Unemployed Members – Dues

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Any individual Full or Senior, or a Fellow member may participate in ASQ’s unemployment dues relief program if they want to continue maintaining their ASQ membership. For more information:

  • Log-in to your ASQ account, go to the My Account page, select Unemployed Members on the left panel. The Unemployed Member Dues page appears.
  • Download the ASQ Unemployment Program Application, complete and submit to ASQ-HQ.
  • Don’t forget to Log-out.

Tout membre individuel Titulaire, Senior ou Fellow peut participer au programme d’allègement des cotisations de chômage de l’ASQ s’il souhaite continuer à maintenir son adhésion à l’ASQ. Pour plus d’informations:

  • Connectez-vous à votre compte ASQ, allez sur la page Mon compte (My Account), sélectionnez Membres chômeurs (Unemployed Members) sur le panneau de gauche. La page Cotisations des membres chômeurs (Unemployed Member Dues) s’affiche.
  • Téléchargez la Demande d’adhésion au programme de chômage de l’ASQ (ASQ Unemployment Program Application), remplissez et envoyez à ASQ-HQ.
  • N’oubliez pas de vous déconnecter.

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ASQ Montreal — 2024 Business Plan Q1 Report (2024.04.30)

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ASQ Montreal — Business Plan 2024-25 — Q1 Report

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By J.P.  Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Web Committee Chair

Back in September 2023, I presented what your Montreal Section leadership team was looking ahead for the 2024 line-up of action plans based on ASQ’s continuing development of its own Strategic Plan. Basically, our Business Plan lists what steps the section will be taking to achieve specific goals. It is broken down into actionable steps that can be easily followed and tracked so as to clarify what resources will be required to reach it within a specific timeline. Here is the status of our goals and what we have accomplished so far in the first quarter of 2024. As for the 2024 Business Plan Objectives, we are proud to report that for the 27 objectives that we defined, so far 24 are 90% completed, 22 at 80% and 19 at 70%. What a Q1 report, indeed!

Montreal Section objective aligned with ASQ Strategic Goal Target Q1
1. DELIVER MEMBER VALUE: Design programs and initiatives that are diversified and add value to membership, meet/exceed their identified needs and expectations and support the Mission of ASQ. Think out of the Box to WOW members.
1.1 Deliver events and opportunities that address evolving needs of current and next generation quality professionals to ensure each has an optimized member experience. 8 5
1.2 Help quality professionals understand how they can guide their organizations by leveraging standards to achieve operational excellence by publishing multimedia on the use of standards. 3 –
2. ENHANCE THE ASQ BRAND AND PUBLIC IMAGE: Highlight Quality experts and provide Quality knowledge growth opportunities in your community and others.
2.1 Create opportunities to showcase knowledge of Quality subject matter experts by publishing multimedia on ASQ Montreal Section subject matter experts. 3 –
2.2 Generate opportunities for training, learning, and education in Quality:
• Offer and publicize the offering of ASQ certification preparation courses; 9 4
• Promote ASQ in local industry conferences by attending local industry conferences with the intent to promote ASQ; 1 –
• Conduct Student Outreach events by doing networking session with educational institution(s)/students; 1 1
• Recognize section leaders and/or members: Present awards to section leaders and/or members having demonstrated section leadership and involvement. 2 –
3. DELIVER OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: Leverage the expertise of Quality Professionals to ensure best practices in Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEI&B) culture, member experiences, efficient operations, access to quality content and education, governance, and financial responsibility are implemented to support ASQ and Geographic Communities.
3.1  Advance a culture of DEI&B to make the Society a place everyone feels welcome:
• Engage francophone members and customers through sponsored French professional events; 2 2
• Have Section Leadership Team (SLT) attend a course on DEI&B; 1 –
• Develop a DEI&B plan. 1 –
3.2 Deliver a greater member experience and make it easier for ASQ members to participate and make their voices heard:
• Issue regular newsletters throughout the active part of the year; 9 4
• Post content on myASQ website targeting member feedback. 4 –
3.3 Drive efficiency and manage resources responsibly by meeting the approved budget bottom line and taking into account adjustments made throughout the year. 1 –
3.4 Contribute content to the myASQ community site to reach members across channels by posting content on the Montreal Section myASQ website. 4 4
3.5 Create meaningful learning and networking opportunities.
• Conduct in-person networking session with members; 2 –
• Conduct networking session with educational institution(s)/students. 1 1
3.6 Deliver Geographic Community minimum requirements:
• Acknowledge the Member Unit Operating Agreement (MUOA); 1 1
• All Member Leaders complete General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) training; 100% –
• Deliver member value by conducting member events; 4 4
• Conduct Section Leadership Committee (SLC) meetings; 4 4
• Participate in Geographic Community Council’s (GCC) meetings or trainings; 4 3
• Submit officers list using Committee Manager and after having conducted the elections; 1 1
• Prepare and submit yearly business plan and budget to RD for approval; 1 1
• Member value by posting content on myASQ; 4 4
• Submit ASQ Community Annual Report in Q1 by communicated deadline; 1 1
• Submit year end financial report, if applicable (not required for sections on Billhighway); 1 1
• Sustain the section’s leadership team by recruiting section members to join the Section Leadership Team (SLT). 1 –

