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Montreal
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October
2020
(Volume 70 - Issue 8) |
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Our objective: To increase awareness, interest, and involvement in section
activities and quality-related subjects. Visit our LinkedIn group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/90170/ Visit
our myASQ web site https://my.asq.org/communities/home/138 |
1.
Next
Event
Date Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Time 6:30 PM Place ***ONLINE WEBINAR***
ASQ
Montreal Section 401
General Assembly
(18h30 to 19h00) Agenda Items 1) Call to Order 2) Adoption of Agenda 3) Adoption of Previous Minutes 4) Section Chair Report 5) Treasurer's Report 6) Committee Chair Reports 7) Election of Officers 8) Question Period 9) Adjournment The General Assembly will be followed by this month's presentation: COACHING LEAN SIX
SIGMA TEAMS
 Diego Lythgoe Business Excellence Expert and Coach Shell McGill University *********************************** Come
and join us online on October 28th, when our guest speaker Diego
Lythgoe
will deliver the topic of "Coaching Lean Six Sigma Teams". |
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ABOUT
THE EVENT *****************************************
COST
FREE for all particpants. NOTE: Given the current restrictions resulting from COVID-19, this event will be available via Webinar only. Attendees to this event will will receive 0.5 RUs. To register for this event, please send an e-mail confirming your presence to: event@asqmontreal.qc.ca
**PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE LOGIN DETAILS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.** 3. Upcoming ASQ Montreal Section
Events
Novembre
25, 2020
Exploiter votre système de gestion de la qualité (SGQ) certifié ISO pour garantir la sécurité des données critiques avec Cristian Dragnef de Seratos Consulting. Please note that, while the presentation will be in French, the Question and Answer portion will be bilingual.  Cette présentation par Cristian Dragnef, président de Seratos Consulting, vous apprendra comment tirer parti de votre cadre ISO 9001 pour mettre en œuvre un SGSI certifié ISO qui protégera les données de votre organisation. Dans un monde et un environnement de travail de plus en plus numérisés, les cyberattaques et les accès non autorisés peuvent facilement compromettre la qualité de vos produits et menacer votre propriété intellectuelle. En vertu de la GDPR et d'autres règlements de protection de la vie privée actuellement en vigueur, le fait de ne pas reconnaître ou signaler une violation peut également s'avérer financièrement catastrophique. Cristian nous expliquera comment exploiter un système de gestion de la qualité (SGQ) certifié ISO, pour obtenir à la fois la certification et la tranquillité d'esprit avec l'ajout d'un cadre de sécurité de l'information certifié ISO 27001:2013 Système de gestion de la sécurité de l'information (SGSI). Ce SGSI vous permettra de répondre plus efficacement aux exigences réglementaires et législatives sans cesse croissantes, de réduire les instances de duplication des tâches et de rationaliser les processus standard tels que le contrôle de la documentation et des enregistrements, les audits internes, la revue de direction, le contrôle des non-conformités et la gestion des actions correctives. Cristian est auditeur principal accrédité ISMS auprès de l'IRCA, formateur QMS auprès de RABQSA et auditeur accrédité par STAR Alliance. Il possède plus de 20 ans d'expérience et une vaste expertise en matière de gestion des risques et de la sécurité de l'information, de systèmes de gestion de la qualité, de gestion des services informatiques et de développement de logiciels. ***********************************************
We are already preparing on slate of topics for 2021, all virtual for the time being . . . Virtual Auditing
Lean Start-up for a Centre for Pediatrics Emergencies Variability Reduction "B Corp" Certifications The Future of Quality Jobs Critical Thinking for the Quality Professional International Women of Quality (panel event) Pecha Kucha Night If you have any subjects that you would like to see us present in the future, please drop on an e-mail to anyone on the Section's Leadership Committee. 4. The Editor's Corner
So the challenge to myself last month to not write about the "P" word or the "C" word has come and gone. I spent that article talking about participating in the ISO 9001:2015 revision committee for Canada. One of the nice things that came from publishing that piece was having someone actually reach out to me and ask how they can participate, in a similar capacity, for the next revision. I was more than happy to provide them the information. It also made me realize that 7-8 years ago when I particiapted in that activity, everything I did was done remotely (or as we say more often nowadays, "virtually"). I never met one person with whom I communicated, and I never particiapted in any face-to-face meetings. Everything happened through the (technological) magic of telephones, computers, modems, e-mails, Internet, and yes, even Webex. Everything I did back then mirrors what I believe would