For Immediate Release
ASQ World Conference to Offer Sessions for Quality in Everyday Life
Milwaukee, Wis., January 30, 2008 — Ever wonder how quality relates to a slice of New York-style pizza? Or how to use lean “tools” at home? The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is offering innovative “After 5” sessions that cover a myriad of topics on how to incorporate quality in day-to-day life at the 2008 World Conference on Quality and Improvement, May 5–7, 2008, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas.
The “After 5” sessions will take place Monday, May 5, from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. They’ll include a social component to generate interaction between the facilitator and the participants. The sessions include:
DoE and Pizza
The trick to the perfect piece of pizza is to find the right combination of ingredients and styles that satisfies expectations. What to do? Make one. The session will cover tips in replicating “real” New York-style pizza via a not-so-heavily statistical pizza analysis design of experiments (DOE). ASQ’s own “Pizza Man” promises that if attendees are “left empty” by the data, there will be a real slice, or two, for the taking.
Session Leader: Elias Monreal, Chair of ASQ’s Tucson Old Pueblo Section 0707
Lean for Your Life
The “Lean Lady” from ASQ’s Women in Quality Network will share her secrets on using the tools of lean at home. Get the clutter out with quality spring cleaning. There will be something to share and something to test from this idea potluck, for the professionals and practitioners, from the tiny apartment renters to palatial estate owners, for men and women!
Session Leader: Aimee Siegler, ASQ Regional Director – Board of Directors; Global Compliance Manager, Benchmark Electronics
Slow Food and Quality
Two movements to savor: Where do the many paths of continuous improvement, sustainability, farming, organic food, eating, entertaining and cooking come together and thrive? This open dialogue focuses on practices and opportunities to improve the understanding of the sources and substances of food-locally and globally. It will help you begin making better choices every day.
Session Leader: Kay Kendall, ASQ Regional Director – Board of Directors; Master Black Belt; Director, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Reduce Stress: Yoga at Your Desk
Do you feel like you start to get shorter and more slumped as the day goes on? Try yoga stretches at your desk! Attendees will relax, regenerate and learn simple techniques to clear their heads and refresh their nervous system.
Session Leader: Janet Raddatz, Director – Quality Systems, Sargento Foods, Inc.
For more information about the “After 5” sessions or the World Conference on Quality and Improvement, visit http://wcqi.asq.org/.
The American Society for Quality, www.asq.org, has been the world’s leading authority on quality for more than 60 years. With more than 93,000 individual and organizational members, the professional association advances learning, quality improvement and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide. As champion of the quality movement, ASQ offers technologies, concepts, tools and training to quality professionals, quality practitioners and everyday consumers, encouraging all to Make Good Great®. ASQ has been the sole administrator of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award since 1991. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., ASQ is a founding partner of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a prominent quarterly economic indicator, and also produces the Quarterly Quality Report.