We look forward to seeing you at our events and should you decide to help us in our endeavours, we will make room around the Section Leadership meeting table. We’d love to hear from you here.

 

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Mot de la présidente | Word from the Chair

Word from Section Chair / / /
Veronica Marquez

Livrer de la valeur à nos membres
Delivering Value to Our Members

Veronica Marquez Par Veronica B. Marquez, M.Sc., ASQ Senior Member, CSSBB  (English text follows)

En janvier dernier, je vous parlais de nos objectifs pour 2024. Vous souvenez-vous ?

Je vous en avais exprimé trois, soit :

  • Mettre l’accent sur la valeur apportée à nos membres ;
  • Continuer d’amplifier nos efforts de sensibilisation ;
  • Revoir et améliorer nos outils et techniques de communication.
Je vous invite à me faire parvenir vos idées d’événements pour l’automne 2024, partager vos commentaires et suggestions qui pourraient nous aider à vous livrer une expérience membre enrichissante et à la hauteur de vos attentes.

En parallèle à ces objectifs, nous avons aussi testé un outil afin de rationaliser nos outils pour les inscriptions à nos événements. Ce test s’est avéré ne pas répondre à nos critères et nous avons donc pris la décision de retourner sur Eventbrite pour partager nos activités et gérer les inscriptions. Nous continuerons, bien entendu, de partager le tout sur nos pages Montreal ASQ, MyASQ et LinkedIn.
J’espère vous voir lors de nos prochains événements du 29 mai et du 12 juin.

Hasta pronto!

Veronica,
Envoyez-moi vos commentaires

Suivez-nous sur LinkedIn

Explorez NOTRE site myASQ Montréal |  Explore OUR Montreal myASQ site.

Last January, I wrote about our goals for 2024. Remember?

I shared three of them with you:

  • Focus on the value we bring to our members;
  • Continue to amplify our awareness-raising efforts;
  • Review and improve our communication tools and techniques.

I invite you to send me your event ideas for fall 2024, and share your comments and suggestions that could help us deliver a rewarding member experience that lives up to your expectations.

In parallel with these objectives, we also tested a tool to streamline our event registration process. This test proved not to meet our criteria, so we decided to return to Eventbrite to share our events and manage registrations. We will, of course, continue to share everything on our various pages ASQ Montreal, MyASQ and LinkedIn .

I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events on May 29 and June 12.

Hasta pronto!

Veronica,
Send me your comments

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Voice of The Customer | Voix du Client

Voice of the Customer / / /
Cesar Camargo 2023

Cesar Camargo 2023By Cesar Camargo, Responsable VoC, (English text follows)

En réponse aux précieux commentaires et suggestions de nos participants lors d’événements précédents, le mois dernier, la section ASQ de Montréal a eu l’occasion d’offrir deux magnifiques conférences : “Évolution de la norme ISO 10012“, qui s’est tenue le 3 avril et “Intelligence artificielle en remplacement de l’humain?“, qui s’est déroulée le 24 avril.

Discuter de la norme ISO 10012: Systèmes de management des mesures a été définitivement un succès en ce qui concerne l’importance de ce sujet dans le monde des affaires. Les participants à cet événement ont noté leur satisfaction globale à 93%. Le thème et l’approche proposés ont obtenu une perception positive de 100%. Le présentateur a été évalué avec une satisfaction de 95%, et en ce qui concerne l’interaction, les participants ont exprimé une satisfaction de 80%.

