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December 2025 ASQ Baltimore 0502 Member Meeting Wrap Up

By Debra McLaughlin posted 4 days ago
Please find PDF copies of ASQ Baltimore Section announcements and updates in the Member Meeting Presentations > 2025 under the "Library" tab on the myASQ Communities Baltimore Section website: ASQ Baltimore Section 0502 Meeting Slides . (Also attached for your convenience.) Our speaker for December 2, 2025 was Janet P. Nelson, SSBB who presented on “Customer Loyalty and Retention” and a tutorial on “Developing Surveys That Work.” If you have any questions, please contact her directly. Her email address is: JanetPNelson@TheBusinessImprovementExperts.com . Her website is: https://theworkoutconsortium.webnode.page/ . If you ...

ASQ Phoenix December 2025 Program Slides: AI Essentials for Quality Leaders: Tools, Trends and Tactics

By Barbara Banek posted 5 days ago
Here is the link to the ASQ Phoenix Section December 2025 Program Slides for AI Essentials for Quality Leaders: Tools, Trends and Tactics by Rick Hefner: Phoenix Section - American Society for Quality

The Audit Report Now Available in our Library!

By Kristen Wagner posted 9 days ago
The December 2025 issue of The Audit Report is now available in our MyASQ Library or at this link . This issue includes: 1) Message from the Chair 2) Message from the Editor 3) Details about our 2026 Conference in Chicago 4) Document Quality - The Backbone of Compliance, Clarity, and Trust Installment 1 by Rai Chowdhary 5) Artificial Intelligence in Auditing: Navigating the New Era by Attrayee (Atty) Chakraborty What was your favorite article? If you would like to submit an article for the Newsletter, please comment below or reach out to our Newsletter Editor Lance Coleman .

R.A.M.S. Europe 2026 Visa Pre-Invitation letter

By Tim Gaens posted 10 days ago
R.A.M.S. Europe 2026 Visa Pre-Invitation letter available on https://rams-europe.org/visa-pre-invitation-letter/

ASQ RRD series webinar: From Hazard Identification to Resolution and Certification: Ensuring Safety in LRT Systems

By Tim Gaens posted 10 days ago
ASQ RRD series webinar: From Hazard Identification to Resolution and Certification: Ensuring Safety in LRT Systems Presenter: James Li and Sana Akhtar Thursday, December 11, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) https://asq.webex.com/weblink/register/rb0bc5622b87669349d4ec4892d401051 Abstract: Safety is crucial while developing either a simple product or complicated systems such as Light Rail Transit Systems. To ensure that safety is embedded in a product system, a hazard management process should be established throughout its life cycle. This begins with hazard identification, safety risk assessment, elimination, or ...

Update of the CRE Handbook – 4th edition

By Tim Gaens posted 10 days ago
We are proud to announce that all-new ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer Handbook. 4th edition. is in the warehouse!! Updated by Karen Hulting and Mary McShane Vaughn The updated handbook follows the 2025 CRE BOK and incudes: New topics Such as project management in reliability engineering, the quality risk assessment. and software/firmware reliability. A thorough review of probability and statistics for reliability, dozens Of practical examples to illustrate key concepts. Expanded discussions of reliability strategy. defect tracking. environmental. social. and governance (ESG) policies. root cause analysis. lean and Six Sigma methodologies, reliability ...

R.A.M.S. Europe 2026 Keynote speakers

By Tim Gaens posted 10 days ago
Frank Børre Pedersen Vice President and Programme Director at DNV LinkedIn About Dr Pedersen Frank Børre currently leads the Maritime Programme of DNV’s Research and Development unit. The programme consists of 30+ researchers and focuses on research into low- and zero-carbon fuels, ship autonomy, simulation technologies, and emerging digital and computational technologies. His primary focus is working with key stakeholders in the maritime industry to develop and quality assure technologies that will drive the digitalization, decarbonization, safety, and efficiency of vessel operations and inspections. His technical and managerial experience across ...