NEED to be done now, if I was to participate in such a committee again. So my experience with working virtually and helping to achieve something with a global reach was already there. Why then was I so apprehensive with everything going virtual with regards to my work in March 2020? In retrospect, I think the initial (and continued) unknown of how our current situation will be resolved fed that apprehension. As well, back in 2012-13 during my ISO involvement, and certainly as close as earlier this year, the OPTION of doing things live-and-in-person or virtually existed. Not so much now at this given time, and humans by nature like to have options, the more the better. When you go to an ice cream establishment, do you want only chocolate and vanilla as choices? Hell no, 31 flavours no less, and while I am here, create a new one. As Quality professionals, we often are presented with options: Which problem solving tool to use? Which SPC method to use? Immediately quarantine the nonconforming part or continue processing to gain some advancement and then quarantine? Sometimes the options are plentiful and require thought; sometimes the options are narrow yet require equal or more thought. And then there are times when options are taken from you without your say, and you have to make the best with what you have, or else nothing will move forward and get done. So as I like to say to anyone who will listen . . . "I am not perfect, but I always try to do my best. That way, I can never say I failed". OPTIONS. Make the best of them. **********************************************
Any feedback? Click on the link in the bottom right corner of this section and let me know. Thanks. |
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5.
A Word
from
your Section Chair
Unfortunately, the very encouraging Covid trend we saw through the summer has reversed sharply and we are faced with tightening restrictions on our personal and professional activities. Fortunately new restrictions have not impacted the Section any more than was the case in the summer. We are still in virtual mode. So is ASQ HQ. This comes with pros and cons. The biggest con is that lack of personal networking that we could facilitate with our monthly events. The big pro is the convenience of virtual events and that more members are taking advantage of them. Our most recent event, "Managing Rrisk with ISO31000" with Jim Moran, was a case in point with over 30 attendees, well above our norm for live events. I leave it to others to talk about this well received event below. I encourage you to attend our upcoming event "Coaching Lean Six Sigma Teams" with Diego Lythgoe. Details for registration are on our website and our MyASQ sites. Another event that you should make a point of attending is the ASQ Canadian National Conference being hosted by Toronto this month on the 18th through the 21st. I talked about it at length in the last newsletter. All the details are now available through the Montreal section MyASQ sites. This virtual format conference is spread over four days with 7 live sessions and 8 on demand presentations. The first three days will have a keynote speaker and all four days will have an interactive and lively 'Kitchen Party in the evening". To date more than 150 attendees have registered. There is still time to register and you can choose how much or little you participate in. I think you will be well served to make a point of joining us. I did want to shout out to Ray, Chantale and J.P. who have agreed to host the Francophone kitchen party. Thanks for the help folks. After six months or so of waiting, we now officially have all the members of 404 included in our Section following the dissolution of that section in February. This will make our lives easier as we can now use a consolidated mailing list for our communications. To the former members of 404 . . . je vous souhaite la bienvenue and welcome aboard! We have submitted our budget and plan for next year. Chantale put this together and she has provided for a significant investment in member events next year, assuming relaxation of the Covid restrictions. If you wish to hear about the details, plan to attend the Annual General Assembly, which will be held on October 28th, 2020, just ahead of our regular speaker event. In closing, I made an appeal last month to members to come forward and join the Leadership team. The 2021 slate is now fixed, and we have some new faces so we will be introducing the new team at the GA. Thanks to Sam, our Nominations Chair, for stick handling that effort. |
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6.
Had
You Connected
to the
Last Event
 By Raymond E.
Dyer, ASQ Senior Member, CMQ/OE, CQA, Internet Liaison
and Section Secretary Had You Connected . . . RISK MANAGEMENT Our last
event showcased Jim Moran, an experienced ISO standards professional,
trainer, and speaker. The topic was managing risk with ISO 31000. Even
before Jim could begin, I started the questions by asking him why ISO
31000 and not 31001 like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001 (you get the
idea). This was quickly addressed by Jim reminding us that standards
that finish with a "1" are those you can generally get registered to.