Concernant la deuxième conférence du mois, le sujet indispensable de l’intelligence artificielle et son impact ont été exposés de manière assertive et ont été très bien accueillis par les participants. Une satisfaction globale de 93% a été accompagnée d’une très bonne note de 95% pour le thème, 93% de satisfaction pour le présentateur et l’approche, et une perception positive de 89% envers l’échange.

Les participants à ces deux conférences ont exprimé leur intérêt à continuer à discuter de l’intelligence artificielle et de ses méthodologies de mise en œuvre dans l’industrie. Ils ont également manifesté leur intérêt pour des sujets tels que les systèmes de gestion des dispositifs médicaux et les techniques d’audit.

Encore une fois, merci à tous pour votre participation, et nous espérons compter sur une participation massive à nos prochains événements. Rappelons cette fabuleuse citation de James Baker : “La préparation adéquate évite une performance déficiente“ **.

Cesar Camargo

In response to the valuable feedback and suggestions from our participants in previous events, last month the ASQ Montreal section had the opportunity to offer two magnificent conferences: “Evolution of ISO 10012 Standard“, held on April 3, and “Artificial Intelligence: Replacing Humans?“, held on April 24.

Discussing the ISO 10012 standard: Measurement management systems was a success in terms of the importance of this topic in the business world. Participants in this event rated their overall satisfaction at 93%. The theme and proposed approach received a positive perception of 100%. The presenter was rated with 95% satisfaction, and regarding exchange, participants expressed 80% satisfaction.

Regarding the second conference of the month, the essential topic of Artificial Intelligence and its impact was presented assertively and was very well received by the participants. An overall satisfaction of 93% was accompanied by a very good rating of 95% for the theme, 93% satisfaction for the presenter and the approach, and an 89% positive perception towards the exchange.

Participants in these two conferences expressed interest in continuing discussions about artificial intelligence and its implementation methodologies in the industry. There was also interest in topics such as medical device management systems and audit techniques.

Once again, thank you to everyone for your participation, and we look forward to a massive turnout at our upcoming events. Let’s remember this fabulous quote from James Baker: “Proper preparation prevents poor performance“ **.

Cesar Camargo

** James Baker — Chief of Staff | Secrétaire général, US President George H. W. Bush

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Si vous étiez présent | Had You Been There (2024-04-24)

Last Event Review / / /
Samira Kazemi 2024

Samira KazemiL’IA, l’humain et la chaîne de production
(AI, Humans and the Production Chain)

Par Samira Kazemi, Responsable des programmes, ASQ CQA  (English Text follows)

Bonjour à tous, je vous présente la revue de cette très intéressante soirée offerte par ASQ Montréal ce 24 avril 2024 sur L‘IA, l’humain et la chaine de production. Elle a été préparé par Jean-Pierre Amiel, notre Responsable web. Notre conférencier était Jean Massardi, PhD, chef de la recherche en IA chez Neuligent. Il a cumulé plus de 10 ans d’expériences en IA et en accompagnement des PME dans la réalisation de projet de d’intégration en IA.

JP AmielJean-Pierre Amiel, Responsable web, ASQ CQA

Jean Massardi 2024Jean Massardi, PhD nous a entretenu du grand sujet de l’heure l’Intelligence Artificielle (IA) du moins, on le pensait, jusqu’à ce qu’il nous explique que cette “révolution” existe depuis plus de 70 ans et qu’il y a déjà eu plusieurs périodes d’évolution, dont la plus récente a débuté en 2012 avec Deep Blue. 🤔 Pour moi, les grands thèmes à retenir de cette présentation sont:

  • Il n’y a pas encore de définition universelle de l’IA mais elle peut se résumer sur trois concepts: le jugement, le raisonnement et la compréhension.
  • L’interface est surtout connu de nos jours pour son illusion de la compréhension – en réalité plutôt une application de complétion de phrases, ou l’IA a été entrainée à rapidement anticiper le prochain mot d’une phrase à partir d’une énorme banque de mots (données) et des probabilités quant à la logique que celui-ci complète correctement la pensée émise. Il y a plusieurs compagnies qui ont des applications, les plus connus sont Chat GPT, Mistral AI et Copilot.
  • On peut mathématiquement traduire un réseau de neurones pour en faire une Intelligence Artificielle.
    Reseau de neuronesC’est à partir de quatre cas que Jean nous a ensuite expliqué les risques associés au partage d’information, la grande force du système quant à l’analyse d’optimisation et l’assistance possible dans des applications commerciales et industrielles. L’IA est très forte dans l’application d’outils – accélérer des tâches d’évaluation, de tri et de remplacement.
  • Dans les projets d’implantation, le gros du travail est sa mise en place. Ce processus est similaire aux autres projets mais c’est la phase maintenance qui requiert le plus d’efforts.
  • Il conçoit que dans la chaine de production, l’IA peut se voir soit comme outil pour aider à la réalisation des tâches ou soit comme agent autonome qui performe des tâches. Naturellement, ceci a mené à des discussions sur le remplacement de l’humain dans certaines tâches. Selon lui, les tâches les plus à risques sont les métiers de services où le traitement de données et d’informations peuvent être traitées plus rapidement par les neurones artificiels de l’IA. Aussi, selon lui, l’IA aurait beaucoup de difficultés à jouer au Monopoly© car, négocier des ententes avec d’autres joueurs, n’est pas son “forte“.