ASQ Montreal — 75 Years — Celebration (2025.10.22)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 12 days ago
75 years of history — ASQ Montreal — Celebration 2025.10.22   Sam Weissfelner , ASQ Senior, ASQ CSQE, CQA, Président du comité des nominations et historien avec   Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, ASQ CQA, ancien président et historien 12 août 1950 | August 12, 1950 Sam Weissfelner , ASQ Senior, ASQ CSQE, CQA, Nominations Committee Chair and Historian, with Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, ASQ CQA, Past Historian Photos: David Tozer, Michael Bournazian, Guy Plouffe and Jean-Pierre Amiel 2025.10.22  Quelle belle soirée! What an evening! Attendu que la section de Montréal a ...

ASQ Montreal — 75 Years — Boxes 3 (2025.10)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 12 days ago
75 years of history — ASQ Montreal — Boxes 3 (2025.10.08)   Sam Weissfelner , ASQ Senior, ASQ CSQE, CQA, Président du comité des nominations et historien avec   Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, ASQ CQA, ancien président et historien 12 août 1950 | August 12, 1950 Voici un aperçu des quelques trésors que renferme notre troisième boîte: des programmes de certification en qualité à l'École polytechnique et à Loyola (Université Concordia); une calculatrice de table non portable; des photos de nombreux gentlemen en costume et nœud papillon; des visites de présidents de l'ASQC; un manuel de poche sur l'évaluation ...

ASQ Montreal — 75 Years — Boxes 2 (2025.09)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 12 days ago
75 years of history — ASQ Montreal — Boxes 2 (2025.09.09)   Sam Weissfelner , ASQ Senior, ASQ CSQE, CQA, Président du comité des nominations et historien avec   Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, ASQ CQA, ancien président et historien 12 août 1950 | August 12, 1950 TEXT STARTS HERE " Cet album est consacré à l'histoire des activités de la section montréalaise de l'American Society for Quality Control pour l'année 1957-1958 . . . À tous ceux qui le feuilleteront, puisse-t-il témoigner des efforts déployés par ceux qui ont travaillé d'arrache-pied pour assurer le succès de la section de Montréal. " R. Vance ...

ASQ Montreal — 75 Years — Awards and recognition (2025.06)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 12 days ago
75 years of history — ASQ Montreal — Awards and recognition (2025.06.05)   Sam Weissfelner , ASQ Senior, ASQ CSQE, CQA, Président du comité des nominations et historien avec   Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, ASQ CQA, ancien président et historien 12 août 1950 | August 12, 1950 Nous essayons toujours de ne pas oublier ceux qui travaillent au succès de la Section de Montréal — c'est pourquoi nous prenons régulièrement le temps de remercier nos leaders pour leurs contributions. Les Programmes de prix et de reconnaissanc e fonctionnent essentiellement à deux niveaux: à l'ASQ Milwaukee, ils sont basés sur les ...

ASQ Montreal — 75 Years — Events (2025.05)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 12 days ago
75 years of history — ASQ Montreal — Events (2025.05.13)   Sam Weissfelner , ASQ Senior, ASQ CSQE, CQA, Président du comité des nominations et historien avec   Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, ASQ CQA, ancien président et historien 12 août 1950 | August 12, 1950 Au cœur de notre mission " Promouvoir et améliorer la profession de la qualité . . . ", nous nous sommes engagés à offrir ". . . de l'information, des programmes éducatifs et des événements, et à promouvoir la sensibilisation et la valeur de la qualité dans la communauté ". Par conséquent, la deuxième raison pour laquelle vous pourriez adhérer à la section ...

ASQ Montreal — 75 Years — The Boxes (2025.04)

By Jean-Pierre Amiel posted 12 days ago
75 years of history — ASQ Montreal — The Boxes (2025.04.07)   Sam Weissfelner , ASQ Senior, ASQ CSQE, CQA, Président du comité des nominations et historien avec   Jean-Pierre Amiel , ASQ Senior, ASQ CQA, ancien président et historien 12 août 1950 | August 12, 1950 Welcome to our first article of our new column entitled " Out of the Box ". Bienvenue dans ce premier article de notre nouvelle rubrique intitulée " Sortie de la boîte ". Why that title you say? Well, it's been a number of years that we have kept all types of documents dealing with our section's evolution and activities. With the upcoming ...

