January Meeting - Joint with American Society of Quality

Date:           Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Location:     Rothchild Catering and Conference Center, 8807 Kingston Pike, Knoxville TN 37923

5:00 pm    Executive Committee Meeting (All members welcome)

5:30 pm       Social/Networking/UT Student Poster Presentation

6:30 pm       $20 or $22.85 for attendees and free for students (Pay by cash or check onsite, or in advance using Eventbrite. 

There is no charge for the program or PDH certificate.

7:00 pm       Program – Craig Green, UT-Battelle

Six Sigma DMAIC Process and Practical Lego Demonstration

Ring in the New Year 2020 and decade with a presentation and practical demonstration, from Craig Green, that will provide an explanation of each process step within the Six Sigma DMAIC problem solving and improvement approach. These process steps are:

• Define

• Measure

• Analyze

• Improve

• Control

Craig Green will provide and initial overview presentation of Lean and Six Sigma DMAIC principles to set the table for a proceeding practical hands-on exercise involving Lego construction….c’mon, who doesn’t love Lego?

This practical exercise is designed to allow attendees to participate directly in the problem solving process and experience how following the DMAIC approach can help process teams achieve significant improvements.

Please make your reservations by noon Friday January 17.

Register through Eventbrite 

or contact Paul Taylor, taylorpa@ornl.gov, (865) 574-1965

or Karin Grindall kcoulte4@utk.edu (865) 974-5356

(if you are responding by email, please indicate whether you will be having dinner and if you are a student)

Student attendance is encouraged and is FREE.

The Section will subsidize up to 15 students, including graduate students.