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"Bargaining
With Benjamin"
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Html
on our site |
Gregg Oliver,
officer of
section 703
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February 2008 |
Benjamin Franklin was a very
good persuader. His style was to win people over slowly and, often,
indirectly. Franklin would say that, if you don’t win the bargain
today, go after it again tomorrow. |
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86 |
"San
Diego Mfg. Industry Report for 2007"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (79kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
Michele Nash-Hoff mnash-hoff@cact-sd.org
http://www.cact.org/
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January 2008 |
This is a continuation of her
June article outlining San Diego manufacturing company moves for 2007 |
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85 |
"The
Copernican Principle"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (42kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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December, 2007 |
Chaos theory (dynamical systems
are chaotically unstable) and ... Therefore all predictions about the
future must be made in terms of probability of outcomes of future
observations. |
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84 |
"ISO
9001:2009 1st Draft Assessment"
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MS Word file (60kb) |
Rich Rand, Section 708
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October 2007 |
ISO released a first draft copy of
what could become the successor of the ISO 9001:2000 standards currently in use.
No drastic change in format, substance, or content was evident. Most changes were in wording and the addition of notes. Here's a
list of what I found. |
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83 |
"Reliability Engineering - Part 12"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (78kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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September 2007 |
Reliability modeling is a technique
used to evaluate and predict the reliability of products and systems, including
their components and sub-systems. |
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82 |
"Be
Careful What You Measure"
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26kb Pdf file; reader link at page
bottom |
Jim Cochran, MSPM, Section 708 Member
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August 2007 |
This is a student paper written for a
quality measurement class in support of a Masters Degree in Quality Science from
CSUDH. The premise of the paper is that collecting and reporting the wrong
metrics can have unintended consequences for an organization. |
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81 |
"PPAP:
A Living Article"
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Html
on our site |
By Amy Millimen and
Kim Niles
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July 2007 |
PPAP is an acronym for Production
Part Approval Process [pronounced ‘P - Pap] Initially developed by AIAG (Auto
Industry Action Group), PPAP has now spread to just about every other industry.
PPAP is used to formally reduce risks prior to product or service release, in a
team oriented manner using well established tools and techniques. |
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80 |
"San
Diego Mfg. Industry Report"
|
Adobe
Acrobat file (89kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
Michele Nash-Hoff mnash-hoff@cact-sd.org
http://www.cact.org/
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June 2007 |
According
to the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Economic Bulletin Vol. 55, No. 2,
the loss of manufacturing jobs diminished in recent years so that “after
losing 19,700 jobs between 1999 and 2004, a loss of about 3,300 jobs per year, a
net loss of only 100 jobs were lost in 2005 while 800 are estimated to have been
lost in 2006.” |
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79 |
"Tech
Sector Salary Evaluation"
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MS Word file - 36kb |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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May 2007 |
The average technology worker
nationwide earns $75,500. This is 86 percent more than the average wage earned
in the private sector. California's tech workers are the highest paid
nationwide, averaging $95K. |
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78 |
"Reliability
Part11 -HaltHass"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (176kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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March 2007 |
Highly Accelerated Life Testing
(HALT) and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) are different
from standard life testing. |
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77 |
The
"GODFATHER" Speaks: an Interview about Changes in the Workforce
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MS Word file - 24kb |
By Stacy Apostol, Member, & Officer. |
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February 2007 |
Mr.
Bernie Kulchin was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by San
Diego’s Chapter of the Society for Human Resources. He was gracious enough to meet
with me to answer some fundamental questions about how people affect quality. |
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76 |
"Reliability
Testing Part 10"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (298kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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January 2007 |
This is the third article in a series of articles on Reliability Testing.