Ouf! Beaucoup d’informations.

📌Veronica B. Marquez , notre présidente, a aussi eu l’occasion d’interviewer Jean Massardi. Visitez son Pod Cast Excellence 5.0 – L’IA au Service de l’Excellence: Décryptage en Profondeur. Quant au futur, la spécialité de Jean étant l’implantation de système IA, Veronica à proposée de le faire revenir pour discuter de cela.

Pour ceux qui ont manqué cet événement, j’espère vous voir et vous rencontrer la prochaine fois. Samira.

Another interesting evening offered by ASQ Montreal on April 24, 2024, when Jean Massardi, PhD, head of AI research at Neuligent. He has more than 10 years of experience in AI and in supporting SMEs in the realization of AI integration projects. He spoke to us about the hot topic of the moment – Artificial Intelligence (AI). At least so we thought, until he explained that it’s been around for over 70 years and that there have already been several periods of evolution, the most recent of which began in 2012 with Deep Blue.🤔 For me, the major themes to take away from this presentation are:

  • There is as yet no universal definition of AI, but it can be summed up in three concepts: judgment, reasoning and understanding.
  • The interface is best known these days for its illusion of comprehension – in reality more of a sentence completion application, where the AI has been trained to quickly anticipate the next word in a sentence from a huge bank of words (data) and probabilities as to the logic of it correctly completing the emitted thought. There are several companies with applications, the best known being Chat GPT, Mistral AI and Copilot.
  • A neural network can be mathematically translated into Artificial Intelligence. Based on four case studies, Jean went on to explain the risks associated with information sharing, the system’s great strength in optimization analysis, and the support it can provide in commercial and industrial applications. AI is very strong in the application of tools – accelerating evaluation, sorting and replacement tasks.
  • In implementation projects, the bulk of the work is in setting up the system. This process is similar to other projects, but it’s the maintenance phase that requires the most effort.
  • He realizes that, in the production chain, AI can be seen either as a tool to help carry out tasks, or as an autonomous agent that performs tasks. Which has naturally led to discussions about replacing humans in certain tasks. In his view, the tasks most at risk are service jobs, where data and information processing can be handled more quickly by AI’s artificial neurons. Also, according to him, AI would have great difficulty playing Monopoly©, as negotiating agreements with other players is not its “forte“.

Wow! A lot of information.

📌Veronica B. Marquez , our section chair, also had the opportunity to interview Jean Massardi. You are invited to see her Pod Cast Excellence 5.0 – L’IA au Service de l’Excellence : Décryptage en Profondeur. As for the future, Jean’s specialty is AI system implementation, so Veronica offered to bring him back to discuss this.

To those who missed this event, I hope to see and connect with you next time. Samira.

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Student Outreach | Sensibilisation étudiante

Student Outreach / / /
Christine Bergeron 2023

Christine Bergeron 2023Par Christine Bergeron, M.Ba., Admin.A, CMC, CQPA, CSL, Responsable sensibilisation des étudiants (English text follows)

En mars nous avons eu deux événements fort intéressants! Le 19 mars avec les étudiants en gestion des opérations de l’ESG UQAM nous avons eu le plaisir de participer à un panel: Les progiciels dans les opérations – entre mythe et réalité. Nous en profitons pour remercier Maxence Zoundi, Pierre Marquis, Michael Guirguis et David Tozer pour leur générosité.

Le 21 mars, cette fois c’est avec les étudiants de l’École Polytechnique que nous avons eu le plaisir d’assister à une conférence de Pierre Marquis sur L’intersection de l’ingénierie et la qualité. Nos remerciements à monsieur Marquis d’avoir partagé son expertise.

