Registration: https://events.eply.com/BMCUnderstandingQMS3364791
Topics to be covered in this two half-day workshop:
- History of Quality, Standards, Regulations, and the FDA
- How did we get here?
- Quality System Basic Concepts & Intents
- What is Quality and why is it a system?
- Management Responsibility
- Why does leadership matter to quality?
- Resource Management
- Are training and competency the same thing?
- BTW, there are other resources to manage besides humans
- Documents & Records
- What’s the difference and how do you produce good ones?
- Control of Nonconforming Product
- “Product” may not mean what you think it does.
- Customer Feedback
- Not all feedback is a complaint?
- Audits
- What are internal audits supposed to be for, and what happens in an external audit?
- CAPA
- Why is this so important and why do manufacturers keep getting it wrong?
- Design Control
- What is it and when does it really begin?
- Design Transfer
- What is it and when does it really begin?
9750 Rockford Road
Plymouth, MN 55442
United States
Time: 8:00 am CST - 12:00 PM CST each day
Cost: ASQ Members $50 / Non-Members $75
Location: This is a hybrid (Zoom) and on-site at St. Cloud State in Plymouth Event
9750 Rockford Rd, Plymouth, MN 55442
** If after registering you wish to change your location, please email Karen Peifer at kdpeifer@memberleader.asq.org to do so **
Steve Gompertz (CQM, CBA, RAC-US, CMII) is a leader in Quality Systems management with over 25 years of experience in the life-science industry. His career includes roles in quality systems development and implementation, project management, engineering automation, configuration management, audit, and software development for companies including Pelican BioThermal, St. Jude Medical (now Abbott), Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Vital Images, and Control Data. He is now a consultant to the industry providing guidance on quality systems and regulatory compliance.
Steve holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, and certifications in quality management, biomedical auditing, regulatory affairs, project management, and configuration management. Steve started his professional career in software development and then moved into systems implementation project management. After joining the medical device industry, he transitioned from implementing quality- related IT solutions to managing quality organizations and processes. Steve also helped St. Cloud State University develop and is a Sr. Adjunct Instructor in M.S. in its Medical Technology Quality program.
The American Society for Quality (ASQ), is a knowledge-based global community of quality professionals, with nearly 80,000 members dedicated to promoting and advancing quality tools, principles, and practices in their workplaces and communities. As your career partner, ASQ membership benefits are designed to help meet your growing needs as a quality professional. Membership provides exclusive access to quality knowledge, solutions and resources to solve challenges, and skill development to advance your career. ASQ is committed to providing enhanced expertise, professional networks, tools, and solutions to help our members advance their products, services, and industries.
The MN ASQ Biomedical Consortium (BMC) focuses on the medical device industry specifically. This is a volunteer membership. ASQ Membership is not required to join. There are many ASQ perks provided when joining the BMC.
Consider becoming a member of one or both to enhance your professional experience.
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To become a member of the MN ASQ Biomedical Consortium, please email Karen Peifer at kdpeifer@memberleader.asq.org.
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