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ASQ Montreal — 2024 Plan d'affaires (2023-09-22)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 4 days ago
Par J.P. Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secrétaire Alors que l'automne s'installe tranquillement, l'équipe de direction de la section de Montréal se penche sur les plans d'action de l'an prochain, en fonction de l'élaboration continue du Strategic Plan (plan stratégique) de l'ASQ. Fondamentalement, notre plan d'affaires énumère les mesures que la section prendra pour atteindre un objectif précis. Il est divisé en étapes réalisables qui peuvent être facilement suivies et contrôlées afin de clarifier les ressources qui seront nécessaires pour atteindre l'objectif dans un délai spécifique. Vous trouverez ci-dessous un aperçu de ce sur quoi nous travaillerons ...

ASQ Montreal — 2024 Business Plan (2023-09-22)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 4 days ago
By J.P. Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secretary As fall slowly settles in, your Montreal Section leadership team is looking ahead at next year’s line-up of action plans based on ASQ’s continuing development of its own Strategic Plan . Basically, our Business Plan lists what steps the section will be taking to achieve a specific goal. It is broken down into actionable steps that can be easily followed and tracked so as to clarify what resources will be required to reach it within a specific timeline. You will find below a preview of what we will be working on in 2024. As for the 2023 Business Plan Objectives , we are proud to report that for the 16 objectives ...

ASQ Montreal — Word from the Chair | Mot du président (2023.09)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 19 days ago
By Raymond E. Dyer (Ray) , ASQ Senior Member, CMQ/OE, & CQA ( Texte en français suit ) In this issue, you’ll see that our Nominating Committee is proposing a slate of section officers (Section Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary) for the 2024 mandate. Because 2023 will have been my second consecutive term as Section Chair, I must step down in 2024 and allow another leader to take over. The Nominating Committee has proposed an excellent candidate, one whose leadership and influence I’ve respected and appreciated for a very long time. As a matter of fact, the candidates for the Treasurer and Secretary positions are also excellent. I’m sure ...

ASQ Montreal — Had you Been There | Si vous y étiez (2023.06.14)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 21 days ago
Where do Quality professionals work in and where else could they work? Où travaillent les professionnels de la qualité et dans quels autres domaines pourraient-ils travailler ? By Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secrétaire ( Texte en français suit ) At left Eric Hosking, Membership Chair, Ray Dyer, Section Chair and at the centre Chantale Simard, Treasurer    (Photos JP Amiel) It was good to finally see people in 3D since last October and some who have not been to events in a long time. It turns out that since the start of the pandemic, many are going through various phases of difficulties but still made the effort ...

ASQ — Retired Member Benefits | Avantages pour membres retraités

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 06/29/23
Par Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, CQA Ret., Responsable site web ( English text follows ) Si vous allez prendre votre retraite (bien méritée j'en suis sure) et que comme moi, vous désirez maintenir certains privilèges tels que vos certifications, suivre l'évolution du domaine de la qualité avec Quality Progress et venir nous challenger aux événements, sachez que ASQ vous offre la possibilité de devenir un membre retraité. Selon vos années de service, cela pourrait même être gratuit. Pour en apprendre plus sur ce programme, allez au site de l' ASQ et connectez-vous. Cliquez sur MyAccount . Dans le panneau de gauche, choisir Retired Member Program ...

ASQ Montreal — Call for Officer Nominations | Appel aux candidatures d'officiers 2023

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 06/12/23
From: Sam Weissfelner , ASQ Senior, ASQ CSQE, CQA, Nominations Committee Chair ( Texte en français ) We are looking for candidates for the following elected positions on the 2024 Section Leadership Team (SLT): Chair , Secretary , Treasurer and Vice-Chair . Here is a brief description of each position: Chair: Provides leadership and oversight to the member unit, prepares meeting agendas, and is the presiding officer. Vice-Chair: Replaces the Chair when absent. Secretary: Documents member unit business and maintains the records. This position serves as the official correspondent of the ...

ASQ Montreal — VoC — Six Sigma in the Community

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 06/06/23
Par Chantale Farley , Responsable VoC ( English text follows ) Le 23 mai 2023 avait lieu l'évènement conjoint des sections ASQ de Montréal et Indianapolis Projets Lean Six Sigma dans la communauté (plus qu'une philosophie d'entreprise) par Joy E. Mason, Fondatrice et présidente de Optimist Business Solutions et responsable à la section Indianapolis de l'ASQ. Cette activité a connu un franc succès attirant plus d'une cinquantaine de participants. Le sondage de 38 répondants a confirmé un taux de satisfaction global de 97%. Le thème, ainsi que les présentateurs, ont été également très appréciés avec un taux de 97%. Cette présentation a attirée une audience ...

