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Technical Meeting
Jim Spichiger, "Preventative Action - Identification, Process & Results." ISO 9001 not only requires organizations to eliminate the causes of potential nonconformities in order to prevent their occurrence but to document the procedure to insure that this occurs. However, many organizations struggle to effectively implement a method that will determine potential nonconformances. This presentation will discuss the approach one organization uses to identify preventive actions and the formal process they use to initiate, track and implement these actions. In addition, attendees will see how an actual preventive action was identified and how the resulting Quality Improvement Team utilized common problem solving tools to improve a specific process’s response time and effectiveness.
Mr. Spichiger has over twenty-five years experience in the quality profession as a manager, coach, engineer and auditor in the telecommunication, government, commercial, service and nuclear industries. He currently is employed as a Program Manager with Goodman Networks for Alcatel-Lucent. Mr. Spichiger has an engineering degree from Villanova University, is a licensed Professional Quality Engineer, holds seven ASQ Certifications and he is an ASQ Fellow. He has served as an examiner Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and for the NJ Governor’s Award for Performance Excellence. Previously he served on the ASQ Board of Directors and the Executive Board of Quality New Jersey. Jim remains an active ASQ volunteer with the Inspection Division and is an instructor for the ASQ Columbus Section.
Membership Meeting
John Cachet, "Bridging the Gap between Quality and Finance." Quality and finance may not always see eye to eye, but are they really that different? Great gains can be made by quality and accounting working together when the main focus is cause and effect analysis. John Cachat, an expert in quality management system software and design, will share insight on how to more effectively open communication to get your project funded.
- Quality professionals need a better understanding of financial terms and approaches
- Finance professionals need a better understanding of Quality terms and approaches
- Everyone needs to learn how to significantly improve situations over which they have control
People and process will drive the correct application of technology. Culture will eat technology for lunch.
John Cachat, President of Silico, is an expert in developing information technology and operational excellence strategies for large and small organizations. Mr. Cachat is often sought out for his expertise by large consulting firms, like IBM Consulting, government agencies, like the US FDA, and professional and trade organizations for his leadership. After 20 years of designing, building, implementing and maintaining commercial off the shelf software, Mr. Cachat has a new vision for supporting robust quality management systems.
Mr. Cachat received a BSIE degree at the General Motors Institute (GMI) in Flint, MI specializing in Operations Research, and received recognition for both the Entrepreneur of the Year and Outstanding Alumni Achievement awards from GMI. John also holds an MSIE degree from Texas A & M University, specializing in automated manufacturing.
Mr. Cachat is a Certified Quality Engineer and the current Chairman of ASQ 0814 Elyria/Lorain. To learn more about John Cachat, please visit his LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/johncachat. |
