American Society for Quality
Section 0904 - East Central Indiana
PO Box 3147 Muncie, IN 47307-1147
www.asq904.org
The source of Quality Professionalism in East Central Indiana
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January 2011 Membership Meeting Wednesday, January 19, 2011
About the Program: Do you suspect some processes are out of
control? Or worse yet, do others think your processes are out of
control? Well then, it is Statistical Process Control to the rescue!
SPC is an analytical tool used to monitor processes and discern random variation
from assignable cause events or changes. Understand process control limits
versus specification limits and learn how SPC is important to all company
organizations. Process control is not defined as the complete absence of
variation. Control is simply a state where all variation is predictable
variation. Variation from random “common” causes should be left to
chance, but “special” causes of variation should be identified and
eliminated. Without SPC, decisions regarding process improvement are based
on intuition, after-the-fact product inspections or ad hoc data analysis.
SPC provides insight into variation and a scientific basis for decisions
regarding process improvement. About our Speaker: Paul Baker is certified by the American
Society for Quality (ASQ) as a Quality Engineer (CQE) and Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB).
He is currently a Senior Member, Technical Staff at Technicolor, Inc. in
Indianapolis, IN. Paul has worked for Technicolor and its predecessor
companies for almost thirty years in a variety of areas, including:
process development, engineering management, manufacturing engineering,
operations quality and product quality assurance. Paul holds a B.S. degree
in biochemistry from Albright College in Reading, PA and an M.S. degree in
chemical engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Post-Meeting Follow-up: Seventeen (17) Quality Professionals and guests enjoyed technical presentations by Jim Miller and Paul Baker. Randy Baker was the lucky Door Prize winner.
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