ACADEMIA:

  • Contactez-nous si vous souhaitez organiser un événement avec vos étudiants et discutons de la manière dont nous pouvons aborder le sujet de la qualité dans le monde universitaire.
  • Si vous faites partie d’un établissement d’enseignement et que vous souhaitez avoir plus de visibilité sur les sujets liés à la qualité, contactez Christine Bergeron sur LinkedIn. Nous disposons d’un réseau de conférenciers potentiels qui pourraient vous intéresser.

In March we had two very noteworthy events! On the 19th we were with the operation management students of UQAM’s Business School (ESG), where we held a panel on The Myths vs. Reality of ERPs in Operations. Thank you to Maxence Zoundi, Pierre Marquis, Michael Guirguis, and David Tozer for their generosity.

And on March 21st. it was with the students of the École Polytechnique that had the pleasure of attending a conference by Pierre Marquis on the Intersection between Engineering and Quality. We want to thank Mr. Marquis for sharing his expertise.

ACADEMIA:

  • Contact us if you are organizing a student event and wish to discuss how to present quality-related topics in the university.
  • If you are part of an educational institution and would like to have more visibility on quality-related topics, please contact Christine Bergeron on LinkedIn. We have a network of potential speakers that may be of interest to you.

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ASQ Montreal Section – Education Program 2024

Education / / /

Dr David TozerBy Dr. David Tozer, Ph.D., ASQ CQE and SSBB, Education & Audit Chair.

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.

Having ASQ certification gives you an edge in the market and can significantly increase your income.
Courses are now available online as well | Courses now available online

    • Certified Quality Engineer : 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: 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: 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: 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: quality concepts, team formation and group dynamics, management responsibility, audit objectives, audit preparation, audit conduct, audit reporting, sampling, and basic statistics.
    • Certified Quality Inspector: quality concepts, team formation and group dynamics, geometry, metrology, reading drawings, mechanical processes, statistical process control, inspection, and sampling.

    Calendar and Registration Online Form
    Questions? Cours en site/In house courses, etc. Contact: Dr. David Tozer (514) 694-2830

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Si vous étiez présent | Had You Been There (2024.04.03)

Last Event Review / / /
JP Amiel

JP AmielÉvolution de la norme ISO 10012 Système de management des mesures
(Evolution of ISO 10012 Measurement management system)

Par Jean-Pierre Amiel, Responsable internet, ASQ CQA  (English Text follows)

C’est avec un immense plaisir que ce 3 avril 2024, notre vice-président de la section, Raymond Dyer, à reçu en direct, Christophe Dubois (en France) et Yoann Donat, (à Granby, Québec) de la compagnie Deltamu.

Christophe s’est spécialisé dans la formation et l’accompagnement des industriels et passionné par les possibilités d’une métrologie correctement réalisée et curieux de l’évolution de la science de la mesure dans l’Industrie du Futur. Il est un membre actif du CFM (Collège Français de Métrologie) et surtout, de la commission AFNOR X07b METROLOGIE, ou il est représentant au groupe de travail WG27 ISO sur la révision de l’ISO 10012. Le comité a envoyée sa version finale à tous les membres pour validation.

Yoann Donat nous à d’abord dressé un bref portrait de Deltamu, créée il y a plus de vingt ans et implantée au Québec depuis 2022.

Ensuite, Christophe Dubois 2024en introduction, Christophe nous a présenté son constat quant à ces 15 années d’expérience en tant que consultant dans le domaine du test dans l’industrie: Bien que la mesure est un réel besoin industriel, la métrologie opérationnelle est souvent restreinte à la gestion de parc d’instruments et que le processus de mesure n’est pas toujours maîtrisée. Il s’avère que l’on passerais plus de temps à concevoir un produit et presque rien sur la validation de tolérances non fonctionnelles, mal définies et trop restreintes pour pallier les non-conformités. En conséquence: On ne voit pas réellement les problèmes car les mesures sont inadaptées et on fait de la sur-qualité; les incertitudes, notion fondamentale de la mesure, ne sont pas prise en compte.

