Chair's Message - Frederick Martin - February, 2010

Hello ASQ Dallas Section Members,

March is the time for basketball; March Madness is just around the corner. I hope everyone has populated their DOE’s and have crunched the numbers to predict their final four participants and the ultimate winner. What a great opportunity for a team to showcase performance excellence. If you don’t perform, you get to go home.

I was watching a show the other day and it featured a company that manufactures bullet-proof business suits. The management had an interesting practice as part of the new employee orientation. Management would require the new employees to put on one of the suits and then they would shoot the new employee to demonstrate the quality of their product and the importance of performance excellence. How many of us are that confident in the ability of our processes to produce quality products that we are ready to take a bullet?

Quality Tools such as DOE and FMEA are essential for building customer confidence and flawless product performances. You can learn details on the use of such tools and download free templates in the Tools and Templates area of the ASQ Website.

Please mark your calendar to attend the March Professional Development Meeting:

     March Professional Development Meeting
     March 25, 2010

Dallas ASQ Section 1402 is pleased to present PD Meeting Speaker: David Lanners
PD Meeting Topic: "A Professional's Guide to Ethical Influcence"

Please see the Dallas ASQ Website for registration details.

Dallas Section Membership Appreciation Day at Rough Riders
April 11,2010 4:30 PM, Frisco, TX

"The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with mere wishbone" -- William J.H. Boetcker

Best Regards,

Frederick Martin
1402 Section Chair