Auditing has always been associated with the Quality function. It is one aspect of Quality that transcends both assurance and control. This is likely one reason why we've had so many requests to bring back this month's speaker ... in fact fly him back from Florida.

Therefore, our meeting this month will be "The Process-Based Approach: Going Beyond Auditing to Assessing" by Ron Sedlock. Details of this meeting are outlined below but sign up now to be assured there will be seating available.

Note that we also have a living article on auditing that can be found on our site at http://www.asqsandiego.org/articles/auditing.htm but it hasn't had any updates in quite a while so my request to you is to send Kim your thoughts on it, recommendations, links, stories, etc. Kim will add them to the article to continuously improve on it. Email Kim at Kim.niles@cox.net.

Board Elections

Also this month, we will have our election of officers. It should be a quick vote on the following list of candidates but you are welcome to make nominations during the meeting.

The officers you elect will begin their term July 1, 2006.

The nomination Committee recommended slate of SLC officers is currently as follows:

Chairman – Doug McCloskey
Vice Chair – Gary Erdell
Secretary – Jody Surowiec - Have you taken care of your membership?
Treasurer – Bud Russell

China Trip

Abe Wong is leading another trip to China next month. Contact him if at awong@gmpsigma.com if you are interested in more information. Also see his brochure at this link (107kb word doc).

Other Key Announcements

Several new jobs have recently been posted on our jobs page. See http://www.asqsandiego.org/jobs.htm and keep sending them in.

Don't forget to check out our sponsor pages. Great courses and products being offered!! See links at the bottom of this email. Here's some details:

Sponsor: New MBB Program. See USD's Lean and Six-Sigma program. Space is limited - reserve yours today. Call (619) 260-4894 or email 6sigma@sandiego.edu or see their ASQ webpage at http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsor_usd.htm

Sponsor: UCSD Extension has many upcoming programs in Lean and Classic Six Sigma, Lean Enterprise, New Product Development, and Supply Chain Management. See links and a revised calendar at http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsorucsde3.htm

Sponsor: QPRS who has a new Lean SSBB course starting soon that is meant to prepare ASQ members to pass the ASQ SSBB certificate. Other Lean and Kaizen courses are also available. See more information and a brochure at http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsor_qpr.htm

Sponsor: GMP Label. Order online or download our catalog or Regulatory Compliance newsletters. Over 100 GMP and ISO compliant labels. Check them out at http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsorgmplabel.htm

Sponsor: Grant Rothbard, Inc. provides integrated compliance and improvement solutions that address multiple compliance objectives including Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 9000, BS 7799 (ISO 17799), HIPAA and numerous other business standards, software solutions, and regulations. See more at http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsor_grantrothbard.htm

See you next week,

Doug McCloskey
ASQ San Diego Section Leadership Committee Chair
dm@grantrothbard.com
http://grantrothbard.com

This Month's Meeting

Our April meeting went well (see details here). Our May meeting will be as follows:

May 9, 2006

"The Process-Based Approach:
Going Beyond Auditing to Assessing"

Ron Sedlock, CQMgr, CQE, CQA, CRE
rsedlock@msn.com

www.thequalitycatalyst.com

352-473-6095

Note that Ron will be flying in from Florida for our meeting.

Abstract

Traditional element-based auditing for compliance is no longer sufficient to today’s competitive market place. Business today requires continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

In this presentation you will learn techniques to audit to your actual business management practices -- not to a “series of clauses”. You will learn how to widen the scope of audits to include interactions of processes and increase the depth of audits to include effectiveness.

Learn how to make assessments that add value and creditability with upper management.

Speaker Biography

Ron Sedlock has over 30 years manufacturing, engineering and quality experience:

Quality Control Supervisor Davies Can Company
Quality Engineer Sundstrand Aviation
Quality Manager Adolph Coors Company
Operations Manager Coors MicroLithics

He has studied personally with top quality experts such as Dr. W. Edwards Deming and Dr. Joseph Juran.

For the past 13 years, Ron has operated the quality Catalyst, an independent consulting and educational service. His practical approach to quality has help his clients establish cost effective quality systems that work.

Ron has been certified by the American Society for Quality as a:

Certified Quality Manager
Certified Quality Engineer
Certified Quality Auditor
Certified Reliability Engineer

He is a senior member of ASQ and is the past Chairperson of the Boulder Section.