ISO 10012 Chapters-2024

Christophe nous a ensuite dressé un portrait des différences et complémentarités entre les normes ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratoires d’étalonnages et d’essais et ISO 10012:2003 Systèmes de management de la mesure. La première permet aux laboratoires de démontrer leur compétence et leur capacité à produire des résultats valides (le comment), renforçant ainsi la confiance qui leur est accordée au niveau national et partout dans le monde, alors que la seconde est destinée à fournir des exigences génériques et des guides d’application pour le management des processus de mesure et pour la confirmation des équipements de mesure utilisés pour démontrer la conformité aux exigences métrologiques (le pourquoi).

Le gros des activités du groupe de travail sur la révision de l’ISO 10012 a été de la moderniser, de la rendre ‘auditable’ et d’organiser sa structure selon la structure harmonisé (HS, Harmonized Structure) typique des autres normes ISO selon un corpus commun de termes et de définitions. Ensuite, il nous a fait visiter les différents chapitres du contenu afin d’expliquer le pourquoi et ce que la norme permettra aux entreprises de réaliser.

Ouf! Une heure ce n’était pas assez. Raymond à proposer de faire revenir Christophe pour une plus longue présentation sur ce sujet, certainement après janvier 2025, date à laquelle il est prévu que la norme sera publiée.

Pour ceux qui ont manqué cet événement, j’espère vous voir et vous rencontrer la prochaine fois.

On April 3, 2024, it was with great pleasure that our Section Vice-chair, Raymond Dyer, welcomed Christophe Dubois (in France) and Yoann Donat (in Granby, Quebec) of Deltamu.

Christophe Dubois specializes in training and support for manufacturers, and is passionate about the possibilities of correctly performed metrology, and curious about the evolution of measurement science in the Industry of the Future. He is an active member of the CFM (Collège Français de Métrologie) and, above all, of the AFNOR X07b METROLOGIE commission, where he is a representative on the WG27 ISO working group on the revision of ISO 10012. The committee sent its final version to all members for validation.

ISO 10012 Chapters PDCA 2024Yoann Donat drew us a brief portrait of Deltamu, created over twenty years ago and established in Quebec since 2022.

By way of introduction, Christophe then shared with us his observations based on 15 years’ experience as a consultant in the field of industrial testing: Although measurement is a real industrial need, operational metrology is often restricted to instrument management, and the measurement process is not always mastered. It turns out that we spend more time designing a product and almost nothing on validating tolerances that are non-functional, ill-defined and too restricted to compensate for non-conformities. As a result, you don’t really see the problems, because the measurements are inadequate, and you over-qualify; uncertainties, a fundamental notion in measurement, are not taken into account.

Christophe then outlined the differences and complementarities between ISO/IEC 17025 Calibration and testing laboratories and ISO 10012:2003 Measurement management systems. The former enables laboratories to demonstrate their competence and ability to produce valid results (the how), thus reinforcing the confidence placed in them nationally and worldwide, while the latter is intended to provide generic requirements and application guides for the management of measurement processes and for the confirmation of measurement equipment used to demonstrate conformity to metrological requirements (the why).

The main activities of the ISO 10012 revision working group were to modernize the standard, make it “auditable” and organize its structure according to the Harmonized Structure (HS) typical of other ISO standards, based on a common corpus of terms and definitions. He then took us on a tour of the various content chapters to explain why and what the standard will enable companies to achieve.

Whew! One hour wasn’t enough. Raymond suggested that we bring Christophe back for a longer presentation on this subject, certainly after January 2025, when the standard is due to be published.

To those who missed this event, I hope to see and connect with you next time.

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ASQ Montreal Section – Education Program 2024

Education / / /

Dr David TozerBy Dr. David Tozer, Ph.D., ASQ CQE and SSBB, Education & Audit Chair.

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.

Having ASQ certification gives you an edge in the market and can significantly increase your income.
Courses are now available online as well | Courses now available online

    • Certified Quality Engineer : 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: 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: 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: 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: quality concepts, team formation and group dynamics, management responsibility, audit objectives, audit preparation, audit conduct, audit reporting, sampling, and basic statistics.
    • Certified Quality Inspector: quality concepts, team formation and group dynamics, geometry, metrology, reading drawings, mechanical processes, statistical process control, inspection, and sampling.

    Calendar and Registration Online Form
    Questions? Cours en site/In house courses, etc. Contact: Dr. David Tozer (514) 694-2830

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Unemployed Members – Dues

Messages / / /

Any individual Full or Senior, or a Fellow member may participate in ASQ’s unemployment dues relief program if they want to continue maintaining their ASQ membership. For more information:

  • Log-in to your ASQ account, go to the My Account page, select Unemployed Members on the left panel. The Unemployed Member Dues page appears.
  • Download the ASQ Unemployment Program Application, complete and submit to ASQ-HQ.
  • Don’t forget to Log-out.

