Present: Veronica Czitrom, Yves Grize, Jeff Hooper, Rita Lai,
Tim Keyes, Ai-Chu Wu
Next Meeting: Conference Call
Thursday, July 9, 1998
10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON EST
Call-in Number: 1-888-559-8422
Access Number: 474-137
Important URLs:
1998 Conference Homepage: http//www.hp.com/info/qprc/
Q&P Section Homepage: http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~asaqp/
Attachments:
Meeting Highlights:
1. 1998 Conference Post Mortem
What went well, opportunities for improvement and additions to the manual
were
identified in attachment 4. A conference marketing plan was also developed
(attachment 6).
2. 1999 Conference Plans
Tim Keyes reviewed the 1999 conference, including a short course on 6
sigma on the
day prior to the conference. The discussion emphasized student participation,
local
transportation to and from the GE location, and improved marketing.
Rita Lai reviewed the 2000 Conference. The current plan is to hold the
conference
May 24-26, 2000 (Wednesday - Friday). A short course might be included on
Tuesday. Because the conference is joint with the SRC, the number of participants
could exceed 150. The hotel should be arranged shortly because of the large
number
of participants. Also parallel sessions were discussed because of the need
for
academics to give papers. The conference registration fee must be kept very
low
because of the need to attract academics.
The 2001 conference discussion focused on the conference host. The first choice for
the host was Sematech and Texas Instruments. Veronica will make initial
contacts to
see if they are interested. The second choice was NASA but no one had any
contacts
at NASA. NASA will remain on the list for a future conference sponsor. IBM
was
also identified as a potential future conference sponsor.
| Number | Action Item | Responsibility |
| 97.01 | Review starred items in the 1997 Conference post-mortem and add material to address these items in the Conference Manual. Get the revised version of the conference manual to Jeff Hooper by August 15, 1997. Status: Deferred until May 21 meeting |
V. Czitrom J. Ballweber |
| 97.02 | Create in the conference manual a brief section on Guidelines for Session Organizers. Include items such as bring props or specimens to interest the audience. Complete this section with the revision of the Conference Manual by August 15, 1997. Status: Deferred until May 21 meeting |
J. Ballweber |
| 97.03 | Add to the Conference Manual a summary of the 1997 conference in section 7. Also attach samples of invitation letters and thank you letters. Complete by August 15, 1997. Status: Deferred until May 21 meeting |
J. Ballweber |
| 97.04 | Produce a WORD document version of the Conference Manual by August 31, 1997, and email this WORD document version to RAMON. Status: Closed |
J. Hooper |
| 97.05 | Put the Revised Conference Manual on the World Wide Web by September 15, 1997 Status: Closed |
R. Leon |
| 97.06 | Get the 1996 Conference Mailing List from Eric Lagergren (electronically) by June 1, 1997 Status: Closed |
J. Ballweber |
97.07 97. 07a 97.07b |
Get the 1997 Conference Mailing List in an EXCEL file Status: Almost done Hire someone to put mailing list in electronic form Status: Almost done Combine 1995, 1996, and 1996 mailing lists. Status: Almost done |
A. Wu |
| 97.08 | Get the 1995 Conference Mailing List to V. Czitrom by 6/1/97 Status: Closed |
D. McCarville |
| 97.09 | Combine the 1995, 1996, and 1997 Conference mailing lists and mail to Ai-Chu Wu by June 30, 1997 Status: Closed (Moved under 97.07) |
J. Ballweber |
| 97.10 | Close out the 1997 conference budget by June 30, 1997, if possible or by August 1, 1997 at the latest Status: Closed |
J. Ballweber |
| 97.11 | Add Ramon Leon to Steering Committee as Webmaster Status: Closed |
J. Hooper |
| 97.12 | The Steering Committee meeting minutes will be completed by July 14, 1997 and forwarded to Ramon Leon as a WORD file for posting on the Conference Standing Website Status: Closed |
J. Hooper |
| 97.13 | The 1997 Conference Program will be summarized and included in the Conference Manual in Section 7 on Information on Previous Conferences Status: Closed (duplicate of 97.03) |
J. Ballweber |
| 97.14 | Set up the 1998 Conference Financial Accounts and get this information to Jeff Hooper by July 31, 1997 Status: Closed |
A. Wu |