This article highlights the Inverse Power Law Model. |
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75 |
"New
Classification of DOE Factors"
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(194kb Word file)
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By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
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December 2006 |
Some factors that are classified
as controllable are actually only semi-controllable. In this paper the
classic variable structure is extended to controllable,
semi-controllable, and uncontrollable. |
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74 |
"Reliability
Part 9 - TestingB"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (419kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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October 2006 |
In order to obtain the
needed reliability information in a timely manner we must compress the
test “time-line” (hours, miles, use-rate, cycles, etc.). In this
article we will review how this can be done using Accelerated Life
Testing methods. |
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73 |
"Talent
Crises - Lean Six Sigma"
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(35kb Word file)
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By
Timothy Noble - Managing Principal of The Avery Point Group, Inc. |
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September 2006 |
Even with a modest two percent
economic growth rate over the next 15 years, demand for critical
talent could increase by as much as a third, creating a “war” for
critical talent. Lean and Six Sigma will be part of the solution to
this problem. |
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72 |
"Reliability
Part 8 - Testing"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (91kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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August 2006 |
Reliability tests are performed
to ensure new designs, products, and systems meet performance
requirements including quality, reliability, safety, and if
applicable, regulatory requirements. |
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71 |
"What
is 5... or 6S? - A Living Paper"
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Html
on our site |
By Amy Millimen, Gregg Oliver, and
Kim Niles |
 
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June 2006 |
5S ... or 6S when special
attention is added for safety, is a method used to help us make our
workplace safe, clean, neat and organized. It embeds quality into the
workforce. |
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70 |
"Reliability
Part 7- Confidence Intervals"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (185kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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Apr. 2006 |
A confidence interval gives an
estimated range of values, which is likely to include an unknown
population parameter, the estimated range being calculated from a
given set of sample data. |
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69 |
"Reliability
Part 6- Weibull Analysis"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (1100kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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Mar. 2006 |
Data interpretation is an
important part of performing Reliability analyses. Can the data be
described best by a Weibull distribution, Log-normal or any other
distribution? Graphical analysis of the data (data plotting) provides
for quick answers. |
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68 |
"Reliability
Part 5- Weibull Analysis"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (118kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Fellow Member, & Officer.
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Nov. 2005 |
The topic of Weibull analysis is
considered a “must know” for reliability engineers. You can expect
many Weibull related questions on the CRE exam. Complete books have
been written on Weibull so this is merely scratching the surface. |
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67 |
"Variation
Types"
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Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
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Oct. 2005 |
There's confusion with regard to
the classification of the causes of variation, some believe that
points outside the control limits of an SPC chart are the always
special causes and those inside are common causes. Others believe
control limits should always be set at three standard deviations. Both
beliefs are incorrect. |
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66 |
"Six
Sigma, a Fad?"
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Html
on our site
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By
Timothy Noble - Managing Principal of The Avery Point Group, Inc. |
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Sept. 2005 |
A recent write up in Quality
Progress about Tim Nobel's investigation into whether Six Sigma is a
fad or not has him excited about Six Sigma. Since he's been doing
business with some of our members ... he's agreed to share his
findings with us.
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65 |
"Advantages of the CRE"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (89kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Member, & Officer.
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June 2005 |
Despite the new mantra that
says, “Every one is responsible for Quality,” the demand for Quality
Professionals has never been so great. To find certified Reliability
Engineers seems to be particularly difficult. ...
Today, there are only 3200 ASQ
certified Reliability Engineers in the whole world!
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64 |
"Situational Leadership"
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Html
on our site
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By Kim Niles,
Member, Officer, & Delta Design
Quality Engineer
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May 2005 |
It’s important for us as
workers, supervisors, students, or parents, to understand the stages
we all go through as we learn new things... to provide the right type
of feedback, in the right amounts, at the right time. |
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63 |
"Why Doesn’t My Old Resume Work Anymore?"
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Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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Apr 2005 |
If your last job search prior
to 2001, you may be in for a rude awakening. You might be surprised to
find that your old resume, which worked well for you before, is no
longer attracting employers, headhunters and corporate recruiters. |
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62 |
"Experimental
Test Strategy For Six Sigma
Levels of Process
Improvement"
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Republished with permission
from SAMPE ISTC36 Proceedings
|
By Kim Niles,
Member, Officer, & Delta Design
Quality Engineer
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Mar 2005 |
This paper introduces a new test
strategy & methodology entitled Statistical Process Accounting (SPA)
that facilitates Six Sigma's need to understand a process as a whole. |
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61 |
"Baby Boomers, Beware! Don’t Let Your
Resume Date You!"
