October 6, 1997

MEMORANDUM

To: Quality and Productivity Research Conference Steering Committee Members

From: Lisa M. Gill

Statistical Engineering Division, NIST

Subject: Minutes of the July 22, 1997

Steering Committee Conference Call

10:30 am - 12:30 pm E.T.

Present: Veronica Czitrom, Lisa Gill, Jeff Hooper, Tim Keyes, Ai-Chu Wu

Next Meeting: Conference Call

Wednesday, October 15, 1997

10:30 am - 12:30 pm E.T.

Call-in #: 908-559-0052

Access Code: 217355

Attachments:

1. Agenda for July 22, 1997 Steering Committee Meeting

2. Agenda for October 15, 1997 Steering Committee Meeting

3. Steering Committee Member List

4. ASA Q&P Research Conference Potential Sponsors

5. 1998 Conference Preliminary Program (from WWW)Meeting Highlights:

1. Review of Open Actions Items

(items where status has changed or were discussed)

97.01 Discussed * items of the 1997 Conference Post Mortem. These items are an opportunity for improvement. Felt the short course was "too high" level - in the future need a better shortcourse description. Discussed paying someone to update the manual.

97.02 Include a section in the manual about the taking pictures; attendees seemed to enjoy the photos.

97.03 Ask Jane to do.

97.04 Open

97.05 Wait until updated version available.

97.06 Lisa will check with Eric.

97.07, 97.08, 97.09 Discussed paying someone to put mailing list in electronic form.

Possibly hire a student. This will help to increase the publicity for the 1998 conference.

97.07a (new item) Pay someone to put in electronic form (A. Wu)

97.10 Closed

97.14 A letter from J. Hooper is needed.

97.16 Closed ($1700 profit from conference)

97.17 Jeff will make some phone calls with regard to this item. Boeing is a possible sponsor.

97.18 Rob Easterling needs to be contacted.

97.19 Veronica will ask J. Ballweber to do this.

2. Review of 1998 Conference - Ai-Chu Wu

ï Web page has been updated advertising this conference - agenda is included.

ï Agenda should be sent with next set of minutes. Ai-Chu will send copy to Lisa to be included since Web Page does not print "pretty".

ï Waiting for replies from George Box and Brad Efron.

ï Possible contributed paper session.

ï One-day workshop on reliability by Bill Meeker has been finalized.

ï Brochures for the 1998 conference will be set out at the JSM 1997 in Anaheim. Ai-Chu will send brochure to Veronica.

3. Other Business

ï Veronica suggested Peter John's presentation as an addition to the ASA Distinguished Lecture Series Video Tapes and have QPRC fund the video.

ï 1999 Conference - Tim Keyes

Would possible like the link the theme of the conference with the 6-sigma quality effort.

Conference site at GE's R&D Corporate Headquarters.

Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute has accepted co-host conference.

Union college may consider co-hosting the conference.

Possible dates are the 2nd or 3rd week in May.