ASQ Phoenix Section Message from the Chair December 2025

By Barbara Banek posted 14 days ago
ASQ Phoenix Section Message from the Chair December 2025 Greetings All - Thanks to all who attended the November Program “Celebrate World Quality Month“ with Jennifer Stepniowski - an ASQ Fellow with nearly three decades of experience providing quality solutions to a number of industries. We had 56 attending the Program with the Presentation receiving positive feedback. This and past Program recordings can be found in the “Library” on the Phoenix Section page of myASQ. This month’s Program on Dec 11 th @ 6pm MST (PDT) is “AI Essentials for Quality Leaders“ with Rick Hefner, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Technology and Management Education, ...

December 17 Virtual Meeting: "Surprising Mitigations from Fault Tree Analysis - Don't Stop with the Fault Tree!"

By Jo Haberstok posted 16 days ago
Invitation from Inland Empire, Temecula, and San Gabriel Valley ASQ Sections Virtual Meeting December 17, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm PST Barry Craner, FASQ, CQE, CQA, CMDA, RAC(US), MS+, MBA ASQ Pacific Region Director The Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a tool for any problem from an event or hazard when one desires to understand possible future or past causes. It can be used in Root Cause Analysis (like a Fishbone analysis), and in Risk Management in device design and process development. One starts with an event or hazard, then proceeds through a few levels of possible succeeding causes. However, ...

December 10 Webinar: 'The Invisible Knife: What’s Sabotaging Your Projects, and How to Stop It"

By Jo Haberstok posted 16 days ago
The Invisible Knife: What’s Sabotaging Your Projects, and How to Stop It Lean Enterprise Division Webinar December 10, 2025 10:00 am to 11:00 am PST Taryn Shipley, SSBB Founder and CEO of Lean HealthTech This is a virtual/online (WebEx) webinar. Log-in information will be provided on the registration confirmation email. Projects often fail for reasons that have nothing to do with tools, funding, or timelines. The real culprit is harder to see: mental energy. Silent meetings, endless rabbit holes, and resistance ...

As the New Year Approaches ... (article)

By Jo Haberstok posted 16 days ago
AS THE NEW YEAR APPROACHES… by Robert Boykin This is the time of year when we make lists of things we want to change in our lives. Things such as losing weight, quitting smoking, reading more and/or better books, and (perhaps) drinking less alcohol. We don’t accomplish our resolutions at times because many of the goals we set for ourselves are too ambitious. This is not to suggest that we should not strive to improve our conduct and character, but rather to say we ought to set goals that we are more likely to accomplish. When we fail to meet our goals, we end up feeling bad about ourselves and we return to the ...

December 2025 Columbia Basin ASQ Newsletter

By Jo Haberstok posted 16 days ago
The December 2025 Columbia Basin ASQ newslette r is now available. We encourage everyone to sign up for and participate in one or more of the many ASQ section or division meetings in November. Check the ASQ Events Calendar for even more offerings. There are a lot of opportunities for learning, networking, and growth!

One Page Lesson - SPC-Data Collection - Volume 2025, Issue 5

By Barbara Banek posted 19 days ago
Here is the One Page Lesson - SPC-Data Collection - Volume 2025, Issue 5. Data is everywhere — on your phone, in labs, in sports stats, in social media, and how your company makes decisions. Learning to collect, sample, and analyze data helps you ask better questions and make smarter decisions. Decisions should be fact based, data driven. Here is the link to download the file: Phoenix Section - American Society for Quality

Member Leader Training - Navigating the Path to ASQ Fellowship

By Barbara Peck posted 23 days ago
Are you looking to advance your ASQ Membership to become an ASQ Fellow? ASQ Fellow Membership signifies that you have reached the upper echelon of the quality profession. As an honor bestowed by other ASQ Members, a Fellow joins the ranks of quality visionaries and serves as the backbone of ASQ. In this recorded session, you'll hear from Jim Spichiger , Past Chair of the ASQ Society Examining Committee and Fellow since 2001 as he explains what is an ASQ Fellow, the benefits of being an ASQ Fellow and hints and pitfalls as you work towards achieving this honor.