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Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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Mar 2005 |
If you’re feeling symptoms
of age discrimination, you should know that your resume could be the
culprit, categorizing you as out of date and over the hill. |
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60 |
"Weak
Link Job Tips"
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Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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Feb 2005 |
A chain is only as effective as
its weakest link. By analyzing your chain of job search
skills, you can build a stronger chain, one that can stand up to any
test. There are three critical links in your job search chain. |
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59 |
"Traffic
Light SPC"
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Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
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Feb 2005 |
SPC is often simplified using
the stop light approach. This article reviews statistical
ramifications for using this approach. |
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58 |
"California
Schools Receive Quality Ratings" |
Html
on our site |
By Stacy Apostol, Member, & Officer. |
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January 2005 |
In October, 2004,
GreatSchools.net surveyed parents about what areas needed improvement
at their children’s schools. This article reviews the top five
concerns of the 688 parents polled. |
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57 |
"Correlation
Quiz"
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Adobe
Acrobat file (143kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Member, & Officer.
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January 2005 |
Send me your answers to my email
address at hposters@hotmail.com.
The object of the quiz is to correctly pair up the questions with the
answers.
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56 |
Special feature in Quality Progress
Magazine about our member Pete Babich
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Link to QP magazine and other links |
More about Pete can be found on
his website at
http://www.tqe.com/babich.html
Pete also keeps a few white papers available at
http://www.tqe.com/whitepr.html
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Nov. 2004 |
Quality Progress
write up one of our members
as being an unsung quality hero. See page 80 of the November Quality
Progress at the top
or follow this link. |
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55 |
"...
Test Plans /
Test
Protocol ...
Including Free Spreadsheet Template"
|
Html
published by iSixSigma |
By Kim Niles,
Member, Officer, & Delta Design
Quality Engineer
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Oct. 2004 |
Test plans, which outline
requirements, activities, resources, documentation and schedules, are
an important part of performing an experiment. They save time and
money, help get the best results and facilitate speedy test report
writing. |
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54 |
"Resume
Response Tips"
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Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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Sep 2004 |
If you want to be sure that your
resume is being seen by a real person who can offer you a real job,
utilize the three resume response rules to make sure your resume gets
the attention it deserves! |
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53 |
"Bell
Curve Not Random?"
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Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
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Aug 2004 |
The notion that if data from a
process has a “bell shaped” histogram, then the system is experiencing
only common cause variation is incorrect. |
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52 |
"Recertification
Advice Rev.B" |
Html on our site |
By Rich Ostrin, Member, &
Officer.
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Aug 2004 |
This article provides some
recertification advice from our section expert and coordinator of the
subject.
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51 |
"Resume
Format Selection"
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Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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July 2004 |
If your resume isn't generating
interviews for you, you might be using a less-than-effective resume
format. |
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50 |
"Calibration
of Subjective Valuation Systems" |
Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
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July 2004 |
How can we be sure that our
subjective measurement systems are calibrated? |
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49 |
"Lean
Six Sigma Presentation Slides"
|
PowerPoint file, 450kb; warning may
be slow download |
By Sally Ulman
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June 2004 |
Slides from our highly
successful
joint meeting with SMTA.
See
http://www.variancereduction.com. |
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48 |
"Making
a Difference from Where You Are"
|
pdf file on
In2:InThinking Network
|
By Ed Chaplin
(see
bio) |
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June 2004 |
We human beings create many of
our problems, we do not see that we do so and we actively resist when
this is pointed out to us. |
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47 |
"...Case
History of Microbial Influences
..."
|
PowerPoint file, 450kb; warning may
be slow download |
By Sally Ulman
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May 2004 |
The history, current status and
related cost savings of the optimization of the Lost Hills water
handling system are presented. |
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46 |
"Interview
Questions"
|
Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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May 2004 |
Often the greatest interview
anxiety focuses on trying to anticipate all the correct answers to
interview questions. |
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45 |
"Electronic
Resume Marketing Tips"
|
Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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March 2004 |
It’s important to understand the
different options available to increase the exposure of your resume. |
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44 |
"Deming
Case Studies - A Living Paper"
|
Html
on our site |
By Kim Niles,
Member, Officer, & Delta Design
Quality Engineer
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March & April 2004
Revised Nov. 2005 |
This is a living paper. Send us
one paragraph on what Deming means to you, or your experiences related
to one the 14 points, etc. |
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43 |
"Don’t Sabotage Your
Job Search with False Assumptions"
|
Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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February 2004 |
Cut your job search time by
knowing the truth about the job market and learning how to combat 5
assumptions. |
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42 |
"Four
Ways to "Fix" a Process"
|
Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
|
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January 2004 |
when faced with a difficult
process problem “you can either fix the process or fix the numbers”... |
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41 |
"New
Year's Resume Checkup"
|
Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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January 2004 |
This article asks five questions
designed to help you focus your resume for even better results in the
new year. |
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40 |
"Process
Improvement Prerequisites"re-published with permission from ASQ's
Six Sigma Forum. |
Adobe
Acrobat file (49kb); free reader link at bottom of page |
By Kim Niles,
Member, Officer, & Delta Design
Quality Engineer
|
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December 2003 |
Before a process can improve, it
should first be defined, measured, understood, and held in control.
