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The 23rd Symposium on QFD & Training

December 1–9, 2011

 
December 1–2, 2011   (Th–F)
7:00 am– 8:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast for course attendees
8:00 am– 4:00 pm QFD Green Belt® Certificate Course
Registration
 
December 3, 2011 (Sat)
The 23rd Symposium on QFD
7:15 am– 8:15 am Registration & Continental Breakfast for symposium attendees
8:15 am –8:30 am Opening remarks
8:30 am– 9:20 am "QFD Applications for the Board of Directors"
Speaker:Glenn H. Mazur, executive director, QFD Institute, et. al.
9:20 am –10:10 am "Applying QFD Process, Tools and Techniques for Service Management: Business and IT Service Management (BSM & ITSM)"
Speaker: Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Senior Managing Consultant & IT Architect, IBM

10:10 am– 10:30 am Break
10:30 am– 11:20 am "Using QFD to Design a Multi-Disciplinary Clinic"
Speaker: Jim Grimm, Quality Coordinator, Center of Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Mercy Hospital, et. al.

11:20 am– 12:10 pm "Using QFD to Organize Design for Six Sigma"
Speaker: Benson Tendler, VP, First Solar (formerlyResearch In Motion), et. al.

12:10 pm– 1:10 pm Lunch
1:10 pm– 2:00 pm "Applying Dynamic Capability Theory to Understand the Kano Model for Attractive Quality"
Speaker: Gregory H. Watson, Chairman, International Academy for QFD
2:00 pm– 2:50 pm "The QFD Process at Medtronic — Creating the Next Generation of Insulin Pumps and Sensors"
Speakers: Carey Hepler, QFD Black Belt® and 2010 recipient of Akao Prize, Medtronic; Cary Talbot, QFD Black Belt®, Senior Marketing Product Planner, Medtronic
2:50 pm– 3:10 pm Break
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm "Systems Engineering (SE) and Quality Function Deployment (QFD): A SE Perspective on Opportunities for Complementary Application in the Development of Complex Systems"
Speaker: Michael W. Grenn, Deputy Director - DTSA; Ph.D. candidate - The George Washington University

4:00 pm– 4:30 pm Q&A, Discussions, Annourncements, Closing Remarks
4:30 pm– 5:30 pm Reception

After the Symposium, the conference transactions containing these papers will be released to the public in June 2012.

 
December 4, 2011 (Sun)
7:00 am – 7:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast for attendees
7:30 am – 3:30 pm QFD Black Belt® Update Course
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm QFD Green Belt® Update Course
 
December 5–9, 2011 (Mon–Fr)
7:00 am – 8:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast for attendees
8:00 pm – 5:00 pm QFD Black Belt® Certificate Course

Past participants and supporting organizations