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Date:     Wednesday, February 20, 2008

FMEA is used in similar yet also in different ways by many different industries. Some focus on quality, others on costs, yet others on safety both for employees and customers. FMEAs are also used during different phases of activity ranging from Design to Process management. There are several approaches and standards but one of the better known comes from the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a not-for-profit association of companies involved in the automotive industry.

François will review some of this background as well as provide a brief overview of some of the basics behind PFMEA including elements like failure modes, severity of potential failures, etc. He will also review a few weaknesses of this methodology. This presentation should provide some key basics for those unfamiliar with PFMEA while also providing an opportunity for feedback and reflection for those more familiar with its application. 

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The Editor's Corner

Je voudrais prendre ces quelques lignes pour faire la promotion d’un forum de discussion montréalais sur la qualité, qui a été créé par Eric Stern, publicity co-chair de notre section.

Il a été question, lors de l’activité réseautage de septembre dernier, de trouver un ou des moyens supplémentaires de communiquer, d’échanger et de s’entraider localement entre les professionnels de la qualité. Rapidement, l’idée d’un forum de discussion électronique, pour les professionnels de la qualité dans la région de Montréal, a émergé. Eric n’étant pas des nôtres ce soir là, c’est par la suite que nous avons appris qu’il avait déjà créé un tel outil quelques années auparavant. Il s’agit du forum Quality_Montreal sur Yahoo groups.

I subscribed and I strongly suggest you do the same! It is so easy to use and accessible. Don’t hesitate to add your contribution to the Quality_Montreal forum by questioning, responding or communicating relevant information. I will keep you inform about it.


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A Word from your Section Chair

Thank you for such a great response to our Networking event in January. It was a well attended evening with around 30 people. A very big thank you to Reynald Régnus who shared with us, during that evening, his findings while doing his survey on Six Sigma projects. Our section took great pride in participating in that survey so it was a double pleasure to have first hand results from Reynald.

Our Section is a very active one in terms of creating meeting opportunities for its members. Therefore, when a room is filled with members like it was on January, I really feel that our efforts to ‘offer information’ (as stated in our Mission Statement) give tangible results. We hope you gained from that evening.

Now on February 20th we have another interesting event coming. François Pageau, Manager and Chief Statistician at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems – Canada, will speak to us about Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA). Mr. Pageau holds all of the ASQ certifications. He is one of the 7 people in the world who can claim such an achievement.

It will be an interesting event. I hope to see you all there.

This season’s planned events

Welcome to our new members

Sustaining Members

Proposed Slate of Officers for 2008/09 Montreal Section 401 Executive

The Right Stuff

Note from the Newsletter editor : This is the first of a three part article submitted by ASQ Montreal Section 0401 member Hélène Giroux who is an Associate Professor in Operations and Logistics Management at HEC Montréal.

By Hélène Giroux, Associate Professor, Operations and Logistics Management HEC Montréal, Senior member

It’s a funny thing about quality professionals. Most of them didn’t set out to build a career in quality – after all, very few colleges and universities have diplomas in quality assurance or quality management. Yet many of those who fell into quality also seem to fall in love with it and spend years, often their whole career, in various quality functions. What does it take to be a quality professional? What kind of aptitudes and personal dispositions make for a successful and satisfying career in quality?

As part of a larger academic research project, I had the opportunity to interview 29 seasoned quality professionals with combined experience of more than 800 years. These professionals from the North-Eastern United States and Canada have held a wide variety of positions related to quality assurance and quality management. They have worked in diverse industries such as electronics, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, construction, aeronautics, software and services. All are or were members of ASQ, and most have accumulated many years of service to ASQ, either in their local section, in one of the society’s divisions, or at the regional and national level.

Full article

Other ASQ event / autre événement de l'ASQ

ASQ Montreal Section Education Program 2007-2008

Questions? In house courses, etc.: David Tozer:  (514) 694-2830, mailto:davidtozer@qualitiqua.com

Executive Committee Meetings

ASQ Certification & Recertification

Please note: Exam dates may be revised by ASQ at any time.  For the latest dates, please contact ASQ at 1-800-248-1946.
For members interested in preparing their journals for recertification, please contact Norman Dickinson, Recertification Chair, at telephone: (514) 334-6102 or e-mail: n.dickinson@alumni.concordia.ca .

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