ASQ Montreal — Had You Connected — Six Sigma Projects in the Community (2023.05.23)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 06/06/23
Six Sigma Projects in the Community (Lean Six Sigma — Améliorer les communautés) By Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secrétaire ( Texte en français suit ) A summary of the Six Sigma projects in the community as hosted on 23 May, 2023 by ASQ Montreal and Indianapolis Sections. Applying industrial problem solving to improve the lives of people and our communities This joint event started off with a hearty welcome by Raymond Dyer , Chair of the Montreal Section and Joy E. Mason , Indianapolis Programs Chair. They each presented their leadership team members and then Ray introduced Joy, the founder and President ...

ASQ Montreal — Word from the Chair | Mot du président (2023.06)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 06/06/23
By Raymond E. Dyer (Ray) , ASQ Senior Member, CMQ/OE, & CQA ( Texte en français suit ) In April, ASQ Canada launched a VoC (Voice of the Customer) survey to its members. All sections participated and were provided their section’s responses. Out of 180 respondents, the ASQ Montreal Section accounted for 24. What the analysis of the ASQ Canada results suggested was that the benefits from ASQ HQ were especially information on quality standards, free webinars, access to the ASQ online library, member discounts for certification renewal, access to quality resources, and the Quality Progress (QP) magazine. The main benefits identified from sections ...

ASQ Montreal — VoC — Process Optimization through Predictive Modelling

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 05/19/23
Par Chantale Farley , Responsable VoC ( English text follows ) Le 26 avril dernier se tenait le webinaire portant sur l’ Optimisation des processus grâce à la modélisation prédictive présenté par Vincent Béchard , M.Sc.A et Dominic St-Onge , P.Eng. MBA de Difference-GCS . Cet évènement a connu un franc succès en attirant plus d’une cinquantaine de participants. 34 répondants ont confirmés un taux de satisfaction global de 90%. Le thème, ainsi que les présentateurs, ont été également très appréciés avec un taux de 90%. Cette présentation bilingue a attirée une audience internationale: de la Grande région de Montréal, de Québec, des États-Unis ...

ASQ Montreal — Had You Connected — How Learning Culture Assessment helps with transformation (2023.03.28)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 05/19/23
How Learning Culture Assessment helps with transformation (L'évaluation de la culture d'apprentissage contribue à la transformation) By Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Cqa Ret., Chair Website committee. ( Text en français suit ) Here is a review of the presentations presented at our lunchtime webinar on 28 March 2023 by Anastasia Sayegh , Founder Process Excellence Systems live from Lebanon and Samer Hamadeh , live from England, both partners at ILO on How Learning Culture Assessment helps with transformation using The Learning Culture Mirror. Shaping the future with better learning... these are thoughts ...

ASQ Montreal — Word from the Chair | Mot du président (2023.05)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 05/11/23
By Raymond E. Dyer (Ray) , ASQ Senior Member, CMQ/OE, & CQA ( Texte en français suit ) I imagine many of you have noticed since May 1st, the very different look of our myASQ web site. ASQ has moved over their platform to a different service provider. Our section’s main contributor, Jean-Pierre (JP) Amiel, is currently going through the updated platform to see what he can recuperate from the multitude of posts he’s made in the past. I’ve played with the platform a little and must admit there are some improvements, even if I’m very disappointed in ASQ’s transition. I focused on re-establishing contacts after they were all lost. Today, as ...

ASQ Montreal — Had You Connected — Process Optimization Through Predictive Modelling (April 2023)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 05/11/23
By Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secretary ( Texte en français suit ) A personal summary of the Process optimization Through Predictive Modelling as explained on 26 April, 2023 by Vincent Béchard and Dominic St-Onge of Difference-GCS . Well the statisticians have done it again! Over a period of two years, they managed to turn hundreds of variables and thousands of measurements into a cohesive and predictable approach that allow operators of a Kraft pulp mill to tweak their process so as to reduce process variability and off-specifications so as to attain the objective levels. And, they even managed to explain it ...