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39 |
"Job
Interview Bloopers"
|
Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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December 2003 |
Learn from the mistakes of
others and avoid the top 10 worst interview blunders. |
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38 |
"Probability
101" |
Adobe
Acrobat file (225kb); free reader link at page bottom. |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Member, & Officer.
|
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November 2003 |
This article reviews Probability
rules, properties, applications, Venn diagrams, and case studies.
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37 |
"Job
Search Hermit" |
Html
on our site |
By Deborah Walker, CCMC |
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November 2003 |
One symptom of job search
discouragement is the tendency to avoid other people... the “hermit”
phase.
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36 |
"Ethics
Part Two: Moments of Truth" |
Html
on our site |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Member, & Officer.
|
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October 2003 |
Opportunities to demonstrate
personal commitment to ethical principles are called “Moments of
Truth”.
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35 |
"Economics
of Projects" |
Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
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October 2003 |
Discussion and mathematical
derivation of project synergy with respect to interaction effects
between improvement projects and their combined effect on profits. |
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34 |
"Audit
Decision Making"
|
Html
on our site |
By Pete Maizitis, transferring
member. |
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September 2003 |
Determining differences
between a major non-conformance, minor non-conformance, and or
observation. |
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33 |
"Most
Practical DOE Explained -
Including Free Spreadsheet
Template" |
Html
published by iSixSigma |
By Kim Niles,
Member, Officer, & Delta Design
Quality Engineer
|
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September 2003 |
Free spreadsheet with a 2^3 Full
Factorial array showing the math calculations. Generic steps,
precautions, and additional advice are included. |
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32 |
"Importance
of Ethics in Business" |
Html
on our site |
By
Henry Posters, PE, CQE, CRE, CQM, Member, & Officer.
|
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August 2003 |
Why do highly educated,
successful, and business savvy corporate professionals at Enron, Tyco,
WorldCom, and Adelphia get themselves into such a big mess?
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31 |
"Strategic
vs. Random Sampling" |
Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
|
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July 2003 |
Traditional sampling theory
assumes random defects which isn't often true as with clustered
special cause defects. The strategic sampling approach is
explored.
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30 |
"Six
Sigma and DOE Implementation"
re-published with permission from ASQ's Six Sigma Forum, Master Black Belt
Section. |
Adobe
Acrobat file (22kb); free reader link at bottom of page |
By Kim Niles,
Member, Officer, & Delta Design
Quality Engineer
|
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June 2003 |
The Six Sigma environment
naturally facilitates implementation of intimidating statistical tools
such as Design of Experiments (DOE). |
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29 |
"Job
Interview Tips" |
Html
on our site |
Employees of MLS Technologies
|
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June 2003 |
Interviewing tips re-published
with permission from a local quality recruiter,
MLS Technologies.
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28 |
"Lost
Work Advice - Living Paper" |
Html
on our site |
By Kim Niles,
Member, Officer, & Delta Design
Quality Engineer
|
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May 2003 |
This living article highlights
10 pieces of lost work advice that have been personally tested in
several painful situations..... <smile>.
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27 |
"The
Process Performance Metric Pp" |
Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
|
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May 2003 |
Highlights of a recent
discussion about using Pp and Ppk for process performance metrics.
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26 |
"Estimating
the Process Sigma"
|
Html
on our site |
By John J. Flaig, Ph.D. - July 2002 Speaker
|
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April 2003< |