LOUISVILLE SECTION 2006-2007 CALENDAR

Section 912 Section Meetings
September 14, 2006 : Section Meeting: Main Program - "The role of Business Analyst in today's industry"- presented by Cheryl L. Akers, Kindred Healthcare. Minisession - "The Power of Modeling in Manufacturing Processes" - presented by our own Kelly Roggenkamp. Location: Mastersons Food & Drink 1830 South Third Street, Louisville, KY 40208 (see the Sigma for details). For Reservations, contact Fred Kapp at (502) 637-1451 ext.219 OR fkapp@whipmix.com
October 12, 2006 : Section Meeting: Main Program: Our speaker is Madelyn Pressey of Home of the Innocents. Her topic is Quality Management Trends in Healthcare, Accreditation programs, standards and measurement currently in use. Mini-Session: Our speaker is Mike Waterman, Lean/Sigma Consultant - Performance Improvement Team - Jewish Hospital & St Mary's Healthcare. His topic is A 12 step process for Value Stream Analysis. Location: Mastersons Food & Drink 1830 South Third Street, Louisville, KY 40208 (see the Sigma for details). For Reservations, contact Fred Kapp at (502) 637-1451 ext.219 OR fkapp@whipmix.com
November 14, 2006 : Section Meeting: Joint Meeting with APICS Main Program: Our speaker is Michael T. Lockard - District Controller for UPS Supply Chain Solutions. His topic is going to be "Supply Chain Management". Location: Kye's I at 500 Missouri Avenue in Jeffersonville, IN (see the Sigma for details). For Reservations, contact Peggy Clements by 12:00 noon on Nov. 8th at peggy@asqlouisville.org
December 14, 2006 : Section Meeting: Mini Session: Fred Kapp will be demonstrating the use of a project planning tool called the Rapid 9 Step that Whip Mix has successfully used for over a year. Main Program: "IT staffing and offshore applications development options" presented by Greg Brendel of V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc. Location: Mastersons Food & Drink 1830 South Third Street, Louisville, KY 40208 (see the Sigma for details). For your $20.00 Reservation, use PayPal OR contact Peggy Clements at peggy@asqlouisville.org
January 11, 2007 : Section Meeting: Effective Root Cause Analysis - (How to kill the crabgrass in corrective action) - Presented by Bob Abbott. Location: Mastersons Food & Drink 1830 South Third Street, Louisville, KY 40208 (see the Sigma for details). For your $20.00 Reservation, use PayPal OR contact Peggy Clements at peggy@asqlouisville.org
February 8, 2007 : Section Meeting: Main Session: Joint meeting with IFT (Institute for Food Technology). Our speaker will be Mark Reed of the Kentucky Food Safety Dept., and he will be talking about the new bioterrorism laws. Mini Session: 5:30 p.m. U of L student Dinesh Swamynathan will make a presentation, related to monitoring auto correlated processes. Location: Mastersons Food & Drink 1830 South Third Street, Louisville, KY 40208 (see the Sigma for details). Reservations need to be in by noon on Monday, Feb. 5. Pre-pay with credit or debit card via PayPal. At the door, pay with cash or check. No credit cards taken at the door. We need cancellations by Wed., Feb 7, so we do not have to bill you for the meal. For your $20.00 Reservation, use PayPal OR contact Peggy Clements at peggy@asqlouisville.org
March 28, 2007 : Regional Business Expo 2007 A professional development event for supply, qualilty, operations, and project managers. http://www.regionalbusinessexpo.org/
April 12, 2007 : Section Meeting: Main Session: "Process Stability and the Stability Ratio". Our speaker will be Al Greene. Mini Session: "Conducting a Manufacturing Site Assessment Using the Tools of Lean, Six Sigma and High Performance Work Organization." Our speaker will be Tobias Pace of Humana. Location: Mastersons Food & Drink 1830 South Third Street, Louisville, KY 40208 (see the Sigma for details). For your $20.00 Reservation, use PayPal OR contact Peggy Clements at peggy@asqlouisville.org
May 10, 2007 : Section Meeting: Main Session: Six Sigma Black Belt, Rich Lane, Director of Mechanical Engineering for FKILogistex, will share his expertise on Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) techniques, and demonstrate the benefits of quantifying equipment behavior using data. Real life examples will be used to demonstrate how statistics can be used to design equipment for Six Sigma performance. Mini Session: Round-table Discussion. We’ll hear from members of the Section Leadership Committee and other ASQ members who attended the World Quality Conference in Orlando, April 30-May 2. Location: Mastersons Food & Drink 1830 South Third Street, Louisville, KY 40208 (see the Sigma for details). For your $20.00 Reservation, use PayPal OR contact Peggy Clements at peggy@asqlouisville.org