ASQ WCQI 2023 — 2022 PEP Awards Montreal Gold Recognition

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 05/08/23
Need we say more? As seen at ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement (Philadelphia, PA, May 6-10): "So proud of five of our Canadian sections of ASQ for being recognized at the WCQI and receiving Performance Excellence Awards for 2022. A major shoutout to ASQ Montreal for bringing home Gold! Thank you Raymond E. Dyer, the entire Section Leadership Team of Montreal and our 2022 Regional Director Puneet Manchanda MBA PMP. On behalf of ASQ Canada 🇨🇦 region, I would like to say that I expect no less of everyone in 2023! " Natella Isazada, ASQ Canada Region Director (Photos Natella Isazada) ...

ASQ 2022 PEP — Montreal wins Gold | Or pour Montréal

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 05/02/23
ASQ-HQ offered its congratulations to the 2022 Awardees for Member Unit Performance Excellence! It was a total of 17 Technical Communities (Divisions) and 28 Geographic Communities (Sections) which were recognized for their commitments and excellence. For 2022, five out of the 13 Canadian Sections won recognition. We are especially proud to report that amongst the seven GOLD winners, both the Montreal and Toronto Sections were recognized. Calgary won Silver recognition, and both Edmonton and Hamilton won Bronze recognition. The ASQ Performance Excellence Program was created by Milwaukee-based ASQ to recognize Member Units for excellent ...

ASQ — Problem Solving Tools Resources: Eight Disciplines (8D) Model (3)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 03/07/23
This third article introduces the eight disciplines (8D) model , an approach typically employed by quality engineers or other professionals, most commonly used by the automotive industry but also been successfully applied in healthcare, retail, finance, government, and manufacturing. It's purpose: to identify, correct, and eliminate recurring problems. The model establishes a permanent corrective action based on statistical analysis of a problem and focuses on its origin by determining its root causes. It originally comprised eight stages (disciplines) but later an initial planning stage was added. This series of articles presents techniques to identify ...

ASQ Montréal — Plan D'affaires 2023 Et Résultats à Date (2023-03-03)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 03/07/23
Par J.P. Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secrétaire En 2023, l' ASQ-HQ poursuit son Plan d'affaires basé sur quatre objectifs stratégiques majeurs. Afin de soutenir ces objectifs stratégiques, les régions, divisions et sections de l'ASQ ont élaboré un plan stratégique global aligné sur ces objectifs et basé sur quatre priorités majeures : Stimuler le leadership éclairé ; Fournir une expérience d'éducation avancée et complète ; Améliorer l'expérience des membres, et Instituer les meilleures pratiques. Pour votre équipe de direction de la section de Montréal (EDS), cela s'est ensuite traduit par l'élaboration de plans d'action et d'objectifs locaux qui ...

ASQ Montreal — 2023 Business Plan Summary And Results To Date (2023-03-03)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 03/07/23
By J.P. Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secretary In 2023, ASQ-HQ continues its Business Plan based on four major strategic goals. In order to support those strategic goals, the ASQ Regions, Divisions and Sections developed an overall strategic plan aligned with those goals and based on four major priorities: Drive thought leadership; Provide an advanced and comprehensive education experience; Enhance the member experience, and Institute best practices. For your Montreal Section Section Leadership Team (SLT), this then translated into the development of local action plans and objectives which are briefly described below and aligned with ASQ-HQ’s Strategic ...

ASQ Montreal — Word From The Chair | Mot Du Président (March 2023)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 03/07/23
By Raymond E. Dyer (Ray) , ASQ Senior Member, CMQ/OE, & CQA ( Texte en français suit ) For those of you that use LinkedIn, this post from Karen Martin might be of interest. The reason it is interesting is that it demonstrates, in an easy to understand manner, how individual efficiencies and improvements might seem like a good thing, but can actually harm the overall efficiency and effectiveness of a process. The example involves a row boat with four rowers, two rowing on each side. If one of these rowers finds a way of becoming much more effective, but does not bring the other three rowers up to the same level, the row boat veers off course. ...

ASQ — Member Only Monthly Gift Package (March 2023)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 03/03/23
March Member Gift Bundle This Month's Gift Bundle: Design Thinking and Design for Six Sigma! This month ASQ shares lots of resources on Design Thinking and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS). By applying Design Thinking principles and DFSS, organizations can better understand and get ahead of customer needs, develop innovative solutions, and design processes that are both efficient and effective. Exclusive Member Resource Bundle includes: Introductions to design and DFSS topics including Six Sigma, Voice of the Customer (VOC), Design of Experiments (DOE), and Quality Function Deployment (QFD). ...