Le Toyota Kata: Un outil pour vous apprendre à pêcher! (Toyota Kata: A tool to teach you how to fish!) Par Michelle Paquin, MBA, M Sc. IT, and Digital Event Strategist (DES) Lecturer.   (English text follows) “Si tu donnes un poisson à un homme, il se nourrit une fois. Si tu lui apprends à pêcher, il se nourrira toute sa vie . . .  enseigner le Toyota Kata, c’est comme apprendre à pêcher” Voici un sommaire de la présentation Voyage au cœur du Kata et de la pensée scientifique (Journey to the heart of Kata and scientific thinking) par …

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Comme 72% des participants, nous ne savions pas qu’ISO avait publié en 2016 une norme sur la gestion anticorruption. Sophie Gagnon, notre conférencière, nous a expliqué qu’il y aurait plus de 2,996 entreprises de certifiés mondialement et que l’objectif était de réduire ou d’éliminer les risques de dérapage par la mise en place de systèmes et mécanismes afin d’être moralement correct non seulement à l’interne, mais aussi vu de l’externe.

Kaikaku Before Kaizen (Le Kaikaku avant le Kaizen) By Jean-Pierre Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secretary, Web committee Chair and Audit Chair. A review of our last event of the year, a webinar the 30th of November 2022 with Albanesa Ymaya, live from the Dominican Republic. (Texte en français) Kaizen Teian, Kaizen Events, Kaikaku, Kakushin How is your Japanese quality dictionary? It turns out that 76% of the 27 respondents to our quick poll admitted that they had not heard of Kaikaku and that 19% had heard a little about it. Well of course, this meant that our webinar participants …

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This October 26th, 2022 was a special two part event.Part 1 General Assembly: The Montreal Section Chair, Raymond E. Dyer (Ray), ASQ Senior Member, CMQ/OE, & CQA,  welcomed everyone, confirmed there was quorum  and opened the General Assembly. He stated that although it was no longer a requirement from ASQ, this has been an on-going tradition for over 72 years. This year, even more it gave the Section Leadership Team (SLT) an opportunity to renew in-person contacts since March 2020 and exchange with our membership. Each SLT Chair presented a short report of their activities. Then, he proceeded to give …

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Pharmaceutical Data Integrity (Intégrité des données pharma) By Jean-Pierre Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secretary, Web committee Chair and Audit Chair. (Texte en français) In this presentation on September 28th, 2022, Kia Kahhali, B. Eng. and founder of  APS Compliance Consultants Inc (also known as “Access Pharma Solutions”), a private firm of experts assisting the Pharmaceutical and Food industries gave us insight and a plethora of information on how quality, compliance, validation, and regulatory are affecting the quality and integrity of the data in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and allied industries. Well once again, a look into the ever evolving world of …

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Six Sigma in a Coffee Shop (Six Sigma dans un café) By Jean-Pierre Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secretary, Web committee Chair and Audit Chair. (Texte en français) Here is a review of the October 4th, 2022 lunchtime presentation by Thomas Nagel, Mechanical Eng., founder and partner of  Tom Spike Structured Innovation in Berlin. Okay catchy title, but what does that have to do with us? Well for starters, you should know that Thomas (Tom) is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt by Whirlpool, Bombardier and the European Six Sigma Club. He was also Manager at Whirlpool European Headquarter, Germany, …

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What Quality Professionals need/want to learn | Que doivent/souhaitent apprendre les professionnels de la qualité? By Raymond E. Dyer (Ray), ASQ Senior Member, CMQ/OE, & CQA (un texte en français suit)   On June 15th, we had a good conversation on what Quality Professionals need/want to learn. Here are some of the topics raised. • The difference between Quality Engineering and the Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB) body of knowledge (BOK) • Tools for metrics, i.e. basic Quality tools and when to use, e.g. Goal QPC Memory Jogger • Understanding, selecting, and rating Supplier Quality & Tools Review and analysis …

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Benefit corporations and B Corp certification By Jean-Pierre Amiel, ASQ Senior, CQA ret., Secretary, Web committee Chair and Audit Chair. (un texte en français suit) In this presentation on May 25th, 2022, Dr. Carolee Rigsbee (Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Springfield) gave us a quick overview of benefit corporations and B Corp certification standards as it evolved over the last decades based on her research on the subject. Her presentation first described how a “not-for-profit” benefit corporation had a similar structure to a “for-profit” one – a profit-making goal – but that it also makes a material positive …

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Split Personalities of the QMS Under FDA QSR, ISO 13485, and MDSAP (Les dualités d’un SMQ aux normes d’appareils médicaux FDA QSR, ISO 13485 et MDSAP) By Raymond E. Dyer (Ray), ASQ Senior Member, CMQ/OE, & CQA (un texte en français suit) Michelle Lott’s presentation on “Split Personalities of the QMS Under FDA QSR, ISO 13485, and MDSAP” on March 30th, 2022 was an excellent event. It was very well rated and for good reason. Michelle’s humour, delivery, evident expertise, and brutal honesty easily explained the satisfaction results. Michelle explained the challenges of dealing with the FDA where medical devices …

