5:30pm Registration and Social Hour
6:30pm Dinner
7:00 Business Meeting
7:15 - 8:00pm Presentation
ISO Users Group of Western Pennsylvania
Monday November 13, 2003
Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Sharon Gregory, HexSAB
Location: Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania (ESWP) - For Directions, click here.
COST: $22.00 for ISO Users members, $27.00 for non-members
5:30pm Registration and Social Hour
6:30pm Dinner
7:00 Business Meeting
7:15 - 8:00pm Presentation
PROGRAM: Use of Six Sigma in an ISO 9000 System
Six Sigma is a business improvement strategy focused on variation reduction and defect elimination. Being advocates of quality and process improvement, you understand that the Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) methodology is not intended to provide "new tools." Instead, Six Sigma pulls many approaches and tools together into a powerful methodology for managing processes and obtaining results. To illustrate this methodology, the presentation will provide an example of a real-world process improvement project. Highlights of the presentation will include tools such as thought and process mapping, control charting, measurement system evaluation, design of experiments, analysis of variance, and control plans. In addition, lessons learned from a practitioner's point of view and the linkage of Six Sigma to ISO will be discussed.
PRESENTER: Sharon Gregory is the founder and president of Hexagon Solutions and Beyond, Inc., (HexSAB) established January 31, 2001. She provides customized Six Sigma training and consulting services for organizations dedicated to process improvement and helps them internally implement Six Sigma to achieve business results through training and project management services. Her passion for Six Sigma is clearly demonstrated through her enthusiastic, practical, and interactive teaching style that has earned her recognition and respect within the companies for which she has consulted.
A former high-school mathematics teacher, Sharon has a Master of Science in mathematics education. She is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with six years' experience in applying and teaching Six Sigma. As a practitioner for companies including Whirlpool, PPG, and Eaton she has facilitated significant cost saving projects, process improvements, and Six Sigma implementation through expertise in the Six Sigma philosophy, statistical design and analysis techniques, project and resource management, and team building leadership skills. A few clients for whom she has conducted various levels of Six Sigma training include Bombardier, Chestnut Ridge Foam, Korns Galvanizing Company, North Side Foods Corp., and Williamsport Wirerope Works.
Sharon's professional affiliations include the , the International Society for Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP), the Pittsburgh Technology Council (PTC), and the Department of Minority Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (MWDBE) program. She served as the 2002 Program Chair and Six Sigma Focus Group Chair for the Pittsburgh Section of ASQ.
Reservations: Reservations must be made by noon on Friday, November 7th. Please call ESWP at 412-261-4300. Dinner selections are beef, chicken, fish, or vegetarian.
Payment for the dinner meeting should be in the form of cash or check. Make checks payable to ISO Users Group of Western Pennsylvania.
Questions should be directed to Terry Beckwith or Mike Meketa.
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