Ron has BS degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics from Cleveland State University. He also taught Total Quality Management and Statistics at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Ron is a Vietnam Veteran serving with the 1st Air Cavalry. He is also an avid, competitive handball player.

Ron offers seminars and training classes in quality management, such as in statistics and auditing. His web site is at www.thequalitycatalyst.com

Meeting Details

RSVP Required

Please use the RSVP Form Here. Attendance fee includes a delicious dinner.

Meeting Date

Tuesday May 9, 2006 (2nd Tuesday of the month)

Agenda

5:15 pm             Registration & Happy Hour Begins

6:00 pm             Dinner

6:35 pm             Announcements

6:45 pm             Main program

7:45 pm             Raffle and Speaker Prizes

7:55 pm             Adjourn

Menu

Great buffet meal

Price
RSVP Form Here

These are sponsor
subsidized prices
Dinner With RSVP Dinner Without RSVP No Food Arrive Late

ASQ Student Members $10 $12 Free

Regular Members $20 $22 Free

Non-Members $24 $26 Free

Door Prizes We averaged $185 in door prizes per meeting last year!!

Dress
Nice Casual

Location
This month we're at:

Country Inn & Suites By Carlson (formerly Prime Hotel, formerly Wyndham San Diego North). 5975 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego CA 92121. Their Phone: (858) 558-1818

see map here

Parking
Ample free parking

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATES

Our section proudly sponsors a variety of educational and professional training

opportunities. See our main education page for more details.

Classes to be Held This Month

See classes that are under way this month on our Refresher page and Modular page. Keep signing up for any courses you'd like to take and we will keep adding more so that perhaps the class you want will be held next month. If you have any special requests, please make them also as we will try to accommodate you.

Current Exam Dates Schedule

Certification exams are held in member company meeting rooms around San Diego and administered by proctors. They are held on Saturday mornings twice per year as shown in the table below. Note that these dates don't include special quality conference tests. Main ASQ certifications page.

Certification Types and Links to "Body of Knowledge", & Additional Information

Application Deadline

Exam Dates

CQT - Quality Technician
CRE - Reliability Engineer
CMI - Mechanical Inspector
CQM - Quality Manager
CSSBB - Six Sigma Black Belt
CHA - HACCP Auditor
CBA - Biomedical Auditor

Every January and August

Next: August 18, 2006

Then again on:

January 12, 2007

August 17, 2007

Every March & Oct.

Next is October 21, 2006

Then again on:

March 3, 2007

October 20, 2007

CQE - Quality Engineer
CQA - Quality Auditor
CSQE - Software Quality Eng.
CQIA - Q Improvement Associate
CCT - Calibration Technician
CSSGB - Six Sigma Green Belt

Every April and October

Next is October 6, 2006

Then again on:

April 6, 2007

October 5, 2007

Every June & Dec.

Next is June 3, 2006

Then again on:

December 2, 2006

June 2, 2007

December 1, 2007

Upcoming Workshops and Modular Courses

For future month workshops see upcoming workshops.

TOPIC

Taught By

Date;Tm;Loc

Cost

Contact

New Medical device workshop coordinator is looking for speakers, interesting topics, and a meeting location. Contact

Jenny Gossett (CQA-CBA), Director of Quality
ALFA SCIENTIFIC DESIGNS, INC.
POWAY, CA 92065
PHONE: 858.513.3888 x 314
e-mail: jgossett@alfascientific.com

We are close to being able to present a two hour

workshop on Gage R&R. Stay tuned.

Newsletter Sponsors

Our newsletter sponsors this month are:

Lean Six-Sigma: Green-Belt, Black-Belt and Master Black-Belt Workshops Click Here for More Information.

See Schedule of Numerous Events!

Lean Six Sigma Starting Soon - Act Now!

University of California, San Diego Extension

Six-Sigma Black-Belt

Newly Revised Program Starting in April

A Black-Belt Professional Certificate Program

Click on picture

Sarbanes Oxley
ISO 9000
BS 7799 (ISO 17799)
HIPAA, etc.

Click Here For Information

or see http://grantrothbard.com/

Six-Sigma & Lean

Providing you the roadmap for successful Implementation

Hands-on workshops

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - NEW
Lean Kaizen Simulation One-Day
Six Sigma Black Belt
At your company. Call now.

Location: San Diego, CA

Call 858 566 6432 or info@qprs.com

QPR - Quality and Productivity Resources - http://www.qprs.com/

Be Our Sponsor - Contact Kim Niles

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