NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SECTION COMMITTEE

Web Chair Contact Information

Name: John E. King
Email: jking500@aol.com
Phone: 765-451-6932

Mission Statement

The mission of Section 0918 is to:
1) Promote the awareness, knowledge, application and improvement of quality in the many communities to which we belong, and,
2) Provide members with beneficial communications and opportunities to grow personally and professionally

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does ASQ Section 0918 have meetings?

Section 0918 meetings are arranged by the Program and Arrangement co-chairs and approved by the Section's officers. Section meetings are held during the months of September, November, January, March and May. Meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday evening of the month, but that may vary. The location is frequently Kokomo, but may be varied to be held in Peru, Walton or Logansport, Indiana. Look for upcoming meeting information on this web page.

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Who are the officers and commitee chairs of the Section?

2007/2008 Officers

Dave Loehmer (574-739-6207) Chairman
John King (765-451-6932) Vice Chair
Steve Moulder (765-459-3013) Secretary
Andy Baucco (765-475-2018) Treasurer

Other Chairs (2006/2007) include:
William Kendrick (765-454-1421) Certification/ Examiner
John E. King (765-451-6932) Internet Liaison, Nominating Committee Chair
Dick Coy (317-849-3489) Newsletter Editor
A. J. Papillion, Scholarship Chair


News

Section Meeting Announcement

There are no other Section meetings scheduled for the 2006/2007 Section year however planning for the 2007/2008 year is about to begin. If you are interested in joining in the planning, it will commence with the Executive commitee meeting to be held at Lincoln Square Restaurant in Kokomo at 6pm on Thursday 28Jun07. All members are welcomed to join this session.

Our fifth and final section meeting was the Annual Awards presentation. It was held at Pizza Hut North in Kokomo. Anna Naegeli was presented with the $1000 "2007 Excellence in Math/Science/Technology Scholarship". Cyndi Fisher entertained with original and cover folk and acoustic songs. Gordon Nixon was honored as a friend of the section for his willing participation in the festivities. William Kendrick was honored in abstentia for his longstanding service as the section's recertification chairperson. Dave Loehmer presented the mini-seminar on "The ASQ Mission"

Our fourth section meeting was held on 13Mar07 at Lincoln Square Restaurant in Kokomo. John Vandenbemden presented "Triz Problem Solving Technology". John King gave the mini-seminar entitled "The Infinity Model - an enhancement to PDCA".

Our third section meeting was held on 9Jan07 at Lincoln Square Restaurant in Kokomo. Andre' Kleyner presented "System Reliability and Product Validation Testing". Steve Moulder gave the mini-seminar on Lean Six Sigma.

The second section meeting of 2006/2007 was held on 14Nov06 at Ryan's Family Steakhouse on US31 North in Kokomo. Aleksandra Djordjevic spoke on Design for Six Sigma. Dan Afseth gave the mini-seminar demonstrating the use of six sigma tools to improve a vital business process - Change Management.

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In section year 2005/2006 one $1000 scholarship was awarded. An Excellence in Math/Science/Technology Scholarship was awarded to Kaleb Naegeli. Kaleb plans to major in genetic biology at Indiana University. He is a current and prior winner of International Science competitions. He was a pleasure to meet and great at our 16May06 meeting.

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Section leadership elections were held at the 21Mar06 meeting with the following results:

Chair - John E. King
Vice Chair - Dave Loehmer
Treasurer - Steve Moulder
Secretary - Andrew Baucco

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You may have noticed that again this year (2006/2007) we are again holding one half (1/2) as many Section Meetings as in prior years, e.g. 2000/2001. Our plan is to have both a mini-seminar and a featured presentation at each meeting (Sep-Apr). This entitles the attendee to receive additional value and additional recertification credits.

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A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held to date during the 2006/2007 Section year follows: The format used is "Date: Location: Presenter: Topic"

12Sep06: Ryan's Family Steakhouse: Dan Afseth: Measurement Systems Analysis

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News items retained for historical purposes in this web page have been moved to a new section immediately following the training opportunities/job postings section near the end. "Old News" was created on 12Apr04, to retain the summary of meetings in prior years. This may be of assistance in attaining recertification. Additionally certain articles of interest may be retained for a year or so, e.g. Scholarship program final updates.

Section Executive Committee Meetings

Section 0918 Executive Committee meetings are held on the second Tuesday of months in which we don't have Section General Meetings. The time and location are chosen by the Section Chair.

The date and time of the next executive committee meeting is 6:00 pm, Tuesday, 24Jul07. The location is likely to be Lincoln Square Restaurant - Kokomo IN but that is tba.

These meetings are open to any of the members of the Section. If you care to attend and need a map, or you just want to confirm when and where any meeting will be held, don't hesitate to contact me.


Training Opportunities & Job Postings

As a service, we may periodically post training opportunities in the area which may be of interest to section members.

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Training 2006/2007 - 1 - Compliance Online is presenting an online Training Seminar entitled "Statistical Sampling Plans for Audits" at 1pm on Thursday 28Jun07 - Register via this URL: https://www.complianceonline.com/ecommerce/control/trainingFocus?product_id=700208&channel=mailer&camp=webinar&AdGroup=STEVEN_JUNE28_JUNE14

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Training 2006/2007 - 2 - Compliance Online is presenting an online Training Seminar entitled "Verification of Compendial Methods Understanding the New USP Chapter <1226>" at 1pm on Wednesday 11Jul07 - Register via this URL: https://www.complianceonline.com/ecommerce/control/trainingFocus?product_id=700456&channel=mailer&camp=webinar&AdGroup=LUDWIG_JULY11_JUN-15


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Training - 3 - Your Section Leadership is seeking to identify members that are interested in pursuing the Cerified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Certification. Preliminary discussions are underway about sponsoring a refresher training couse using Quality Council of Indiana materials in the August - mid-October, 2007 timeframe. If you are interested please contact John E. King at the email address in this mini-web-site. If you have other specific training needs, please don't hesitate to pass those along also.

