From: Bob & Anita Kefgen [rkefgen@zoomnet.net] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:41 PM To: SVS Members; SVS Associates Subject: THE SCIOTO VALLEY VOICE APRIL 2002 THE SCIOTO VALLEY VOICE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY SCIOTO VALLEY SECTION "ASQ's First Section of the New Millennium" April 2002 Volume 5, Number 4 Editor – Robert B. Kefgen (rkefgen@zoomnet.net) In this Issue: APRIL MEETING–THE ROAD TO SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT CERTIFICATION- APRIL 26TH SECTION MEMBER ACHIEVES SIX SIGMA CERTIFICATION 10TH NATIONAL QUALITY IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE (NQEC) THREE SELECTED FOR ASQ SECTION VOLUNTEER EXCELLENCE AWARE(SVEA) CERTIFICATION PREPARATORY COURSES SCHEDULE CHANGED EXAMINATION PROCTORS NEEDED COURSES / SEMINARS FROM OTHER SECTIONS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR 2002 **************************************************************************** APRIL MEETING – THE ROAD TO SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT CERTIFICATION Date: 04/26/02 Location: OSU Piketon Center - Main Conference Room Speaker, Brian Lanning Time: 5:30 - 5:45 Registration 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM Socialize 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Dinner (catering provided by PC Treats, Waverly Ohio) 6:45 PM - ASQ/SVS Brief Business Updates Speaker Introduction 7:00 PM - Main Discussion/Presentation 7:45 PM - Question and Answer Session 8:00 PM - Meeting Close Dinner Buffet Includes: Lasagna and Baked Chicken Supreme, Green Beans and Potato Cheese Casserole, Tossed Salad, Dinner Rolls, Dessert (variety of items) Iced Tea or Lemonade Member and Friends Cost: $16.00 Please make reservations by contacting Sheryl Morris Meyer or any ASQ SVS officer or committee chair. Sheryl's telephone number is (304) 529-5018 and her E-mail address is Sheryl.L.Morrismeyer@usace.army.mil. Directions to OSU Piketon Center: From either north or south, follow US 23, exit east on Route 32. Turn right on Shyville Road (about 2.5 miles). Turn left into the OSU Piketon Center (about 200 feet after the turn onto Shyville Road) SECTION MEMBER ACHIEVES SIX SIGMA CERTIFICATION Brian M. Lanning recently met the requirements and passed examination for ASQ's newest professional certification. Lanning, a resident of South Shore, Ky., is the Plant Statistician at USEC's Portsmouth Plant in Piketon, Ohio. The new Six Sigma Black Belt certification is designed for those who have a mastery of this breakthrough quality improvement strategy and its methodologies. Six Sigma is a statistical-business initiative designed to achieve world-class quality (near-perfect products and services) and dramatically improve competitiveness. Lanning also holds the ASQ's Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification and teaches preparatory courses for this examination under the Section's Education Program. 10TH NATIONAL QUALITY IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE (NQEC) September 29 – October 1, 2002 Greater Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio Visit http://nqec.asq.org/ Quality Partnerships: Collaboration for Success Why does the business of educational excellence require collaboration more than ever before? Because schools K through 16 are working to improve student performance, while at the same time improving their own operational efficiency. Parents are involved with schools and must also be equipped to support learning in the real world. Businesses are recognizing they can be effective partners with schools. Creating the system to achieve synergy between all these stakeholders requires a focus on outcomes and a realization that whole community collaboration truly is the multiplier in the excellence equation. This is the mission of the 10th NQEC. Conference partners include the American Society for Quality, the Association for Quality and Participation, the Quality Network, and the Ohio Department of Education. Generous support for this conference has been provided by Honda of America Mfg., Inc. Visit http://nqec.asq.org/sponsors/ . Keynote, Dr. Loraine Monroe, CEO of the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute, New York, NY will open the 10th NQEC by sharing her experiences with empowering teachers to be "creatively crazy" in order to turn around even the most destitute inner city schools. EduQuest—Views from the Baldrige Winners Highlighting the 10th NQEC is EduQuest--the presentation by the three Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winning schools on the first day. This mini conference within a conference features all three of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winners for 2001 in the Education category. Visit http://nqec.asq.org/sessions/sunday.html . Chugach Schools from Alaska, Pearl River School District from New York, and the University of Wisconsin - Stout will have representatives at the conference who will participate in panel