Tout membre individuel Titulaire, Senior ou Fellow peut participer au programme d’allègement des cotisations de chômage de l’ASQ s’il souhaite continuer à maintenir son adhésion à l’ASQ. Pour plus d’informations:

  • Connectez-vous à votre compte ASQ, allez sur la page Mon compte (My Account), sélectionnez Membres chômeurs (Unemployed Members) sur le panneau de gauche. La page Cotisations des membres chômeurs (Unemployed Member Dues) s’affiche.
  • Téléchargez la Demande d’adhésion au programme de chômage de l’ASQ (ASQ Unemployment Program Application), remplissez et envoyez à ASQ-HQ.
  • N’oubliez pas de vous déconnecter.

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Changes to Recertification Process

Education, Local News / / /

Dr David TozerBy Dr. David Tozer, Ph.D., ASQ CQE and SSBB, Education & Audit Chair.

By the end of this year, ASQ will change the rules for collecting Recertification Units for certification maintenance.

The main changes affecting certification are:

  • Section events will count for 0.1 Recertification Units per hour of the event; currently, they count for 0.5 RUs per event.
  • Whole day events will count for 1.0 Recertification Unit.
  • There is a reclassification of some of the categories to different sections of categories.
    • Obsolete categories are deleted (proctoring & multimedia).
    • The Professional Development section (events, courses, training, education . . . ) has no upper limit on the number of Recertification Units that can be claimed.
  • A Giving back Section is added for volunteering and mentoring.

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Si vous étiez présent | Had You Been There (2024.03.24)

Last Event Review / / /
Raymond Dyer 2020

Raymond DyerASQ Montréal en visite au Digifab QG
Présentation et visite sur place

Par Raymond E. Dyer (Ray), Vice-président Section Montréal, ASQ Senior, CMQ/OE, & CQA (An English text follows)

Le mercredi 20 mars 2024, un petit groupe de professionnels (dix membres de l’ASQ et trois personnes intéressées) a participé à une visite en personne des locaux de Digifab QG à Longueuil. Nous avons vu diverses technologies en exposition, observé des robots en action et partagé un grand moment d’apprentissage en excellente compagnie!

Ce qui m’a vraiment frappé, c’est que Digifab offre aux entreprises de réelles opportunités de se familiariser avec un large éventail de technologies et d’expérimenter des solutions avant de s’engager et d’investir. Grâce aux technologies disponibles au centre et à leur suivi de l’évolution de ces technologies, Digifab s’efforce d’aider ses clients à trouver les meilleurs fournisseurs pour répondre à leurs besoins.

Les experts en transformation numérique de Digifab viennent de divers horizons de la fabrication et sont très bien placés pour soutenir stratégiquement les clients, souvent des petites ou moyennes entreprises, à chaque étape de leur transformation. Il était étonnant de voir certaines des options technologiques qui pourraient être explorées et d’entendre parler de certains cas d’utilisation.

Ce fut une occasion d’apprentissage passionnante qui m’a presque fait regretter de ne pas être l’une de ces entreprises qui bénéficient de la vision et de l’expertise de Digifab. Merci à Rémi Taurines, Luka Pérusse et Catherine Laganiere pour votre accueil chaleureux.

Digifab QG Visite 20240320

Photos V Marquez

On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, a small group of professionals (ten ASQ members and three interested parties) attended an in-person tour of the Digifab QG premises in Longueuil. We saw various technologies on display, watched robots in action, and shared a great moment of learning in excellent company!

What really struck me was how Digifab provided real opportunities for companies to familiarize themselves with a wide range of technologies, and to experiment with solutions before making a commitment and investing. Thanks to the technologies available at the center and their monitoring of the progress of these technologies, Digifab try to ensure they help customers find the best suppliers to meet their business needs.

Digifab’s digital transformation experts come from various manufacturing backgrounds, and are very well positioned to support customers, often small or medium sized enterprises, strategically at every stage of their transformation. It was amazing to see some of the technological options that could be explored and hear about some use cases.

It was an exciting learning opportunity and almost made me wish I could be one of these companies improving from Digifab’s insight and expertise. Thank you Rémi Taurines, Luka Pérusse and Catherine Laganiere for your warm welcome.