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As another service, we may periodically post job openings which may be of interest to section members. These postings should not be interpreted as endorsements of the companies who have requested them nor should they imply we have validated the offers (we haven't). Postings will be retained for approximately two months unless we are specifically informed that the positions have been filled (at which time they will be immediately removed).

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Job Posting 2007/2008 - 1 (Posted 8Aug07)

Our client is a leading, long established and respected automotive manufacturing company with multiple international manufacturing locations.
They are noted by the quality of their products and the efficiency of their operations

This is an exciting opportunity for the right professional wanting to make a sound career move to grow with the company as it expands into supplying the Japanese OEM market

The location is east of Indianapolis. Relocation assistance is provided

The professional will be reporting to a highly respected professional, internally and externally

The professional will be responsible for all the quality aspects of advanced product development from conception to production, working together with a team of related professionals


To succeed the professional will need to have at least


1. A BSME or applicable degree
o From a recognized and accredited college or university

o For an exceptional professional, an Associates degree
will be considered

2. A successful quality background with automotive

o Product development

o Manufacturing

3. Quality experience in working with Japanese OEM

o Honda, Toyota, Nissan etc

4. Knowledge and experience with

o TS-16949

o Statistical Analysis

o PFMEA

o PPAP

5. Significant accomplishments

6. Personal attributes of an Impact player

We ask you to please recommend anyone qualified for the opportunity, with whom we could speak with directly or indirectly (they might know someone) Remember that any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated
 (I always ask for qualified and not only "interested" professionals - it is a fact that amongst those that present the façade of being so happy and would not relocate, a few are very happy when we as recruiters call them - admittedly we have to make 100 calls to maybe find 1 suitable candidate, but that is our job.
In addition, they in turn might refer someone else)

Wherever you are & whatever you are doing, I hope you are having a great day and are enjoying the great summer we are experiencing

Harold Rudin
Executive Partner
Management Recruiters of Fort Wayne
Telephone: 260 - 625 - 6501 #101

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Job Posting 2006/2007 - 1 (Removed 17Oct06)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 2 (Removed 17Oct06)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 3 -(Removed 23Jul07)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 4 - (Removed 23Jul07)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 5 - (Removed 23Jul07)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 6 - (Removed 23Jul07)

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Job opportunities 2006/2007 - 7 - Posted 30Jun07

Position: Vice President, Quality

JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for establishing, developing, and improving services and measuring outcomes globally throughout all organizations. Assures that services meet or exceed stated objectives and comply with standards consistently. Manages employees and is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, evaluation of the Quality organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:


¨ Lead global cross functional organization in an aggressive quality improvement and sustaining effort
¨ Establish and drive key quality metrics for supplier, in-plant, and customer received quality levels
¨ Teach organization problem solving methods for full involvement
¨ Instill and audit improved manufacturing launch quality rigor using APQP, PPAP and other disciplines
¨ Drive global, meaningful compliance to standards through industry certifications and customer requirements
¨ Represent company at customers with strong participation in joint improvement projects (ex. Six Sigma)
¨ Link all disciplines including operations, engineering, supplier development, logistics and customer interface to ensure maximum optimization of quality initiatives
¨ Connect OE and remanufacturing operations quality efforts for maximum overall improvement
¨ Direct leadership of quality professionals, customer interfaces, and supplier development
¨ Establish department objectives that align with the overall company strategic goals both short and long term
¨ Work cross-functionally to assess and ensure compliance with quality improvement and corporate compliance plans against internal (policy/procedure) and external (contract/program) requirements; report results as agreed upon
¨ Assure compliance with government and industry quality regulations
¨ Regularly survey internal and external customers to evaluate and improve quality programs and procedures
¨ Develop monitoring processes to review and analyze data to determine if modifications or additions to the current programs are necessary and creates recommendations to ensure organizational compliance
¨ Develop measurement systems based on quality assessment tools and practices and manages the data on a global level
¨ Develop and monitor department budget and plan

SPECIFIC SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE JOB:

¨ Ability to demonstrate proven experience and results is required
¨ 10-15 years of experience in Quality or Quality Improvement as well as management experience at the Director or VP level in Automotive, must be automotive or Heavy Truck
¨ Highly developed organizational, interpersonal, and management skills are essential
¨ Working knowledge of MS Office and Project Management applications is a must
¨ The ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, team oriented environment is a must
¨ Experience and demonstrated success in a manufacturing environment is a must
¨ Quality and/or Performance Improvement certifications from AIAG, ASQ or relevant industry group
¨ Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field (Masters degree preferred)
¨ Experience and proven results in automotive or Heavy Trucking supplier or customer quality process leadership
¨ Demonstrated cross-functional quality improvement and problem solving history
¨ Experience and certification in Statistical Problem Solving (Six Sigma, Shainin, etc)

Contact our Placement Chair, Andy Baucco for details

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Job Opportunties 2006/2007 - 8 - Posted 30Jun07

OPPORTUNITIES IN QUALITY & ENGINEERING
Steve Kuntz, AutoMedPersonnel, 800-800-7063
automed@sullivanos.com
Quality placement, nationwide, since 1983

If you’re in a job search, please let me know what you want and where. I can develop a targeted marketing plan for you.