discussions and share their unique approaches to implementing quality in schools. Plan to join your peers from throughout the United States and abroad at the 10th NQEC in Columbus, Ohio. Students, teachers, parents, business partners, and administrators will share their successes and explain how they overcame roadblocks. You'll hear personal experiences of continual improvement—in small steps and giant leaps. At NQEC, you'll be able to learn by sharing real stories. Reserve Accommodations for Your Team Today THREE SELECTED FOR ASQ SECTION VOLUNTEER EXCELLENCE AWARE(SVEA) The Section Executive Committee, based on nominations and submissions, have selected Bob Rinderman, Cindy Zollo-Davis and Rich Biehle to receive Section Volunteer Excellence Awards. An award ceremony is scheduled at the Section Relations evening meeting at the AQC this year. ASQ has developed the Section Volunteer Excellence Award (SVEA), a means of recognizing section members who have demonstrated by their active participation and contributions their desire to advance the goals of the Society and section, and who have furthered or are furthering the advancement of the quality profession to the membership, industry, academia, and the community. Candidates shall be Regular, Senior, or Fellow members of the Society in good standing with a minimum of eight years of participation in section activities. The years of service need not be continuous. Section activities need not be exclusive to one section and can be attributed to any number. Candidates will be evaluated based on the following criteria: --Participation in educational activities at the local level. This includes courses taught at colleges and universities and to industry, courses taught for the section, papers presentations at local conferences or section meetings, etc. --Participation in educational activities at the regional, national, or international level. This includes HQ-sponsored courses taught, papers presented at regional, national, or international conferences, etc. --Promotion of quality activities at local level. This includes participation in section or division activities as an elected officer, committee chair or member, participation in state quality awards programs, etc. --Promotion of quality activities at regional, national, or international level. This includes participation in an elected or appointed ASQ office at the regional, national, or international level, or participation on national quality awards programs, etc. CERTIFICATION PREPARATORY COURSES ANNOUNCED The Education Chair of SVS # 815 is announcing that due to low response, the section will not be offering any certification courses for the June certification tests; CQA, CQE and CQIA. The following certification classes are planned through the section for the remainder of the year: Class Start Date* Test Date Location Register By** CQE Sept. 15, 2002 Dec. 7, 2002 TBD Aug. 30, 2002 CQA Sept. 15, 2002 Dec. 7, 2002 TBD Aug. 30, 2002 CQIA Sept. 15, 2002 Dec. 7, 2002 TBD Aug. 30, 2002 CQT August 4, 2002 Oct. 19, 2002 TBD July 19, 2002 CMI August 4, 2002 Oct. 19, 2002 TBD July 19, 2002 CQM August 4, 2002 Oct. 19, 2002 TBD July 19, 2002 * The week of this date. ** Last day to register for the class. Payment for students must be received by this date so course materials can be purchased. The cost for each course is: $350.00 for ASQ members, $450.00 for non-ASQ members and $400.00 for non-SVS ASQ members. The cost covers the instructor fees and the course book, any other reference material is at the student’s expense (refer to the Education web page of the SVS home page for more information). Specific locations and instructors for the courses will be established on the basis of geographic location of the student core and the type of certification. The Section has established a cadre of Certified Instructors for these courses. A desired minimum of five (5) students is usually required for a class to be scheduled, however, it is left to the discretion of the instructor if he/she will instruct fewer. It is possible that if a company decides to train near or above the minimum, the course could be offered at that facility as long as the instructor is willing and the facility has an adequate training facility. The instructors, with input from the students, will determine the days and times for each course. The section is also developing seminars conducted by certified professionals on such topics as SPC, ISO 9000, FMEA, PPAP and others. These seminars will be announced in the SVS Newsletter and on the SVS web site Education page. Please contact John E. Nemeth, SVS # 815 Education Chair, for enrollment or questions at: jenemeth@ra.rockwell.com; nbconst@adelphia.net; or days 740-441-6288; eves 740-772-4660 John E. Nemeth SVS # 815 Education Chair APPLICATION CUT-OFF DATE: CERTIFICATION JANUARY 11, APRIL 4, AUGUST 23, OCTOBER 4, EXAMINATIONS 2002 2002 2002 2002 SIX SIGMA BLACKBELT XXX XXX CERT. RELIABILITY ENG. XXX XXX CERT. QUALITY TECH. XXX XXX CERT. MECHANICAL INSP. XXX XXX CERT. QUALITY MGR. XXX XXX CQA- BIOMEDICAL XXX XXX CQA-HAACP XXX XXX CSQE XXX XXX CQE XXX XXX CQA XXX XXX CQIA XXX XXX RECOMMENDED TRAINING COURSES : CERTIFICATION MARCH JULY SEPTEMBER DECEMBER EXAMINATIONS 2002 (1) 2002(1) 2002(1) 2002(1) CERT. QUALITY MGR. XXX(2) XXX CQE XXX (3) XXX CQA XXX (2) XXX CQIA XXX (4) XXX CQT XXX(2) CMI XXX(2) NOTES: (1). 