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UPCOMING CHAPTER PROGRAMS:

 

September Dinner Meeting 

Wednesday, September 8

Plant Tour – Armstrong Marietta Plant

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New News - last update June 2010

Harrisburg Section achieves Total Quality Level and Gold Excellence Level of the Quality Management Program

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Report from the World Conference in May

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On the Job Tool - 

QFD (Under One Roof)

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Features

- Input to the Region 5 Leadership Summit -

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  Summit Report

- Letter from the President to the Member Leader Community–

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AQS Unemployment Resource: Click for Details

Free Online Course for Statistics: Click for Details

Quality Magazine: Click for Details

2008 Futures Study – ASQ & Baldrige Program Host Dialog on the Future of Quality: 

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ASQ Membership Drive – Join the Movement

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Chair’s Message:

 

Dear Friends and Members,

 

I am freshly returned from being a 1st timer attendee at the 2010 ASQ World Conference, held in St. Louis MO where there were 4-embedded conferences in one, and topical tracks to delight anyone in any quality-related specialty.  I am supercharged!  The conference was great and I highly recommend it as one the best that ASQ conducts –the Keynote addresses were absolutely fantastic, as we heard from the like of the Chairmen of Ford Motors, Travelocity, the Geek Squad and others.  (Please see my “Report from the World Conference” later in the newsletter.)  The added benefit of a “Member-Leaders” day of presentations on Saturday was also very educational, and I will share all the new insights with our Executive Team, at our next meeting.

 

As our Governance Year comes to a close, the Executive Committee wants to thank you for continued support of the Local Section and attendance at our educational dinner meetings and tours.  The Exec committee will be conducting a transitions meeting in June for the purpose of turnover of duties and responsibilities to the newly elected Officers and to plan out our goals and objectives for FY-11.

 

Our May 12th meeting had excellent attendance of nearly 55 members and guests/visitors; and, we feasted on an excellent buffet from the Eden Resort Inn in Lancaster, PA. Extra handouts from the April meeting on ASQ Future Studies were available for all in attendance.  Two awards were presented in May, one to our outgoing Section Treasurer, Jim Pasquali, who was given a Certificate of Lifetime Membership to the Section, and a gift card; additionally, your very own Programs Chair, Fred Hammond, was presented with the Member-Leader Excellence Award for his continued efforts and dedication to producing great educational programs for our dinner meetings.

 

The May meeting presenter was none other than our own Senior ASQ Section member Andy Rogish, from BAE systems where he is a Lean 6-Sigma Specialist and certified 6-Sigma Black Belt.  Andy’s topic on his lifelong Lean experiences was quite interesting, and filled with humor and knowledge – the title of the talk was: “From Aircraft to Azaleas – Lean Lessons Learned,” and Andy conveyed how lean principles in quality could be used to enhance the operations of growers, as well as the makers of any manufactured item.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Greg Gurican, Chair ASQ Section 503

 


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