Those that finish with a "0" are typically guidelines that provide
principles, a framework, and a process. In the case of ISO 31000, these
guidelines are for managing risk. That is in large part what Jim went
through, i.e. the principles, framework, and process for managing risk.
He also went into the benefits of doing so. He showed a few approaches
or
tools used in managing risks, including Ishikawa Diagrams, Process
Mapping,
Risk Analysis Matrices, Internal Audits, etc. By the way, one attendee
did comment that AS9100 was an exception of a standard finishing by "0"
that you can get registered to (thanks Michael) . . . (Editor's Note:
You're welcome).
My challenge in writing this article was that I was also moderating the webinar, and so not really taking notes. There were a few amusing stories Jim raised that caught my attention, most notably when he talked about "in his time" they used five and a quarter inch floppy disks. I reflected on that with amusement given I still remember a time we stored programs on cassette tapes and even go as far back as providing program instructions on decks of punched out cards back in university! One of the benefits of being the moderator is having access to survey (or poll) feedback from our Webex host J.P. Amiel. I hope not to repeat too much information that our Voice of the Customer Chair Amine Djeffal will report, but here is some of the feedback: - Great topic and presentation. - Great presentation! Much appreciated! - Thank you everyone, great presentation :-) - Thanks for organizing this excellent event! I only miss the human interaction! - Like the idea of survey as we go! Keeps the audience engaged! - Thanks for an outstanding presentation. - Very interesting subject. It will be nice to go a bit deeper on it. - Thank you, great presentation. - Interesting presentation on topic. Highly knowledgeable presenter. - Thank you Ray, ASQ Section and Jim Moran. I shared the video recording with Véronique B. who could not attend, but wanted to know if she could hear the recording of the event. Her feedback was: "Great presentation, I really appreciate it. Jim is really a good communicator, he knows what he is talking about and I liked his vision. I also laughed several times such as when he mentioned the floppy disk ;-). Good job inviting him." Thank you Véronique for the feedback. Now we did get feedback about opportunities to improve on both the presentation and the format as well, namely to incorporate more practical examples in the presentation and to consider opening the format to encourage more exchange amongst the attendees, many of whom no doubt know each other. For example, one participant asked if it would be possible to see fellow attendees during the first few opening minutes of the event. We'll need to explore the implications of this latter suggestion, but the feedback has been registered. Thanks! As I said when kicking off the event, I've enjoyed Jim Moran's weekly emailed bulletins on various topics surrounding the ISO world of standards for over a year and a half. They're reasonable in duration, informative, and somewhat amusing, at least to me. If you're interested in subscribing to them, visit https://simplifyiso.com/. I look forward to hearing from you at our next event! Thanks for attending and participating. |
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7. Voice of the Customer
Here is a quick rundown of the comments made by our virtual participants to the ISO 31000 Risk Management Webinar with Jim Moran on September 30th, 2020. Most of the 35 participants were ASQ members (full and senior members). Feedback from the participants was highly positive on both the Subject and Approach categories, with scores above 90% whereas results for Presenter and Exchange categories were 87% and 73% respectively. One participant mentioned that although the topic was relevant and the presenter highly knowledgeable, it would have been better to link ISO 31000 to practical examples and case studies. Another participant proposed we have a brief round-table introduction from each participant at the beginning of the event in order to discuss the presentation findings later on with people who were connected. Based on poll results nearly 62% of the participants heard about the event through the Section’s Newsletter, which demonstrates it is still the perfect communication channel to reach a maximum of ASQ members and keep them informed about the Section’s events. Finally, it was shown that 7:00pm to 9:00pm was the best time to hold a webinar. We would like to assure ASQ members that we welcome all comments. They will be reviewed and discussed within the leadership team. Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement is, and will always be considered vital at the Montreal Section. Participants have expressed interest to attend other webinars. Several topics for upcoming webinars were proposed such as: critical infrastructure and risk management, ISO 45001, design FMEA, applied statistics, cybersecurity, lean tools and change management. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ASQ Montreal Section will continue to hold virtual events. We would like to thank you all participants for your valuable feedback. We look forward to hearing from you soon at our Annual General Assembly scheduled on October 28th, 2020. At that time we will also have a presentation on "Coaching Lean Six Sigma Teams" by Diego Lythgoe, who teaches Lean Operations at McGill University and serves as Global Continuous Improvement Lead within Shell’s Trading and Supply business. Give
me your feedback by e-mail
8. Student Outreach Committee - 2020 Eric Stern Award In
memory of Eric Stern – a respectfully remembered ASQ Montreal
Section Leader and Concordia Alumni, the "Eric Stern Award" is granted
to Master students at Concordia. The 2020 Eric Stern Award competition
is organized by the Student Outreach Committee of the ASQ Montreal
Section, together with the rest of the Leadership Team at ASQ Montreal,
and Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science. The Eric
Stern
Award competition is open to full time Master of Science (MASc) or
Master of Engineering (MEng) students registered at Concordia Institute
for Information System Engineering (CIISE) or Industrial Engineering
from Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering (MAIE) at
Concordia University. 