4 WEEKS PRIOR TO APPLICATION CUT-OFF DATE (2). NEED 4 QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS, 2 FOR NORTHERN PART AND 2 FOR SOUTHERN PART (3). HAVE 3 QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS, NEED 1 FOR SOUTHERN PART (4). HAVE 1 QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR, NEED 1 FOR NORTHERN PART AND 2 FOR SOUTHERN PART Cost for the courses are as follows: SVS 815 members - $ 350.00 Non-SVS ASQ members - $ 400.00 Non-ASQ members - $ 450.00 EXAMINATION PROCTORS NEEDED In order to provide improved service to all of our members, taking future certification examinations, we are expanding the number of examination centers from one to four over the next 12 months. Our plans are to have centers in the Chillicothe, Portsmouth, Jackson and Ashland/Huntington areas. To accomplish this plan, we need to expand the number of qualified examination proctors we have from three to 5 or more. Top serve as a proctor, you have to possess a current ASQ certification in any area, and be willing to work approximately 4-5 hours each quarter. Proctors receive .5 RU for each examination they participate in, and 1.5 RU for being an active member of the SVS Certification Committee. The only limitation being, that you may not sit for any exam within 12 months of proctoring that specific exam. For example an individual planning to sit for the CQE examination may not proctor the CQE exam for 12 months prior to sitting for the examination. Examination dates for CY 2002 are: March 2, 2002 June 1, 2002 October 19, 2002 December 7, 2002 If you are interested in volunteering to become an examination proctor, please contact George Smith at gw1smith@bright.net or John Nemeth at jenemeth@ra.rockwell.com or nbsoncst@adelphia.net. COURSES / SEMINARS FROM OTHER SECTIONS Attached to this newsletter in both WORD and RTF formats are listings and descriptions of the courses and seminars available from the Columbus section. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Director, Quality Services (Corona California) Our People Do The Most Amazing Things. Like innovate advanced Dermatologic treatments. Grow a substantial market share in off-patent pharmaceuticals. And develop unique solutions for women's health. It takes amazing people to accomplish amazing things. If you're one, find out more about this opportunity. Job Description Watson Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a manufacturer of off-patent and proprietary pharmaceutical products. In keeping up with our growth, we have an immediate opening in our headquarters facility in Corona, California. This position is responsible for the management of the following functions: product release (includes raw materials, in-process materials, and finished goods), document control, and manufacturing QA (includes label control room and manufacturing quality assurance inspection). The position reports to the Executive Director of Quality Operations. Directly reporting to the position are 3 exempt employees and 1 non-exempt employee and approximately 69 indirect employees. Indirect employees are situated on multiple shifts in multiple buildings on site. - Responsible for assuring that the functions in compliance with regulatory requirements and Watson standards. - Responsible for evaluating and implementing opportunities for continuous improvement that benefit compliance and customer service. - Current regulatory requirement (cGMP) and industry standards particularly in the areas of solid dose drug manufacturing and packaging label control document management and investigations. Education: BS in Science/Engineering with 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, at least 5 years experience in QA/QC. Watson offers competitive medical and dental benefits, including vision, 401(k)and educational reimbursement. Please send your resume with salary history to: DMaiden@watsonpharm.com Feel free to visit us on the web at: www.watsonpharm.com PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR 2002 The SVS program schedule for 2002 is January 15, 2002 –Army Corp of Engineers, Huntington, West Virginia (Annual section meeting) February 7, 2002 – Dinner Meeting in Gallipolis, Ohio (Quality in Food Service Industry) March 26, 2002 – Dinner meeting at Hennessey’s with Open Forum April 26, 2002 – The Road to Six Sigma Black Belt Certification at OSU Piketon Center May 14, 2002 – Dinner Meeting at Moyer’s Winery (speaker Dr. Cordela Detmer, Mayor of Manchester Ohio) June 18, 2002 – Tour Army Corp of Engineers site Mark your calendars. Each of these meetings and tours promise to be both interesting and educational.