Note : The Plainsman Restaurant on Hwy5, 2 miles West of Highway 6 in Dundas, Ontario has been arranged as the permanent dinner meeting location of the Sec 0400 for the 2002 / 2003 session. There is no charge for the presentation. Charge for the dinner is $25.00, with a cash bar.

The March membership meeting will present Judi Mansfield-Jones. Judi will be speaking on the implementation of the new ISO 9001:2000 standards.

ISO 9000 is the universally recognized Quality Management Standard. Being certified has allowed companies to expand into new markets and become preferred suppliers. The new standard replaces the older, document driven standard with a clear focus on business process and increased customer satisfaction. Companies paying lip service to the standard will be in for a rude awakening. Senior Management involvement and continual improvement are strategic aspects of the new system.

Judi Mansfield-Jones, CQA, CQM is Principal of nanoQuest inc., a consulting and training firm working with organizations to realize their quality and business goals through the design of quality management systems. With over twenty-five years of experience initiating, developing, and implementing community and business projects resulting in beneficial and innovative solutions, Judi provides results oriented training and consulting. She is active in the ASQ Hamilton Section, as Membership Chair and Chair Elect.

Judi’s training development background was established at Mohawk College, as a member of a self-managed consulting team. Responsible for developing and defining strategic initiatives, she ensured successful outcomes through the effective implementation of technical shop floor and supervisory skills development, survey development, continuous improvement teams and ISO 9000 implementation activities, including process/ procedures development and internal quality audits.

Re-focus, simplify, clarify and prosper - that’s the basis of the new system. Come and hear how to implement the new ISO 9001:2000 standards or develop a transition plan to upgrade your current certification.

Please notify one of the following executive members of your attendance by 12:00 PM on Friday, Mar 7, 2003. Bob Anderson (905) 575-2375 ext 3092 OR Hank Verspagen ext 3091

Regards,

Bob Mok, CQA., CQE
Section Secretary, Sec 0400 

Come to our March meeting and deposit $20.00, which would be refundable when you show up at the DOFASCO Plant Tour. OR : Contact Adam Kossowski at (905) 847-0222 to register and deposit prior to March 12, 2003 meeting.

Priority will be given to members of this section first. Absentee sign-in is allowed at March meeting with deposits made by others. A waiting list will be established after the first 30 spots are given out.

Post-March meeting reservation (waiting list) by deposit mail-in is also allowed by contacting Adam above. (You must recognize just how low the probability would be to get one of the spots this way by now!)

Some advance details of the Plant Tour is as follows :

Meet at 6:00 PM in the lobby of the Dofasco Main Office at 1330 Burlington St. East. Parking is located just east of the Main Office. See the back of this Newsletter for Map.

We shall be given a tour of the DSG (DoSol Galva) hot dip galvanizing line. This operation is an 80% Dofasco, 20% Usinor Auto joint venture. Usinor is one of Europe's largest producers of high-quality, flat-rolled automotive steels. DSG uses Usinor's proven technology in the production of exposed hot dip galvanized coatings. Dofasco is the exclusive marketer of the line's output - exposed galvanneal, ExtragalTM (exposed galvanized), and unexposed galvanized and galvanneal.

At capacity, DSG can produce 450, 000 tons per year.

Continuous Hot-Dipped Galvanized and Galvaneal facility producung Exposed and Unexposed Automotive Products