New Directions

Our May meeting ends this year’s programs and starts the summer break. Plans for next year are underway with several things in the works. To start the year off, we will have a trip to the ballpark on August 29th for section members and a guest, food & ticket provided.

In September we are looking into a trip to the Department of Agriculture’s lab (an interesting topic in light of recent news stories) and in October a look at Hospital improvement programs.

If you have a topic of interest to you, or you would like to show your facility, please contact any members of the section management team.

Your involvement will assist the section in meeting your needs and providing opportunity locally for ongoing education. Come join us at the August Ball Game at Oldsmobile Park.

Sincerely,

Phil Preston

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Oldsmobile Park
505 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, MI 48912

Lansing Lugnuts vs. Dayton Dragons
Game begins at 7:05 p.m.

ASQ Lansing / Jackson Section will host a late-summer social event for its members and their guests at Oldsmobile Park.

Please come and enjoy a meal and lawn seating at Tailgate Terrace. Food includes hamburgers (1/2 pounders!), hot dogs and bratwursts, barbequed chicken, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, and as much soda pop as you can hold.

Enjoy the suspense as the Lansing Lugnuts battle the Dayton Dragons. Tailgate Terrace provides a view of the game from right field. It also provides protection from the “liquid sunshine” that we have experienced at past games.

Please RSVP by Friday, June 22, 2007. The section will pay for a member and one guest. You are welcome to purchase tickets for additional guests and bring them with you. Your RSVP should go to Judy Jones at judy@rnfink.com, or contact her at 517-655-4351, extension 204.

Thank you to Phillip Nguyen of Digital Marketing Solutions for his informative presentation at our May meeting on Web Design Considerations.

The information was very informative regarding considerations for improving the likelihood of Google, Yahoo or other search engines locating your site.

In addition DMS prides itself in making the ongoing maintenance of the site user friendly for companies without IT departments.

DMS can be contacted at 616-281-1740 or at phillipn@digitalmarketingsolution.com.

A solid company here in the southern Mid-Michigan area has an opening for a Quality Assurance Manager.

Candidates should have a degree as well as a knowledge of Ford, Chrysler, G. M., and Honda Quality Systems. They should be excellent at building and directing staff. Also, they should possess a knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, and product launches and have a proven record of managing an Automotive quality assurance department in a larger automotive supplier. They must have some metal stamping and welding background.

This is an immediate opening. Compensation is in the range 75-90K plus benefits and executive bonus.

Quality Manager / Out of State Southern Location / Paid Relocation

Now may be the time to relocate to a warmer climate, large tier one automotive supplier seeks a hands on quality manager to oversee all quality functions within this 50 person assembly plant.

Need a degree and background in working with big three requirements, plant is presently TS certified and working to a tight delivery JIT schedule. Primarily metal stamping with injection molding some secondary assembly to order.

Outstanding opportunity for a senior quality engineer looking for that next step extensive support and backing form parent company. Call me for more details, compensation is in the 60 to 70 k range.

We are now starting to see many quality related opportunities, if you are looking for a change call us.

If you would like more information, or you would like to apply, please contact the following:

Ray Latham CSM
President, MRINetwork
mri@tlgworldwide.com

Management Recruiters Of Eaton Rapids
BUILDING THE HEART OF BUSINESS (TM)

Office (517) 663-4595
1511 South Main Street
Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

Division of The Latham Group LLC an MRINETWORK Affiliate Company

Please send your recertification material to:

Grace Looney, ASQ Recertification Coordinator
1856 Glass Drive
Charlotte, MI 48813-8726

Call Grace at 517-282-8961

Email: looneycqe@aol.com

Chair: Phil Preston
Vice-Chair: Neal Barncard
Secretary: Becky Cousins
Treasurer: Don Nicholson.
Proctor: Ken King

Committees

Audit Committee
Chair: George Hicks

Communications Committee
Chair: Don Nicholson

Program Committee
Chair: Judy Jones
Member: Neal Barncard

Recertification Committee
Chair: Grace Looney

• Arrangements Chair
• Audit Chair
• Certification Chair
• Division Liaison
• Education Chair
• Examining Chair
• Historian
• Internet Liaison
• Koalaty Kid Liaison
• Education Excellence Liaison

• Membership Chair
• Newsletter Editor
• Nominating Chair
• Placement Chair
• Planning Chair
• Program Chair
• Publicity Chair
• Recertification Chair
• Student Branch Counselor

Capital Quality Initiative and your local ASQ board have made arrangements for those in ASQ to receive CQI member prices for breakfast meetings. This supports opportunities for the quality professionals in ASQ to hear about and benefit from other activities which support our professional interests.

When you sign up for a CQI function identify yourselves as ASQ members. CQI will record your name and charge you their membership price. We believe this will add value for both organizations.

Wed, Jun 20, 2007
Breakfast Program
Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE): Putting Pratt & Whitney Back on Top
Jerry Funchess and Kevin Kirkpatrick, Pratt & Whitney AutoAir, Inc.

Wed, Aug 15, 2007
Breakfast Program
Michigan Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winners
Bronson Methodist Hospital and Sunny Fresh Foods, Inc.

Wed, Sep 19, 2007
Breakfast Program
Millenials Research, Future Workforce and its Impact on Quality
Phil Gardner, Ph. D., Director, Collegiate Employment Research Institute

ASQ Section 1001 – Grand Rapids, MI

Tue, Sep 18-Thu, Sep 20, 2007
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
www.sme.org