050407A Process QE, Automotive, Upstate NY, to 72k
050407B Customer QE, Automotive Electronics, Upstate NY, to 72k
050407C Supplier QE, Automotive, Upstate NY, to 72k
050907C QE, Automotive large stamping, Birmingham, AL, to 70k
050907A Quality Engineer, Automotive, Central Kentucky, to 65k.
051107B Quality Manager, Automotive, E. NC. 80-90k + bonus
052307B Quality Engineer, Automotive, SC Nebraska, to 65k
053007A Quality Engineer, Automotive Plastics, Central Kentucky, to 70k.
060407 Quality Engineer, Automotive, Spanish or Japanese, to 55k, Central KY
053007A Quality Engineer, Automotive, to 70k, Central Kentucky
052307A Quality Engineer, Automotive, to 60k, Central Kentucky
051407A Quality Engineer, Automotive, NE Indiana, to 62k.
061507B Quality Manager, Automotive, S. IL commutable from Evansville, IN
to 85k
061507E&F Medical Device Quality Engineers to 95k. Will consider automotive
backgrounds. BS Engineering. Location: NJ


IPA 584926 Sr. Product Coord/B.U.M., Automotive, SC, to 70k
IPA 584927 Operations Manager, Automotive, SC, to 85k
050307A Manufacturing Engineer, Automotive, S. IL, commutable from Evansville
Indiana. To 60k.
IPA588038 Business Unit Manager, Automotive, Fort Wayne, IN 55-98k
IPA588041 Production Manager, N. of Atlanta, Auto inject.mold, to 75k
IPA588682 MfgE, Machining & Grinding, E. TN, to 65k.
IPA588683 Black Belt, S. Central Nebraska, to 75k.
IPA588685 MfgE, Metal fab or forming, S. Central Nebraska, to 65k
060607A Lean MfgE, Automotive, SE. Ohio, to 75k
060607B Operations Manager, Automotive Stamping, SE Ohio, to 85k + bonus
121806A Product Design Engineer, BSME/MET, Rubber, to 70k, Central Indiana
061507D Business Team Leader, Automotive, E. GA, to 70k, promotable to
OpsMgr in 12-18 mos. Starts on third shift
061507C Mfg. Engrg. Mgr. Automotive, NW Ohio, stamping & Welding, to 82k

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Web Links

Try our link to The Deming Institute's web site. It will be the first of many opportunities to explore quality by visiting us at Section 0918.

Our second link, is a service of a consulting firm which provides links to quality literature. As it demonstrates, there are many links on the web that relate to Quality.

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Your Section Internet Liaison
John E. King


Outside Links

Deming Institute
Quality Resources Online
Section 0918 Sharepoint Site
ASQ Career Center (Job Position Postings)

Old News Section

Old News -

2006/2007 Officers (Through 30Jun07)

John King (765-451-6932) Chairman
Dave Loehmer (574-739-6207) Vice Chair
Steve Moulder (765-459-3013) Treasurer
Andy Baucco (765-475-2018) Secretary

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Old News - In Section Year 2005/2006 4 job postings were posted. (Removed 2 months after posting.)

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Old News - A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2005/2006 Section year follows: The format used is "Date: Location: Presenter: Topic"

12Oct05: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Eugene R. Bukowski: Monte Carlo Methods for Six Sigma Transactional Problems

24Jan06: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Dick McKeever; Business Excellence Models

21Mar06: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Gary Trimble: The Road to Error Free

16May06: Pizza Hut North, Kokomo IN: John King: Spouses and Awards night (included mini-seminar on ASQ Mission, Scholarship presentation, music and more)

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Old News - In Section Year 2004/2005 9 job postings were posted. (Removed 2 months after posting.)

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Old News - In Section Year 2004/2005 7 training opportunties were posted. (Removed after the training transpired.)

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Old News - A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2004/2005 Section year follows: The format used is "Date: Location: Presenter: Topic"

14Sep04: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Eugene R. Bukowski: Multi-Vari Analysis, The Often-Ignored Eyewitness to Variation

9Nov04: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Bob Funk: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

11Jan05: Trialon Reliability Center - Touby Pike, Kokomo, IN: Trialon Corporation: Plant Tour

8Mar05: Ryan's Steakhouse, North US 31 Kokomo, IN: Dorothy Shook: Personal Continuous Improvement

10May05: Pizza Hut, North US 31 Kokomo, IN: Cyndi Fisher:
Scholarship Presentations

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Old News - 2004/2005 Section Officers Elected

Section officer elections were conducted at the 13Jan04 general section meeting. Gary Trimble officiated. The following members in good standing were elected to the positions shown below:

Section Chairperson: Nate Baker
Vice Chairperson: John E. King
Treasurer: Ann Bailey
Secretary: Gary Trimble

Additionallly the following appointed positions were announced:
Certification Chair: Bill Kendrick
Newsletter Editor: Dick Coy
Internet Liason: John E. King

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Old News - 12 jobs were posted in 2003/2004. (Removed two months after posting)

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Old News - 2004 Section 0918 Scholarship Program Final Update (2Jun04)

The fifteen eligible applications were evaluated and two recipients named.

$1000 scholarships were awarded on 11May04 to 1) Kyle David Kohlmorgen - Oak Hill High School - Quality Through Math/Science/Technology Excellence and 2) Micah Borcherding - Carmel High School - Quality Through Community Service.

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Old News - 2003 Section 0918 Scholarship Program Final Update

In 2003, Section 0918 awarded two (2) $1000 scholarships to area college-bound high school seniors. The scholarship program was designed to promote "passion for quality" in this population.