| 97.15 | Contact the ASA Financial Director and have $5K from the conference account deposited in the 1998 Conference account by August 31, 1997 Status: Closed ($4000 was deposited) |
J. Hooper |
| 97.16 | Add information to the Conference Manual on setting up Conference financial accounts Status: Deferred until May 21 meeting |
J. Ballweber |
| 97.17 | Invite Hosts for the 2000 Conference by August 31, 1997. Status: Closed (Boeing agreed to host) |
J. Hooper |
| 97.18 | Contact Rob Easterling to explore joint SPES/IMS Conference in 1999 or 2000 By August 31, 1997 Status: Closed (Rob agreed on joint conference in 2000) |
J. Hooper |
| 97.19 | Complete Analysis of 1997 Conference Feedback & send results to all QPRC Steering Committee Members by July 15, 1997 Status: Closed |
J. Ballweber |
| 97.20 | Send Ramon Leon information to include in the Permanent QPRC Web Site by July 15, 1997. Information will include purpose, history, customers, and highlights of past conferences Status: Closed |
J. Hooper |
| 97.21 | Update the QPRC Permanent Web Site to include the information supplied by Jeff Hooper by July 31, 1997 Status Closed |
R. Leon |
| 97.22 | Brochures to be sent out at JSM 1997 (Ai-Chu will send brochure to Veronica) Status: Closed |
V. Czitrom A. Wu |
| 97.23 | Send a copy of the 1997 conference budget to Lisa to go out with next minutes Status: Closed |
V. Czitrom |
| 97.24 | Confirm deposit in the conference account Status: Closed |
A. Wu |
| 97.25 | Set up conference call between Jeff Hooper and Susan Devlin to resolve issue of conference fund Status: Closed |
V. Czitrom |
| 98.01 | Decide on policy to attract student participation Status: Closed (6 scholarships given) |
A. Wu |
| 98.02 | Advertise 1999 conference in calendar section of AMSTAT News Status: Closed (March issue, pg. 57) |
T. Keyes |
| 98.03 | Create website for 1999 preliminary conference information Status: Closed |
T. Keyes |
| 98.04 | Develop recognition for Stu Hunter at the 1999 Conference Status: Open |
Steering Committee |
| 98.05 | Complete final 1998 Conference Budget & Participant Satisfaction Analysis | A. Wu |
| 98.06 | Arrange for 1999 GE contribution to be transferred to Conference Fund | T. Keyes |
| 98.07 | Make Preliminary contacts with Sematech and TI for hosting the 2001 Conference | V. Czitrom |
Attachment 1
ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee
On-Site Meeting
Friday, May 22, 1998
11:30 am - 2:30 pm PT
1998 Quality and Productivity Conference
Santa Rosa, CA
AGENDA
Time |
Agenda |
Responsibility |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Review Agenda | All |
11:45 am - 1:00 pm |
|
Ai-Chu Wu |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
1999 Conference Plans |
Tim Keyes |
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm |
2000 Conference Plans |
Jeff Hooper |
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm |
2001 Conference Plans |
Jeff Hooper |
2:25 pm-2:30 pm |
Other Business |
All |
2:30 pm |
Adjourn |
Attachment 2
ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee
Conference Call Agenda
Thursday, July 9, 1998
10:00 am - 12:00 Noon EDT
Call-in Number: 1-888-559-8422
Access Number: 474-137
AGENDA
Time |
Agenda |
Responsibility |
10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Check In and Review Agenda |
All |
10:10 am - 10:30 am |
Review of Action Items |
Jeff Hooper |
10:30 am - 11:00 am |
|
Ai-Chu Wu |
11:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Tim Keyes |
11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Review of 2000 Conference |
Rita Lai |
11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Review of 2001 Conference |
Jeff Hooper/ Veronica Czitrom |
11:45 am - 12 Noon |
Other Business |
All |
12 Noon |
Adjourn |
Attachment 3
ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference
Steering Committee Members
January 20, 1998
| Name | Address | Telephone/Fax | |
| Veronica Czitrom | AT&T 9333 S. John Young Pkwy Orlando, FL 32819 |
T- 407-345-7402 F - 407-345-6990 |
czitrom@lucent.com |
| Jeff Hooper - Chair | Lucent Technologies Room D3B48 283 King George Road Warren, NJ 07059 |
F - 908-559-2119 |
jhooper@lucent.com |
| Lisa Gill | NIST NN, Room 353 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 |
T - 301-975-4516 F - 301-990-4127 |
lisa.gill@nist.gov |
| Roger Hoerl | GE Co. Bldg K1, 4C9A PO Box 8 Schenectady, NY 12301 |
