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NEXT MEETING -

ASQ London Section 0403 presents….

QMS Audits as an Enabler for Organizational Change

Date: Sept. 9, 2010
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location: Best Western Stoneridge Inn & Conference Centre
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Guest Speaker: Denis Devos started his career as a Quality Assurance Engineer at General Motors, where he led the first ISO 9001 implementation for a General Motors plant in North America. For the past ten years, Denis has been working full-time with clients on quality systems improvement, lean manufacturing, internal auditing, training, and leading organizations to their next level with customized support for the implementation of ISO 9001 and TS 16949.
Denis is proud to be a Senior Member of the ASQ and is a regular contributor to ASQ conferences. Most recently, he was a presenter at the annual World Conference on Quality Improvement held in St Louis in May of 2010. Denis is a past chairman of the Kitchener Section of the ASQ and is a valued member of the London Section of the ASQ.

Denis Devos will explain to us how Quality Management System Audits are not just for assessing compliance with customer requirements or a QMS Standard, but can be used by Senior Management to gauge the performance of their organization. Examples will be used to show how Quality Management System Audits can be an important tool to assist with organizational turn-around.

Although third-party audits can be used for this purpose, this presentation will focus on the role of internal audits as the enabler for organizational change. At the most basic level, an internal audit is the “checking” function of Plan-Do-Check-Act. As an organization creates its turn-around strategy, it is planning to accomplish a certain set of objectives. As the organization undertakes to do the tasks and complete the projects associated with the strategy, senior management will need to check on progress, and act to respond to challenges facing their objectives. Wise organizations will make deliberate and frequent use of their internal auditing resources to continuously monitor progress.

6:30pm Networking
7:00pm ASQ Welcome address and opening remarks
7:10pm Presentation - QMS Audits as an Enabler for Organizational Change
8:50pm Closing Remarks
9:00pm Adjourn

RSVP to: Joe DaSilva – jadasilva2@mmm.com

Directions

Best Western Stoneridge
6675 Burtwistle Lane
London, Ontario, Canada
N6L 1H5

From Highway 401, take Colonel Talbot Road/Highway 4 South (Exit 177A,) we are located at the intersection of 401 and 4 on the southwest side.