Lauren Zettler of Carmel High School was awarded the 2003 Quality Through Community Service Scholarship. Jerry Wu, also of Carmel High School, was awarded the 2003 Quality in Math/Science/Technology Scholarship.

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Old News - A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2003/2004 Section year follows: The format used is "Date: Location: Presenter: Topic"

"September 9, 2003: Ryan's Steakhouse, US 31 North, Kokomo, IN: Dan Bridget: TS 16949:2002"

"November 11, 2003: Ryan's Steakhouse, US 31 North, Kokomo, IN: Michelle Simmons, Executive Director of the Corporate & Continuing Education Services at Ivy Tech: Quality Education"

"January 13, 2004: Ryan's Steakhouse US 31 North, Kokomo, IN: John Finley, Director of Quality, Impact Forge - Structured Problem Solving and Gary Trimble, Trimble and Associates - Change Will Come"

"March 9, 2004: Ryan's Steakhouse US 31 North, Kokomo, IN: Mike McDonald founder of Michael L. McDonald & Associates, Inc.: The Real Way to do Control Charts and a Mini Seminar: Signal or Noise with 10 Quarters"

"May 11, 2004: Pizza Hut North US 31 Kokomo, IN: John King (miniseminar) History of ASQ, John King officiated over award presentations to scholarship recipients, past chairmen and Dick Coy, Cyndi Fisher (musical entertainment)"

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Old news - A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2002/2003 Section year follows using the same format.

"September 18, 2002: Lincoln Square-Kokomo: Bill Wortman: "Got TAKT?"

"November 20, 2002: Lincoln Square, Kokomo: Tom Pearson: Wisdom on the Green (Golf and Six Sigma)"

"January 23, 2003: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo, IN: Martin Revis: QS9000 vs. ISO/TS16949"

"March 25, 2003: Delphi Delco Electronics Systems: DMS Leaders, Al Olsavsky, Mike Duvall: Lean Principles and Delco Electronics Plant Tour"

"May 22, 2003:Pizza Hut on US 31 North, Kokomo, IN:
John King/Cyndi Fisher:Scholarship Award Celebration/Musical Entertainment"

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Old News - Using the same format, here is a brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2001/2002 Section year:

"October 25, 2001: Ryan's, Kokomo, IN: Michael Mazu, Technical Specialist - Statistical Methods ALCOA Corp and Director of ASQ Region 9: The Abuse and Misuse of Capability Indices"

"December 13, 2001: Lincoln Square Restaurant, 600 S. Reed Road (US 31 Bypass) Kokomo, IN: Dr. John R. Murphy, Ph.D.: Satistical Quality Control in the Pharmaceutical Industry"

"February 27, 2002: Tour of Small Parts Inc. in Logansport & mini-seminar@Russow's Restaurant: SPI employees supported and entertained us through the tour of Engineering, Production and Quality in this metal-stamping job shop, John King gave a brief mini-seminar on Selection Criteria for the Section's Scholarship Program"

"April 24, 2002: Ryan's Family Steakhouse, Kokomo: John King (Gary Trimble also presented a mini-seminar on Problem-solving): ISO 9001:2000, Key Enhancements that Make the New & Improved Standard Better"

"Wednesday, May 15, 2002 *Scholarship Presentation Party* *Spouses Night*: Pizza Hut North, Reed Road (US31), Kokomo: Acoustic music - Cyndi Fisher; Mini-Seminar, Scholarship Presentations, Special Awards - John King; other special awards - Dave Loehmer: (Mini-seminar topic) The Section Scholarship Program"

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Old News - Using the same format, here is a brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2000/2001 Section year:

"September 27, 2000: American Legion, Walton, IN: Mike Serowick, Training Advisor for Defense Finance and Accouting Service in Indianapolis, IN: Creative Thinking Through Provocations"

"October 10, 2000: Judi's Catering, Lafayette, IN: Joe Bransky, GM's Representative to the QS 9000 Supplier Quality Requirements Task Force and TS 16949 International Task Force: Quality Certification at the Crossroads: The Future of QS 9000 and Global TS 16949"

"November 8, 2000: Russo's Restaurant, Logansport, IN: Winston Lovelace, Section 0904 Chair and Supplier Quality Engineer for Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc. Lafayette, IN: A Comparison of Japaese and American Quality Systems"

"December 12, 2000: Howard Community Hospital, Kokomo, IN.: Mary Ellen Griffin and Arthur Gross, Vice President, Administrative Services at Howard Community and Region 9 Councilor for the Health Care Division of the American Society of Quality: Health care topics"

"January 30, 2001: Ryan's, Kokomo, IN: Tim Clark, Author, Total Quality Practitioner, Commander of Military Intelligence Detachment for the U.S. Army Reserve, Section Chair of Indianapolis Section ASQ: Success Through Quality"

"February 27, 2001: Russo's, Logansport, IN: Harold Redlin, Manufacturing Assistance Service Director, Business Modernization and Technology Corporation (BMT): Lean Manufacturing and Quality "

"March 27, 2001: Russo's, Logansport, IN: Mr. Neville Edenborough, a private consultant with over 30 years of Quality experience including Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories and Manager of Quality Engineering with Allison Gas Turbine Div. of GM: Use of Design of Experiments (DOE) in Industry."

"April 26, 2001: Ryan's, Kokomo, IN: Mr. John Vandenbemden: ASQ Exam Development Process."

"May 22, 2001: Pizza Hut North, Kokomo, IN: Cyndi Fisher: Music, Fellowship and Scholarship presentations."

NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SECTION COMMITTEE

NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SECTION COMMITTEE

Web Chair Contact Information

Name: John E. King
Email: jking500@aol.com
Phone: 765-451-6932

Mission Statement

The mission of Section 0918 is to:
1) Promote the awareness, knowledge, application and improvement of quality in the many communities to which we belong, and,
2) Provide members with beneficial communications and opportunities to grow personally and professionally

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does ASQ Section 0918 have meetings?

Section 0918 meetings are arranged by the Program and Arrangement co-chairs and approved by the Section's officers. Section meetings are held during the months of September, November, January, March and May. Meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday evening of the month, but that may vary. The location is frequently Kokomo, but may be varied to be held in Peru, Walton or Logansport, Indiana. Look for upcoming meeting information on this web page.

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Who are the officers and commitee chairs of the Section?

2007/2008 Officers

Dave Loehmer (574-739-6207) Chairman
John King (765-451-6932) Vice Chair
Steve Moulder (765-459-3013) Secretary
Andy Baucco (765-475-2018) Treasurer

Other Chairs (2006/2007) include:
William Kendrick (765-454-1421) Certification/ Examiner
John E. King (765-451-6932) Internet Liaison, Nominating Committee Chair
Dick Coy (317-849-3489) Newsletter Editor
A. J. Papillion, Scholarship Chair


News

Section Meeting Announcement

There are no other Section meetings scheduled for the 2006/2007 Section year however planning for the 2007/2008 year is about to begin. If you are interested in joining in the planning, it will commence with the Executive commitee meeting to be held at Lincoln Square Restaurant in Kokomo at 6pm on Thursday 28Jun07. All members are welcomed to join this session.

Our fifth and final section meeting was the Annual Awards presentation. It was held at Pizza Hut North in Kokomo. Anna Naegeli was presented with the $1000 "2007 Excellence in Math/Science/Technology Scholarship". Cyndi Fisher entertained with original and cover folk and acoustic songs. Gordon Nixon was honored as a friend of the section for his willing participation in the festivities. William Kendrick was honored in abstentia for his longstanding service as the section's recertification chairperson. Dave Loehmer presented the mini-seminar on "The ASQ Mission"

Our fourth section meeting was held on 13Mar07 at Lincoln Square Restaurant in Kokomo. John Vandenbemden presented "Triz Problem Solving Technology". John King gave the mini-seminar entitled "The Infinity Model - an enhancement to PDCA".

Our third section meeting was held on 9Jan07 at Lincoln Square Restaurant in Kokomo. Andre' Kleyner presented "System Reliability and Product Validation Testing". Steve Moulder gave the mini-seminar on Lean Six Sigma.

The second section meeting of 2006/2007 was held on 14Nov06 at Ryan's Family Steakhouse on US31 North in Kokomo. Aleksandra Djordjevic spoke on Design for Six Sigma. Dan Afseth gave the mini-seminar demonstrating the use of six sigma tools to improve a vital business process - Change Management.

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In section year 2005/2006 one $1000 scholarship was awarded. An Excellence in Math/Science/Technology Scholarship was awarded to Kaleb Naegeli. Kaleb plans to major in genetic biology at Indiana University. He is a current and prior winner of International Science competitions. He was a pleasure to meet and great at our 16May06 meeting.

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Section leadership elections were held at the 21Mar06 meeting with the following results:

Chair - John E. King
Vice Chair - Dave Loehmer
Treasurer - Steve Moulder
Secretary - Andrew Baucco

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You may have noticed that again this year (2006/2007) we are again holding one half (1/2) as many Section Meetings as in prior years, e.g. 2000/2001. Our plan is to have both a mini-seminar and a featured presentation at each meeting (Sep-Apr). This entitles the attendee to receive additional value and additional recertification credits.

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A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held to date during the 2006/2007 Section year follows: The format used is "Date: Location: Presenter: Topic"

12Sep06: Ryan's Family Steakhouse: Dan Afseth: Measurement Systems Analysis

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News items retained for historical purposes in this web page have been moved to a new section immediately following the training opportunities/job postings section near the end. "Old News" was created on 12Apr04, to retain the summary of meetings in prior years. This may be of assistance in attaining recertification. Additionally certain articles of interest may be retained for a year or so, e.g. Scholarship program final updates.

Section Executive Committee Meetings

Section 0918 Executive Committee meetings are held on the second Tuesday of months in which we don't have Section General Meetings. The time and location are chosen by the Section Chair.

The date and time of the next executive committee meeting is 6:00 pm, Tuesday, 24Jul07. The location is likely to be Lincoln Square Restaurant - Kokomo IN but that is tba.

These meetings are open to any of the members of the Section. If you care to attend and need a map, or you just want to confirm when and where any meeting will be held, don't hesitate to contact me.


Training Opportunities & Job Postings

As a service, we may periodically post training opportunities in the area which may be of interest to section members.

- - - - -

Training 2006/2007 - 1 - Compliance Online is presenting an online Training Seminar entitled "Statistical Sampling Plans for Audits" at 1pm on Thursday 28Jun07 - Register via this URL: https://www.complianceonline.com/ecommerce/control/trainingFocus?product_id=700208&channel=mailer&camp=webinar&AdGroup=STEVEN_JUNE28_JUNE14

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Training 2006/2007 - 2 - Compliance Online is presenting an online Training Seminar entitled "Verification of Compendial Methods Understanding the New USP Chapter <1226>" at 1pm on Wednesday 11Jul07 - Register via this URL: https://www.complianceonline.com/ecommerce/control/trainingFocus?product_id=700456&channel=mailer&camp=webinar&AdGroup=LUDWIG_JULY11_JUN-15


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Training - 3 - Your Section Leadership is seeking to identify members that are interested in pursuing the Cerified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Certification. Preliminary discussions are underway about sponsoring a refresher training couse using Quality Council of Indiana materials in the August - mid-October, 2007 timeframe. If you are interested please contact John E. King at the email address in this mini-web-site. If you have other specific training needs, please don't hesitate to pass those along also.

