ASQ Calgary Events
Dinner Meeting : Improving Industry-Based Supply Chain Practices with TRIZ Problem-Solving
Event Description
Toyota’s quality issues, observed earlier this year, were due in part to a too rapidly growing supply chain. Whether you are a multinational corporation or a small service organization, your supply chain can be quite complicated and difficult system to manage. Supply chain improvement is critical for an organization's growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, and competitiveness.Speaker(s):
Dr. Maria Stoletova, Integrated Quality Strategies Corp.,
Maria has 10 years of consulting and teaching experience in the quality area. Maria holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Engineering (equivalent) from Vladimir State University (Russia), Master's degrees in Industrial Engineering from Wayne State University (USA), in
Operations Management from the University of Arkansas (USA), and in Metrology from Vladimir State University. She taught courses in operations management, decision analysis, supply chain management, quality improvement, applied engineering statistics, and metrology at
U.S., Canadian, and Russian universities. Maria worked on research projects in the fields of quality assurance and international quality standards. She completed a number of consulting projects in the quality improvement area working with manufacturing and service companies. Maria is a "Six Sigma - Green Belt" and an ASQ Certified Quality Manager, Certified Quality Engineer and Certified Quality Auditor.
When:
Date: June 17, 2010
Start Time: 5:30pm networking, 6pm dinner
Event Duration: 2.5 hours
Cost:
Members: $30.00
Non-members: $40.00
Contact:
Wang Lee Lau
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(403)295-5067
TRIZ is a structured method for the generation of non-traditional, innovative, and breakthrough solutions to supply-chain issues in a time-efficient and low-cost fashion.This presentation provides an introduction to TRIZ and considers its practical applications in the supply chain environment.
BONUS OFFER: To find out how TRIZ can improve your supply chain management, the presenter, Dr. Maria Stoletova, of the University of Calgary and Integrated Quality Strategies Corp., is willing to personally assess opportunities for your supply chain improvement at no charge to you or your business. You must be an attendee of this ASQ-Calgary event to take advantage of this bonus offer.
5:15pm networking
6:00pm dinner
Payment by cheque or cash at the door.
$$$ Due to pre-order dinner arrangement with Danish Club, you will be charged the dinner cost if registered with no show or if cancelled less than 48 hrs of the scheduled event $$$
Where:
Danish Canadian Club
727 11 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2R 0E3
(403) 261-9774
http://www.danishclubcalgary.com
Event Room: Tivoli
Free parking available at facility.