. Action Items

Number	Action Item	Responsibility
96.01	Send 1996 Q&PR Conference Budget to Penny Young at ASA. Status: Closed	E. Lagergren
96.02	Send final financial report on 1996 Conference to Steering Committee members by August 1, 1996. Status: Closed	E. Lagergren
96.03	Send participant feedback report on 1996 Conference to Steering Committee members by August 30, 1996. Status: Closed	E. Lagergren
96.04	Send Eric Lagergren material on Joint Q&P/SPES Conference for inclusion in revision of conference manual. Status: Closed	J. Hooper
96.05	Update Conference Manual to include lessons-learned from 1996 conference specifically including: Improved Organizing Committee Timeline and Checklist 1996 Conference Announcement, Registration Form, Program, and Budget Guidance on organizing and running a joint conference (include material from Jeff Hooper) Produce Issue 5.0 by September 15, 1996. Status: Closed	E. Lagergren
96.06	E-mail information to Ramon Leon for the ASA Q&P Web Page on the: 1997 Conference 1998 Conference Status: Closed	V. Czitrom A. Wu
96.07	Arrange to pay NIST the $738 owed to them from the 1996 conference Status: Closed	J. Hooper
96.09	The 1997 Conference and Shortcourse Budget will be updated and sent to Jeff Hooper. Status: Closed	V. Czitrom
96.10a	The 1997 Conference Budget will be sent to ASA Finance Director for approval Status: Closed	V. Czitrom
96.10b	The 1997 Conference Shortcourse will be sent to the 1997 Q&P Section Continuing Education Chair for approval. Status: Closed	V. Czitrom
96.11	The contact information for the 1997 Conference Organizing committee will be sent to Jeff Hooper. Status: Closed	V. Czitrom
96.12	Penny Young's replacement as the ASA Finance Director, will ensure that HP's $5000 has been deposited in the QPRC Conference fund, and acknowledgement letter sent to HP. Status: Closed	A. Wu
96.13	Ask Jim Filliben to send short write-up of shortcourse to Veronica Czitrom. Status: Closed	L. Gill
Number 96.14	Action Item Send write-up of 1997 Conference to Q&P Section News. Status: Closed	Responsibility V. Czitrom
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: Open	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: Open	V. Czitrom 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: Open	V. Czitrom 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: Open	J. Hooper
97.05	Put the Revised Conference Manual on the World Wide Web by September 15, 1997. Status: Open	R. Leon
97.06	Get the 1996 Conference Mailing List from Eric Lagergren (electronically) by June 1, 1997. Status: Open	V. Czitrom J. Ballweber
97.07 97.07a 97.08 97.09 97.10 97.11	Get the 1997 Conference Mailing List in an EXCEL file Status: Open Hire someone to put mailing list in electronic form Status: Open Get the 1995 Conference Mailing List to V. Czitrom by 6/1/97. Status: Open Combine the 1995, 1996, and 1997 Conference mailing lists and mail to Ai-Chu Wu by June 30, 1997. Status: Open Close out the 1997 conference budget by June 30, 1997, if possible or by August 1, 1997 at the latest. Status: Closed Add Ramon Leon to Steering Committee as Webmaster. Status: Closed	A. Wu A. Wu D. McCarville V. Czitrom J. Ballweber V. Czitrom J. Ballweber 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: Open	V. Czitrom J. Ballweber
Number 97.14	Action Item Set up the 1998 Conference Financial Accounts and get this information to Jeff Hooper by July 31, 1997 Status: Open	Responsibility Ai-Chu 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: Open	J. Hooper
97.16	Add information to the Conference Manual on setting up Conference financial accounts. Status: Open	V. Czitrom J. Ballweber
97.17	Invite hosts for the 2000 Conference by August 31, 1997. Status: Open	J. Hooper
97.18	Contact Bob Easterling to explore joint SPES/IMS conference in 1999 or 2000 by August 31, 1997. Status: Open	J. Hooper
97.19	Complete Analysis of 1997 Conference Feedback & send results to all QPRC Steering Committee Members by July 15, 1997. Status: Open	V. Czitrom 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	Jeff Hooper
97.21 97.22	Update the QPRC Permanent Web Site to include the information supplied by Jeff Hooper by July 31, 1997 Status: Open Brochures to be set out at JSM 1997 (Ai-Chu will send brochure to Veronica) Status: Open	Ramon Leon V. Czitrom A. Wu

Attachment 1

ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee

Conference Call Agenda

July 22, 1997

10:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT

Call In Number: (908) 559- 0052

Access Code: 217355

AGENDA

Time	Agenda Item	Responsibility
10:30 am - 10:40 am 10:40 am - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:15 pm 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm 12:30 pm	Check In and Review of Agenda Review of Action Items Review of 1998 Conference Other Business Adjourn	All Jeff Hooper Ai-Chu Wu All

Attachment 2

ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee

Conference Call Agenda

October 15, 1997

10:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT

Call In Number: (908) 559- 0052

Access Code: 217355

AGENDA

Time	Agenda Item	Responsibility
10:30 am - 10:40 am 10:40 am - 12:00 noon 12:00 noon - 12:15 pm 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm 12:30 pm	Check In and Review of Agenda Review of Action Items Review of 1998 Conference Other Business Adjourn	All Jeff Hooper Ai-Chu Wu All

Attachment 3

ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Steering Committee Members

August 7, 1997

Name	Address	Telephone & Fax Nos.	E-mail
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 C3B03 283 King George Road Warren, NJ 07059	T - 908-559-3026 F - 908-559-2119	jhooper@lucent.com
Lisa M. 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 Schnectady, NY 12301	T - 518-387-4040 F - 518-387-5714	hoerl@crd.ge.com
Lorrie Hoffman	University of Central Florida Department of Statistics PO Box 162370 Orlando, FL 32816	T - 407-823-2289 F - 407-823-3930	Hoffman@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Tim Keyes	GE Co. Bldg K1, 4C29A PO Box 8 Schnectady, NY 12301	T - 518-387-6789 F - 518-387-5714	keyes@crd.ge.com
Eric Lagergren	NIST NN, Room 353 Gaithersburg, MD 20899	T - 301-975-3245 F - 301-990-4127	eric.lagergren@nist.gov
Ai-Chu Wu	Hewlett-Packard 1400 Fountaingrove Pkwy Mail Stop 3US-A Santa Rosa, CA 95403	T - 707-577-3446 F - 707-577-5664	ai-chu_wu@hp.com

ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Steering Committee Members (cont.)