T - 518-387-4040 F - 518-387-5714 |
hoerl@crd.ge.com |
| Tim Keyes | GE Co. Bldg K1, 4C9A PO Box 8 Schenectady, NY 12301 |
T - 518-387-6789 F - 518-387-5714 |
keyes@crd.ge.com |
| Rita Lai | The Boeing Company 777 Quality Assurance Engr. PO Box 3707, MS OX-54 Seattle, WA 98124-2207 |
T - 425-342-8527 F - 425-294-3878 |
rita.a.lai@pss.boeing.com |
| Ramon Leon | Dept. of Statistics College of Bus. Admin. University of Tennessee 331 Stokeley Mgmt. Ctr. Knoxville, TN 37996-0532 |
T - 423-974-1636 (W) F - 423-974-2490 (W) T - 423-691-5622 (H) F - 423-691-5622 (H) |
rleon@utk.edu |
| Dan McCarville | Motorola, Inc. Sensor Products Signal Products Div. 5005 E. McDowell Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85008 |
T - 620-244-3990 F - 602-244-5738 |
rvag60@email3.sps.mot.com |
ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference
Steering Committee Members
January 20, 1998
(continued)
| Kayla Stratton | The Boeing Company 777 Quality Assurance Engr. PO Box 3707, MS OX-54 Seattle, WA 98124-2207 |
T - 425-294-4081 F - 425-294-3878 |
kayla.1.stratton@pss.boeing.com |
| Ai-Chu Wu | Hewlett-Packard 1400 Fountaingrove Pkwy Mail Stop 3LS-Y Santa Rosa, CA 95403 |
T - 707-577-3446 F - 707-577-3997 |
ai-chu_wu@hp.com |
ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference
Past Steering Committee Members
| John Heitmann | Corning, Inc. HP-ME-03-079 Corning, NY 14831 |
T - 607-974-6299 F - 607-974-8007 |
heitmann_jw@corning.com |
| Eric Lagergren | NIST NN, Room 353 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 |
T - 301-975-3245 F - 301-990-4127 |
eric.lagergren@nist.gov |
| Dennis Lin | Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Bus. Admin. Dept. of Mgmt. Science & Info Sys 314 Beam Bus. Admin. Bldg. University Park, PA 16802-1913 |
T - 814-865-0377 F - 814-863-2381 |
lin@stat.bus.utk.edu (intenet) DKL5@psuvm.psu.edu (Bitnet) |
| Doug Montgomery | Arizona State University Dept. of Industrial Engrg. Tempe, AZ 85287-5906 |
T - 602-965-3836 (W) F - 602-965-2910 (W) T/F - 602-496-9908 |
atdcm@asuvm.inre.asu.edu |
| James White | Eastman Chemical Co. Building 284 PO Box 1973 Kingsport, TN 37662-5284 |
T - 423-229-6607 (W) F - 423-229-4880 (W) T - 423-239-9361 (H) F - 423-239-7239 (H) |
jrwhite@eastman.com jrwhite@ilinkgn.net |
| Nick Zaino | Eastman Kodak Co. Quality Tech. & Applied Statistics Quality Assurance Svcs, Div. Bldg 6, 7th Floor Kodak Park Rochester, NY 14652-3401 |
T - 716-722-2399 F - 716-722-4415 |
nzaino@kodak.com |
Attachment 4
1998 Conference Postmortem
What Worked Well
+ Post-it notes to give feedback for individual sessions
+ Magnet keynote speaker - Jeff Wu
+ Best conference notebook
+ Short Course - good participation
+ Tai-Chi participation
+ All participants introduced themselves
+ Students scholarships
+: include in manual update
1998 Conference Post Mortem
Opportunities for improvement
+ Marketing
+ Some sessions crowded - 15 minutes not enough time to complete talks,
or for
discussion
+ Session Chair should not also be speaker in their own session
+ Accompanying people have option to attend meals for fee
+ More time for discussion for selected sessions
+ Need email confirmation of registration
+ Need receipts on back of badge
+ Ai-Chu needed more administrative support before, during, and after the conference
+ Include a poster session
+ Longer breaks - 30 minutes
+ Meal specification on registration
+: include in manual update
Attachment 5
ASA QUALITY & PRODUCTIVITY RESEARCH
CONFERENCE
Potential Conference Sponsors
May 22, 1998
Industry |
Academia |
Government |
| AT&T | University of Wisconsin | NIST |
| Bellcore | University of Iowa | Sandia |
| IBM | Iowa State | Los Alamos |
| Hewlett Packard | University of Tennessee | Lawrence Livermore |
| Dupont | Oakland University | Oak Ridge |
| Xerox | Berkeley | NASA |
| Ford | Stanford | Sematech |
| GM | University of Waterloo | EPA |
| SRC | University of Michigan | |
| TI | Arizona State University | |
| Intel | NC State | |
| Motorola | UNC | |
| Corning | University of Manitoba | |
| Kodak | University of Central Florida | |
| Eastman Chemical | University of Florida | |
| Lucent | SUNY New Palz | |
| GE | Georgia Tech | |
| Citibank | Rutgers | |
| RTP (Research Triangle Park) | MIT | |
| Cisco | ||
| Proctor & Gamble | ||
| Solectron | ||
| Compaq |
Attachment 6
Q&PRC MARKETING PLAN