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As another service, we may periodically post job openings which may be of interest to section members. These postings should not be interpreted as endorsements of the companies who have requested them nor should they imply we have validated the offers (we haven't). Postings will be retained for approximately two months unless we are specifically informed that the positions have been filled (at which time they will be immediately removed).

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Job Posting 2007/2008 - 1 (Posted 8Aug07)

Our client is a leading, long established and respected automotive manufacturing company with multiple international manufacturing locations.
They are noted by the quality of their products and the efficiency of their operations

This is an exciting opportunity for the right professional wanting to make a sound career move to grow with the company as it expands into supplying the Japanese OEM market

The location is east of Indianapolis. Relocation assistance is provided

The professional will be reporting to a highly respected professional, internally and externally

The professional will be responsible for all the quality aspects of advanced product development from conception to production, working together with a team of related professionals


To succeed the professional will need to have at least


1. A BSME or applicable degree
o From a recognized and accredited college or university

o For an exceptional professional, an Associates degree
will be considered

2. A successful quality background with automotive

o Product development

o Manufacturing

3. Quality experience in working with Japanese OEM

o Honda, Toyota, Nissan etc

4. Knowledge and experience with

o TS-16949

o Statistical Analysis

o PFMEA

o PPAP

5. Significant accomplishments

6. Personal attributes of an Impact player

We ask you to please recommend anyone qualified for the opportunity, with whom we could speak with directly or indirectly (they might know someone) Remember that any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated
 (I always ask for qualified and not only "interested" professionals - it is a fact that amongst those that present the façade of being so happy and would not relocate, a few are very happy when we as recruiters call them - admittedly we have to make 100 calls to maybe find 1 suitable candidate, but that is our job.
In addition, they in turn might refer someone else)

Wherever you are & whatever you are doing, I hope you are having a great day and are enjoying the great summer we are experiencing

Harold Rudin
Executive Partner
Management Recruiters of Fort Wayne
Telephone: 260 - 625 - 6501 #101

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Job Posting 2006/2007 - 1 (Removed 17Oct06)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 2 (Removed 17Oct06)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 3 -(Removed 23Jul07)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 4 - (Removed 23Jul07)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 5 - (Removed 23Jul07)

Job Posting 2006/2007 - 6 - (Removed 23Jul07)

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Job opportunities 2006/2007 - 7 - Posted 30Jun07

Position: Vice President, Quality

JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for establishing, developing, and improving services and measuring outcomes globally throughout all organizations. Assures that services meet or exceed stated objectives and comply with standards consistently. Manages employees and is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, evaluation of the Quality organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:


¨ Lead global cross functional organization in an aggressive quality improvement and sustaining effort
¨ Establish and drive key quality metrics for supplier, in-plant, and customer received quality levels
¨ Teach organization problem solving methods for full involvement
¨ Instill and audit improved manufacturing launch quality rigor using APQP, PPAP and other disciplines
¨ Drive global, meaningful compliance to standards through industry certifications and customer requirements
¨ Represent company at customers with strong participation in joint improvement projects (ex. Six Sigma)
¨ Link all disciplines including operations, engineering, supplier development, logistics and customer interface to ensure maximum optimization of quality initiatives
¨ Connect OE and remanufacturing operations quality efforts for maximum overall improvement
¨ Direct leadership of quality professionals, customer interfaces, and supplier development
¨ Establish department objectives that align with the overall company strategic goals both short and long term
¨ Work cross-functionally to assess and ensure compliance with quality improvement and corporate compliance plans against internal (policy/procedure) and external (contract/program) requirements; report results as agreed upon
¨ Assure compliance with government and industry quality regulations
¨ Regularly survey internal and external customers to evaluate and improve quality programs and procedures
¨ Develop monitoring processes to review and analyze data to determine if modifications or additions to the current programs are necessary and creates recommendations to ensure organizational compliance
¨ Develop measurement systems based on quality assessment tools and practices and manages the data on a global level
¨ Develop and monitor department budget and plan

SPECIFIC SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE JOB:

¨ Ability to demonstrate proven experience and results is required
¨ 10-15 years of experience in Quality or Quality Improvement as well as management experience at the Director or VP level in Automotive, must be automotive or Heavy Truck
¨ Highly developed organizational, interpersonal, and management skills are essential
¨ Working knowledge of MS Office and Project Management applications is a must
¨ The ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, team oriented environment is a must
¨ Experience and demonstrated success in a manufacturing environment is a must
¨ Quality and/or Performance Improvement certifications from AIAG, ASQ or relevant industry group
¨ Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field (Masters degree preferred)
¨ Experience and proven results in automotive or Heavy Trucking supplier or customer quality process leadership
¨ Demonstrated cross-functional quality improvement and problem solving history
¨ Experience and certification in Statistical Problem Solving (Six Sigma, Shainin, etc)

Contact our Placement Chair, Andy Baucco for details

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Job Opportunties 2006/2007 - 8 - Posted 30Jun07

OPPORTUNITIES IN QUALITY & ENGINEERING
Steve Kuntz, AutoMedPersonnel, 800-800-7063
automed@sullivanos.com
Quality placement, nationwide, since 1983

If you’re in a job search, please let me know what you want and where. I can develop a targeted marketing plan for you.