 Interested
students are invited to participate in
this competition with a $500 CAD award to win. The
focus of this competition is on individually defined quality related
projects on topics such as inspection, defect detection, and quality
control, to name but a few. We hope the students see the exercise as a
rewarding learning exercise and small financial incentive to compete
and win, as well as learn more and appreciate a fellow alumnus that
made his mark with several societies, not just ASQ and Concordia. |
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9.
Welcome
to our New Members
SEPTEMBER
2020
Huub Beckmann Parth Chauhan Farnoosh Naderkhani Dig Paul Singh |
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10.
Organization
Members
ASQ Montreal Section thanks our Organization Members: |
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11.
Other
ASQ
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12.
ASQ
Montreal Section Education Program 2020
By
Dr. David
Tozer,
Ph.D., ASQ CQE and SSBB, Education & Audit Chair Having ASQ certification gives you an edge in the market and can significantly increase your income. ASQ Certification often leads to higher paying employment. The money invested in education and certification increases chances of finding employment quickly in the down sizing environment we live in. People who take the section sponsored refresher courses, and spend at least twice as much time as spent in the classroom on self study, have an 80%, or better, chance of passing the examination on the first attempt. NOTE:
Courses are now available online as well
Certified Quality Engineer Topics include: quality concepts, cost of quality, human resources, team formation and group dynamics, inspection, metrology, sampling, reliability, quality standards, quality audit, statistics, design of experiments, process improvement, liability, and modern management methods for improving quality. Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Topics include: quality concepts, cost of quality, enterprise wide deployment, business process management, project management, team formation and group dynamics, define, measure, analyze, improve, control, lean enterprise, statistics, design of experiments, and design for six sigma. Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Topics include: quality concepts, cost of quality, enterprise wide deployment, business process management, project management, team formation and group dynamics, define, measure, analyze, improve, control, and statistics. Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Topics include: quality concepts, quality planning, customer focus, quality standards, project management, cost of quality, team formation and group dynamics, human resources and improvement.
Certified
Quality Auditor Topics
include: quality concepts,
team
formation and group dynamics, management responsibility, audit
objectives, audit preparation, audit conduct, audit reporting,
sampling, and basic statistics.
Certified Quality Inspector Topics include: quality concepts, team formation and group dynamics, geometry, metrology, reading drawings, mechanical processes, statistical process control, inspection, and sampling. Calendar and Registration Form Questions? In house courses, etc.: Dr. David Tozer: (514) 694-2830, education@asqmontreal.qc.ca
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13.
Executive
Committee Meetings & Officers
Section Executive
Committee
(Leadership Team) Meetings are held at different locations, starting at
6 PM. The next regular meeting is tentatively scheduled for: November 3, 2020 Consult the List of Your Executive
for
2020 here
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14. Unemployed Members DuesUnemployed ASQ members receive a discount on their membership dues based on consecutive years of membership.
Eligibility Criteria
Benefits
NOTE: The following links require that you be logged into your account before you try to activate them. Download the ASQ Unemployment Program
Application
PDF (105 KB) |
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15.
Feedback
Please send us your comments about the ASQ Montreal Section E-Newsletter (topics, layout, length, etc.). Do you want to contribute an article (English or French) or a good idea? Contact us by e-mail. |
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