The Hamilton Section of the American Society for Quality
http://www.asqhamilton.com/
 

NOTICE OF MEMBERSHIP MEETING

DATE:  Thursday, October 12, 2006

Location:   The Plainsman Restaurant, Hwy. 5,  3 km west of Hwy. 6, Dundas
(See map below)

Agenda:

Keep The Turtles For The Soup: 
An Alternative Approach To “Turtle Diagrams”

The “Turtle Diagram”, in use by most automotive organizations today, is too abstract to enable inexperienced internal auditors to conduct an effective audit of their QMS, and does not provide a tool to help auditors examine areas of risk.  This alternative model, based on a simple flow-charting technique, serves the dual purpose of organizational procedure and audit checklist.  The “Turtle Diagram” serves neither purpose very well, and certainly cannot be used in both roles.

This presentation will be beneficial to attendees because it is based on sound principles that are widely understood, and it is a model that has been used successfully with many automotive and non-automotive companies.   In every single one of a score of training sessions, attendees found this approach more intuitive, and more comprehensive than “Turtle Diagrams.”  Companies who have changed their QMS to this model have re-energized management, and streamlined their procedures and bureaucracy.

SPEAKER:   Denis J. Devos, M.Eng, P.Eng., Devos Associates Inc.

Denis Devos has a wide variety of technical and quality assurance management skills, and is a recognized expert in the application of the ISO 9001 and ISO/TS-16949 standards. Denis is an engineer in private practice, offering advisory services and training to the automotive industry.  Over the past several years, he has been working throughout Ontario and the United States leading Tier 1 automotive-industry clients 
through quality systems improvement, training, and upgrades to ISO/TS 16949:2002.

Denis is a Senior Member of ASQ and is a regular contributor on quality management issues at annual conferences in Toronto, Kitchener, and Livonia, Michigan.  Recently, he was a featured presenter at the ASQ’s 58^th annual World Conference on Quality held in Toronto in 2004, 
the Quality Audit Division Conference in St. Louis in March 2005, and the 60^th World Conference on Quality in Milwaukee in 2006.

Denis is past chairman of the Kitchener Section of ASQ, and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (APEO).

Meeting Location:

Plainsman Restaurant
#261 Highway 5,
Dundas

3 km west of Hwy. 6

Please use this web poll to confirm dinner attendance by noon on October 6, 2006

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