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Recent Blog Posts
ASQ Calgary Successfully Conducted Strategic Planning Sessions
Posted by: Quality-1st
on Friday, April 23, 2010
Category: ASQ Calgary News
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on Friday, April 23, 2010
Category: ASQ Calgary News
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In April, eighteen ASQ members (ASQ Executive and non-Executive) gathered at DeVry (after work) to go through the Strategic Planning Process, facilitated by Jim Roscoe, Government of Alberta.
ASQ Executive Committee was pleasantly surprised by the overwhelming support from the ASQ community when a request to participate in shaping the future of ASQ Calgary was posted on the ASQ website. The planning coordinator had to turn down some last minute requests, fearing the group might be too...
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Event Wrap-up: Quality Tools
Posted by: Quality-1st
on Saturday, March 27, 2010
Category: Event Wrap-ups
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on Saturday, March 27, 2010
Category: Event Wrap-ups
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Thanks everybody who attended this discussion group meeting, it was a great success. Enclosed is the presentation package.
Wang Lee LauQuality_Tools_-_ASQ.pdf
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Wang Lee LauQuality_Tools_-_ASQ.pdf
Event Wrap-up: Economic value of ISO standards
Posted by: Quality-1st
on Sunday, February 07, 2010
Category: Event Wrap-ups
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on Sunday, February 07, 2010
Category: Event Wrap-ups
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After a brief introduction, Maria splitted the discussion group up into 2 teams. Each team brain stormed on the benefits and cost of ISO registration. The following is the summary of the discussion.
Benefit
* marketing/customer requirements
* Quality improvements
* protecting company knowledge
*...
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Benefit
* marketing/customer requirements
* Quality improvements
* protecting company knowledge
*...
How do you handle “Human Error” as root cause of corrective action?
Is "human error" a true root cause?
Sometime I receive "human error" as corrective action root cause. Is this a valid root cause? How do you response to "human is not perfect" type of logic?
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Event Wrap-up “Lean Six Sigma & Politics”
On 18th Nov, Dr Alastair Muir presented a City of Calgary improvement project at the Canadian Danish Club. It was well received by ASQ members and non-members.
From the record number of people registering for this dinner event, the organizer knew the interest and expectation were high on this topic "Lean Six Sigma & Politics". Dr Alastair Muir delivered an engaging session, meeting or exceeding 97% of attendees' expectation.
The presentation started off...
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The presentation started off...