050407A Process QE, Automotive, Upstate NY, to 72k
050407B Customer QE, Automotive Electronics, Upstate NY, to 72k
050407C Supplier QE, Automotive, Upstate NY, to 72k
050907C QE, Automotive large stamping, Birmingham, AL, to 70k
050907A Quality Engineer, Automotive, Central Kentucky, to 65k.
051107B Quality Manager, Automotive, E. NC. 80-90k + bonus
052307B Quality Engineer, Automotive, SC Nebraska, to 65k
053007A Quality Engineer, Automotive Plastics, Central Kentucky, to 70k.
060407 Quality Engineer, Automotive, Spanish or Japanese, to 55k, Central KY
053007A Quality Engineer, Automotive, to 70k, Central Kentucky
052307A Quality Engineer, Automotive, to 60k, Central Kentucky
051407A Quality Engineer, Automotive, NE Indiana, to 62k.
061507B Quality Manager, Automotive, S. IL commutable from Evansville, IN
to 85k
061507E&F Medical Device Quality Engineers to 95k. Will consider automotive
backgrounds. BS Engineering. Location: NJ


IPA 584926 Sr. Product Coord/B.U.M., Automotive, SC, to 70k
IPA 584927 Operations Manager, Automotive, SC, to 85k
050307A Manufacturing Engineer, Automotive, S. IL, commutable from Evansville
Indiana. To 60k.
IPA588038 Business Unit Manager, Automotive, Fort Wayne, IN 55-98k
IPA588041 Production Manager, N. of Atlanta, Auto inject.mold, to 75k
IPA588682 MfgE, Machining & Grinding, E. TN, to 65k.
IPA588683 Black Belt, S. Central Nebraska, to 75k.
IPA588685 MfgE, Metal fab or forming, S. Central Nebraska, to 65k
060607A Lean MfgE, Automotive, SE. Ohio, to 75k
060607B Operations Manager, Automotive Stamping, SE Ohio, to 85k + bonus
121806A Product Design Engineer, BSME/MET, Rubber, to 70k, Central Indiana
061507D Business Team Leader, Automotive, E. GA, to 70k, promotable to
OpsMgr in 12-18 mos. Starts on third shift
061507C Mfg. Engrg. Mgr. Automotive, NW Ohio, stamping & Welding, to 82k

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Web Links

Try our link to The Deming Institute's web site. It will be the first of many opportunities to explore quality by visiting us at Section 0918.

Our second link, is a service of a consulting firm which provides links to quality literature. As it demonstrates, there are many links on the web that relate to Quality.

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Your Section Internet Liaison
John E. King


Outside Links

Deming Institute
Quality Resources Online
Section 0918 Sharepoint Site
ASQ Career Center (Job Position Postings)

Old News Section

Old News -

2006/2007 Officers (Through 30Jun07)

John King (765-451-6932) Chairman
Dave Loehmer (574-739-6207) Vice Chair
Steve Moulder (765-459-3013) Treasurer
Andy Baucco (765-475-2018) Secretary

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Old News - In Section Year 2005/2006 4 job postings were posted. (Removed 2 months after posting.)

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Old News - A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2005/2006 Section year follows: The format used is "Date: Location: Presenter: Topic"

12Oct05: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Eugene R. Bukowski: Monte Carlo Methods for Six Sigma Transactional Problems

24Jan06: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Dick McKeever; Business Excellence Models

21Mar06: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Gary Trimble: The Road to Error Free

16May06: Pizza Hut North, Kokomo IN: John King: Spouses and Awards night (included mini-seminar on ASQ Mission, Scholarship presentation, music and more)

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Old News - In Section Year 2004/2005 9 job postings were posted. (Removed 2 months after posting.)

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Old News - In Section Year 2004/2005 7 training opportunties were posted. (Removed after the training transpired.)

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Old News - A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2004/2005 Section year follows: The format used is "Date: Location: Presenter: Topic"

14Sep04: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Eugene R. Bukowski: Multi-Vari Analysis, The Often-Ignored Eyewitness to Variation

9Nov04: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo IN: Bob Funk: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

11Jan05: Trialon Reliability Center - Touby Pike, Kokomo, IN: Trialon Corporation: Plant Tour

8Mar05: Ryan's Steakhouse, North US 31 Kokomo, IN: Dorothy Shook: Personal Continuous Improvement

10May05: Pizza Hut, North US 31 Kokomo, IN: Cyndi Fisher:
Scholarship Presentations

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Old News - 2004/2005 Section Officers Elected

Section officer elections were conducted at the 13Jan04 general section meeting. Gary Trimble officiated. The following members in good standing were elected to the positions shown below:

Section Chairperson: Nate Baker
Vice Chairperson: John E. King
Treasurer: Ann Bailey
Secretary: Gary Trimble

Additionallly the following appointed positions were announced:
Certification Chair: Bill Kendrick
Newsletter Editor: Dick Coy
Internet Liason: John E. King

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Old News - 12 jobs were posted in 2003/2004. (Removed two months after posting)

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Old News - 2004 Section 0918 Scholarship Program Final Update (2Jun04)

The fifteen eligible applications were evaluated and two recipients named.

$1000 scholarships were awarded on 11May04 to 1) Kyle David Kohlmorgen - Oak Hill High School - Quality Through Math/Science/Technology Excellence and 2) Micah Borcherding - Carmel High School - Quality Through Community Service.

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Old News - 2003 Section 0918 Scholarship Program Final Update

In 2003, Section 0918 awarded two (2) $1000 scholarships to area college-bound high school seniors. The scholarship program was designed to promote "passion for quality" in this population.