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The Editor’s Corner | Mot de l’éditeur

Editor’s Corner / / /
Michael Bournazian

By Michael Bournazian, Eng., Newsletter Editor, ASQ Senior Member, Quality Management Professional, CSSGB with Rolls-Royce

If you are reading this, then the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 is now in the history books. If you took the opportunity to witness it live, good for you. And even if you did not, given social media, there are a million and three options to witness it after the fact.

One thing I actually learned because of the solar eclipse is that . . . low and behold, there’s a ISO standard for that!

The ISO 12312-2:2015 standard, entitled “Eye and face protection – Sunglasses and related eyewear – Part 2: Filters for direct observation of the Sun“, is the standard to which protective eyewear must be certified to in order to properly and safely view the sun.

According to the Solar Eclipse Across America website: “ISO 12312-2 sets requirements on the following properties of a safe solar viewer:

  • Transmittance (the ratio of transmitted light to incident light) at the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths that reach our retinas;
  • Uniformity of transmittance;
  • Material and surface quality;
  • Mounting;
  • Labeling.”

Often in our Quality lives, we work with “common” ISO standards like ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO45001, etc. However, the International Organization of Standardization has published (as of January 2024) over 25,000 international standards covering almost all aspects of technology and manufacturing.

And in case you were wondering, there are 2 other ISO 12312 standards:

  • ISO 12312-1: 2022 > Eye and face protection – Sunglasses and related eyewear – Part 1: Sunglasses for general use; and
  • ISO 12312-3:2022 > Eye and face protection – Sunglasses and related eyewear – Part 3: Sunglasses for running, cycling and similar active lifestyles.

A solar eclipse . . . not just something to SAFELY look at.

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1) Write and submit an article to be published in the Newsletter.
2) Write a review of one of the upcoming monthly webinars for the “Had You Been There” section.

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Student Outreach | Sensibilisation étudiante

Local News, Student Outreach / / /
Christine Bergeron 2023

Christine Bergeron 2023Par Christine Bergeron, M.Ba., Admin.A, CMC, CQPA, CSL, Responsable sensibilisation des étudiants (English text follows)

Nous reprendrons les activités à l’automne. Si vous avez des idées ou voulez partager avec les étudiants, n’hésitez pas à communiquer avec nous!

ACADEMIA:

  • Contactez-nous si vous souhaitez organiser un événement avec vos étudiants et discutons de la manière dont nous pouvons aborder le sujet de la qualité dans le monde universitaire.
  • Si vous faites partie d’un établissement d’enseignement et que vous souhaitez avoir plus de visibilité sur les sujets liés à la qualité, contactez Christine Bergeron sur LinkedIn. Nous disposons d’un réseau de conférenciers potentiels qui pourraient vous intéresser.

We will resume activities in the fall. If you have ideas or want to share with students, please reach out to us!

ACADEMIA:

  • Contact us if you are organizing a student event and wish to discuss how to present quality-related topics in the university.
  • If you are part of an educational institution and would like to have more visibility on quality-related topics, please contact Christine Bergeron on LinkedIn. We have a network of potential speakers that may be of interest to you.

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ASQ World Conference on Quality & Improvement

ASQ News / / /

Michael BournazianBy Michael Bournazian, Eng., Newsletter Editor, ASQ Senior Member, Quality Management Professional, CSSGB with Rolls-Royce

The 2024 ASQ World Conference on Quality & improvement is already scheduled for May 12-15, 2024, taking place in San Diego, California.

To learn more about it and other events and conferences planned by ASQ, go to the EVENTS page.

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ASQ Certification Study Group

Education / / /

Dr David TozerBy Dr. David Tozer, Ph.D., ASQ CQE and SSBB, Education & Audit Chair.

Would you like to work with others to prepare for ASQ examinations? We have a Teams based section study group that is open every Tuesday evening from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

Join the team and get to help each other. Contact the host Dr. David Tozer, Montreal Section Education Chair, to obtain a link.

Aimeriez-vous travailler avec d’autres personnes pour préparer les examens de l’ASQ ? Nous avons un groupe d’étude Teams ouvert tous les mardis soirs de 19 h à 20 h 30.

Rejoignez l’équipe et aidez-vous mutuellement. Contactez l’hôte, Dr. David Tozer, président de l’éducation de la section de Montréal, pour obtenir un lien.

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