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Approfondir l’efficacité énergétique avec ISO 50001 Par Veronika Keller, Expert en Management de la Qualité (English text follows) Un sommaire de la présentation de Denis David et Cecile de Villemeur du 23 février, 2022. Je suis allée à cette activité pour en apprendre un peu plus sur la norme ISO 50001.  Je connaissais déjà la norme ISO 14001 comme la plupart d’entre vous, mais je voulais en savoir plus. Alors que la norme ISO 14001 a comme objectif une gestion des aspects et impacts environnementaux, la ISO 50001 a un objectif plus spécifique qui est celui de la gestion de …

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La “Marque Employeur” clé pour votre transformation Lean Par Raymond Dyer, membre ASQ Senior, CMQ/OE, & CQA. (English text follows) Un sommaire de la présentation d’Alex et Martin Carignan du 26 janvier 2022. Une notion très intéressante d’utiliser une forte “Marque Employeur” comme facteur clé dans le succès d’une transformation “Lean”. Martin Carignan a, depuis un certain temps, démontré à ses collègues professionnels de la qualité ses compétences et son expérience lorsqu’il s’agit d’expliquer les éléments-clés d’une transformation Lean. Cependant, ce n’est que récemment qu’Alexis Carignan nous a présenté les notions de “Marque Employeur”, en septembre 2021. Les deux notions …

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A lean start-up of a centre for pediatric emergencies Summary of our 24 november 2021 conference by Dr. Sasha Dubrovsky, president and co-founder of Up (centre d’Urgences Pédiatriques – Centre for pediatric emergencies) a lean start-up on Montreal’s south shore. By Francisco Oliveira Machado, Adm. A., D. Sc. ASQ member. (texte en français suit) For the ASQ Montreal’s November webinar, Dr. Dubrovsky began by introducing us to his medical clinic by emphasizing his own self-perception: he does not qualify his initiatives, his perception, his feeling and other characteristics as being that of a true Quality Manager. He thinks he needs …

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A summary of this special General Assembly evening of October 27, 2021 (un sommaire en Français suit) By Jean-Pierre Amiel, CQA Senior and CQA, Ret. 1. 2. 3. General Assembly | Assemblée Générale In Memoriam Eric Stern & Mitchell Daudier (Awards | Bourses) How to Choose a Management System Registrar | Choisir un registraire de système de gestion 1. General Assembly: This was the most emotional General Assembly that I have ever attended in my 44 years with the Montreal Section. Yes, as usual, we went through a review of all the accomplishments that your Section has done to date: …

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La marque de l’employeur – Facteur de succès pour vos projets d’amélioration continue Sommaire de la conférence du 29 Septembre 2021, d’Alexis Carignan, Expert en développement organisationnel et en création de marque employeur (English summary below) Par Rafik Kaci, ing., PMP, CRSP, Expert QSSE & Excellence Opérationnelle Alexis Carignan nous a gratifié d’une conférence originale sur le thème de la “Marque Employeur” comme facteur de succès en matière d’amélioration continue. Tout d’abord, que signifie cette notion de Marque Employeur? C’est par cette question que le conférencier a démarré sa présentation. Pour ce faire, il nous a demandé de dessiner des …

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Réseautage bilingue d’ASQ Montréal sur les certifications – ASQ Certifications Networking Event 16 juin 2021 Par Marcel A. Charbonneau, Retraité, T.P., CQA de l’ASQ, membre sénior (en français) et/and Amitkumar Mulchandani, Manager – Lean and Continuous Improvement at Dehumidified Air Solutions, Canada. ASQ Member. (in English, below) La certification de l’American Society for Quality (ASQ) est reconnue mondialement et permet de reconnaître vos compétences. Derrière les écrans, Raymond Dyer et Jean-Pierre Amiel, CQA ret., ont animé et présenté cette soirée de réseautage qui nous a permis de discuter de la valeur et les champs d’activité de la qualité des certifications …

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ASQ Montreal – Ann Jordan Attends Leadership Meeting By Jean-Pierre Amiel, ASQ Senior & CQA, ret.Ann Jordan, ASQ CEO virtually attended last night’s Montreal Section Leadership meeting (June 8, 2021) via Teams.Yes, quite an honour for the Leadership Team. We also hosted Puneet Manchanda, the Canada Regional Director and Ruth Stanley, our Deputy RD as well as other directors. Ann wanted to meet the valiant team (70 years and counting) and present an overview of ASQ’s key strategic initiatives. Mission accomplished. She explained how ASQ has been working on refocusing on its members and offer more value as well as …

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