Lauren Zettler of Carmel High School was awarded the 2003 Quality Through Community Service Scholarship. Jerry Wu, also of Carmel High School, was awarded the 2003 Quality in Math/Science/Technology Scholarship.

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Old News - A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2003/2004 Section year follows: The format used is "Date: Location: Presenter: Topic"

"September 9, 2003: Ryan's Steakhouse, US 31 North, Kokomo, IN: Dan Bridget: TS 16949:2002"

"November 11, 2003: Ryan's Steakhouse, US 31 North, Kokomo, IN: Michelle Simmons, Executive Director of the Corporate & Continuing Education Services at Ivy Tech: Quality Education"

"January 13, 2004: Ryan's Steakhouse US 31 North, Kokomo, IN: John Finley, Director of Quality, Impact Forge - Structured Problem Solving and Gary Trimble, Trimble and Associates - Change Will Come"

"March 9, 2004: Ryan's Steakhouse US 31 North, Kokomo, IN: Mike McDonald founder of Michael L. McDonald & Associates, Inc.: The Real Way to do Control Charts and a Mini Seminar: Signal or Noise with 10 Quarters"

"May 11, 2004: Pizza Hut North US 31 Kokomo, IN: John King (miniseminar) History of ASQ, John King officiated over award presentations to scholarship recipients, past chairmen and Dick Coy, Cyndi Fisher (musical entertainment)"

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Old news - A brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2002/2003 Section year follows using the same format.

"September 18, 2002: Lincoln Square-Kokomo: Bill Wortman: "Got TAKT?"

"November 20, 2002: Lincoln Square, Kokomo: Tom Pearson: Wisdom on the Green (Golf and Six Sigma)"

"January 23, 2003: Ryan's Steakhouse, Kokomo, IN: Martin Revis: QS9000 vs. ISO/TS16949"

"March 25, 2003: Delphi Delco Electronics Systems: DMS Leaders, Al Olsavsky, Mike Duvall: Lean Principles and Delco Electronics Plant Tour"

"May 22, 2003:Pizza Hut on US 31 North, Kokomo, IN:
John King/Cyndi Fisher:Scholarship Award Celebration/Musical Entertainment"

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Old News - Using the same format, here is a brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2001/2002 Section year:

"October 25, 2001: Ryan's, Kokomo, IN: Michael Mazu, Technical Specialist - Statistical Methods ALCOA Corp and Director of ASQ Region 9: The Abuse and Misuse of Capability Indices"

"December 13, 2001: Lincoln Square Restaurant, 600 S. Reed Road (US 31 Bypass) Kokomo, IN: Dr. John R. Murphy, Ph.D.: Satistical Quality Control in the Pharmaceutical Industry"

"February 27, 2002: Tour of Small Parts Inc. in Logansport & mini-seminar@Russow's Restaurant: SPI employees supported and entertained us through the tour of Engineering, Production and Quality in this metal-stamping job shop, John King gave a brief mini-seminar on Selection Criteria for the Section's Scholarship Program"

"April 24, 2002: Ryan's Family Steakhouse, Kokomo: John King (Gary Trimble also presented a mini-seminar on Problem-solving): ISO 9001:2000, Key Enhancements that Make the New & Improved Standard Better"

"Wednesday, May 15, 2002 *Scholarship Presentation Party* *Spouses Night*: Pizza Hut North, Reed Road (US31), Kokomo: Acoustic music - Cyndi Fisher; Mini-Seminar, Scholarship Presentations, Special Awards - John King; other special awards - Dave Loehmer: (Mini-seminar topic) The Section Scholarship Program"

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Old News - Using the same format, here is a brief summary of Section 0918 Meetings held during the 2000/2001 Section year:

"September 27, 2000: American Legion, Walton, IN: Mike Serowick, Training Advisor for Defense Finance and Accouting Service in Indianapolis, IN: Creative Thinking Through Provocations"

"October 10, 2000: Judi's Catering, Lafayette, IN: Joe Bransky, GM's Representative to the QS 9000 Supplier Quality Requirements Task Force and TS 16949 International Task Force: Quality Certification at the Crossroads: The Future of QS 9000 and Global TS 16949"

"November 8, 2000: Russo's Restaurant, Logansport, IN: Winston Lovelace, Section 0904 Chair and Supplier Quality Engineer for Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc. Lafayette, IN: A Comparison of Japaese and American Quality Systems"

"December 12, 2000: Howard Community Hospital, Kokomo, IN.: Mary Ellen Griffin and Arthur Gross, Vice President, Administrative Services at Howard Community and Region 9 Councilor for the Health Care Division of the American Society of Quality: Health care topics"

"January 30, 2001: Ryan's, Kokomo, IN: Tim Clark, Author, Total Quality Practitioner, Commander of Military Intelligence Detachment for the U.S. Army Reserve, Section Chair of Indianapolis Section ASQ: Success Through Quality"

"February 27, 2001: Russo's, Logansport, IN: Harold Redlin, Manufacturing Assistance Service Director, Business Modernization and Technology Corporation (BMT): Lean Manufacturing and Quality "

"March 27, 2001: Russo's, Logansport, IN: Mr. Neville Edenborough, a private consultant with over 30 years of Quality experience including Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories and Manager of Quality Engineering with Allison Gas Turbine Div. of GM: Use of Design of Experiments (DOE) in Industry."

"April 26, 2001: Ryan's, Kokomo, IN: Mr. John Vandenbemden: ASQ Exam Development Process."

"May 22, 2001: Pizza Hut North, Kokomo, IN: Cyndi Fisher: Music, Fellowship and Scholarship presentations."

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