Name	Address	Telephone & Fax Nos.	E-mail
Ramon Leon	University of Tennessee College of Bus. Admin. Dept. of Statistics 331 Stokely Mgmt. Ctr. Knoxville, TN 37996-0532	T - 423-974-1636(W) F - 423-974-2490 (W) T - 423-691-5622(H) F - 523-691-5622(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
Administrative Support
Jane Ballweber	115 S. Lawsona Blvd Orlando, FL 32801	T - 407-895-2481	jrb45495@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Past Steering Committee Members

November 25, 1996

Name	Address	Telephone & Fax Nos.	Email
John Heitmann	Corning, Inc. HP-ME-03-079 Corning, NY 14831	T - 607-974-6299 F - 607-974-8007	heitmann_jw@corning.com
Ramon Leon	University of Tennessee College of Bus. Admin. Dept. of Statistics 331 Stokely 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
Dennis Lin	Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Bus. Admin. Dept. of Mgmt. Science & Info Syst 314 Beam Bus. Admin. Bldg. University Park, PA 16802-1913	T - 814-865-0377 F - 814-863-2381	lin@stat.bus.utk.edu (Internet) DKL5@psuvm.psu.edu (Bitnet)
Dan McCarville	Motorola, Inc. Sensor Products Signal Products Div 5005 E. McDowell Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85008	T - 602-244-3990 F - 602-244-5738	rvag60@email3.sps.mot.com
Doug Montgomery	Arizona State University Dept. of Industrial Engr. 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 P.O. 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

ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Potential Conference Sponsors

Updated 5/14/97

Industry	Academia	Government
AT&T Bellcore IBM Hewlett Packard DuPont Xerox Ford GM SRC TI Intel Motorola Corning Kodak Eastman Chemical Boeing Lockheed Chrysler	University of Wisconsin University of Iowa Iowa State University of Tennessee Oakland University Berkeley Stanford University of Waterloo University of Michigan Arizona State University NC State UNC University of Manitoba University of Central Florida University of Florida SUNY New Palz Georgia Tech Rutgers MIT University of New Mexico University of Washington	NIST Sandia Los Alamos Lawrence Livermore Oak Ridge NASA Sematech

Attachment 5

1998 ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Preliminary Program

The 1998 Quality & Productivity Research Conference will be on May 20 to 22 at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Rosa, California. HP and UC Berkeley are co-sponsors and Ai-Chu Wu and C. S. Cheng are co-chairs. The theme is "collaboration between statisticians and managers, engineers, and policy makers." It will be a mixture of real world case studies and professional summaries of theoretical methods.

The preliminary program and speakers (organizers) are:

Wednesday 5/20/98

7:45-8 a.m. Tai-Chi Push Hands (Ai-Chu Wu)

8-8:30 Breakfast

8:30-8:40 Introduction (Ai-Chu Wu & C. S. Cheng)

8:45-9 Welcome (HP General Manager & UCB Peter Bickel)

9-10 Keynote Address (George Box)

10:20-12 Session 1: The interface of statistics and system control theory.

(Organizer: UCB, Costas J. Spanos)

12-1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30-3:10 Session 2: HP Case Studies (Ai-Chu Wu)

Greg Kruger, The Supply Chain Approach to Planning & Procurement Management

Danette Taggart, Assessing Quality Information & Value

Greg Larsen, Using Principle Component Regression & Neural Networks to

Forecast Semiconductor Test Market

3:30-5:10 Session 3 : Computer Experiments (NIS, Jerry Sacks)

5:30-7:30 Dinner with Speaker (Brad Efron or John Tukey)

7:30-9 Ballroom Dance Lesson & Fun (HP, Robert Arnold)

Thursday 5/21/98

7:45-7:50 a.m. Tai-Chi Push Hands (Ai-Chu Wu)

7:50-8:20 Breakfast

8:20-10 Session 4: Experimental Design (Jeff Wu)

1998 ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Preliminary Program (cont.)

10:20-12 Session 5: Case Studies (Kathy Hall)

Peter Bartell, AT&T, Flexographic Tone Reproduction Optimization Program

A "Unique" Partnering Effort

??, Genetech, ?

??, Sun Microsystems, ?

12-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3:10 Session 6: Large Data Set Challenge (Darryl Pregibon, AT&T)

3:30-5:10 Session 7: Case Studies (Lynne Hare)

Malcom-Baldridge Award: The return on investment and impact on quality, and

productivity.

Teaching Engineers Statistics

5:30-7:30 Dinner with Poster session

Friday 5/22/98

7:45-8 a.m. Tai-Chi Push Hands (Ai-Chu Wu)

8-8:30 Breakfast

8:30-5:00 Short Course (Reliability: Bill Meeker & Luis Escobar,

Organizer: Ramon Leon) or

9-11 Tour of HP

1-5 HP Quality/Statistician Mtg.

If you have any suggestions or questions, please contact Ai-Chu Wu at HP (707-577-3446, ai-chu_wu@hp.com), or Professor C. S. Cheng at UCB (510-642-9968, cheng@stat.berkeley.edu).