | Christmas Storytelling | Larry Kelley | Christmas music |
| Jan. 15, 2004 | Lean Manufacturing Concepts | Mike Davidson | Communication Skills |
| Feb. 19, 2004 |
1. Measurement Uncertainty 2. Promodel's VAO Solutions 3. Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty |
1. Marcus Nachman 2. Joe Giannitti 3. Len Eddleman |
None |
| March 18, 2004 | Tennessee Quality Award Panel Discussion | Marie Williams | TQA Promotion |
| April 15, 2004 | Competitive Intelligence | Clay Hodges | Accounting for Non-Accounting Professionals |
| May 20, 2004 | Career Planning | Russ Westcott | Resume Preparation |
| 2002-2003 Programs | |||
| Date | Program Meeting Topic | Program Speaker | Pre-Meeting Tutorial |
| Sept. 19, 2002 | Converting Capabilities Into Dollars | Donald Wheeler | Process Capability Indices (Arved Harding and Kevin White) |
| Oct. 17, 2002 | Work Place Ergonomics | Jeff Snodgrass, Manager Wellmont Ergonomics | Ergonomics Device Exhibit (Tim McGlothlin) |
| 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) |
| Dec. 17, 2002 (Guest Night Social) | The Many Languages of Love | Russell Justice | No Tutorial |
| Jan. 16, 2003 | Cancelled due to snow | ||
| Feb. 20, 2003 | Tutorials | ||
| Six Sigma Introduction, R. Perry | |||
| Design for Six Sigma Overview, R. Perry | |||
| Promodel Simulation Software Demonstration, D. Stevens | |||
| 5S Tied to Improved Safety Prerformance and Increased Customer Satisfaction, J. Newell | |||
| 20-Mar-03 | 16949 Standard | Marc Nachman, Nachman Precision Systems | Quality Standard 17025 (Marc Nachman) |
| 24-Apr-03 | The Future of Quality Managers | Duke Okes, Aplomet | NSTCC Supervisory and Leadership Program (Cindy Tauscher) |
| 22-May-03 | FedEx Customer Measurements and How the Information Drives Improvement | Cary Pappas, VP Customer Service at FedEx Express | No Tutorial |
| 2001-2002 Programs | |||
| Date | Program Meeting Topic | Program Speaker | Pre-Meeting Tutorial |
| Sept. 18, 2001 | Planning for External Surveys | Chris Presley, Advanced Statistician, Eastman Chemical Company | Note: Pre-meeting tutorial was moved to the main program. |
| Oct. 25, 2001 | Dealing with Difficult People - Whine, Bark, Growl | Russell Justice | The Key Teachings of Phil Crosby (Speaker: David McClaskey) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Feb. 19, 2002 | "5 S" Applications and Techniques | Mark Blizard, Independent Project Consultant | Pals Sudden Service Improvement Stories (speaker: Cisco Burnette) |
| 19-Mar-02 | Design for Six Sigma | Steven E. Salzman, Master Black Belt | Six Sigma Basics and Whats Different About Six Sigma? (Speaker: Jim Stuart) |
| 25-Apr-02 | Breakthrough Performance: Implementing the Lean Enterprise | Ken Kirby, Associate Professor University of Tennessee | Lean Manufacturing (Speaker: Mark Blizard) |
| 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 |
| 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) | |||
| 2000-2001 Programs | |||