American Society for Quality, Raleigh Section

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) Raleigh Section provides continued education and development opportunities to more than 900 quality professionals in the Triangle and eastern North Carolina. The ASQ Raleigh section created this group to encourage professional development and certification to support the growing life sciences industry and engage those working in the life sciences to achieve excellence through quality

Membership Guidelines

Attendance is free and open to all members of the industry and academic institutes. No ASQ membership is required.

Meeting Format

As part of ASQ Raleigh’s comprehensive programs, this group holds multiple meetings each year at NCBiotech with topics of special interest to the life sciences businesses and professionals, including quality by design, quality management systems, and continuous improvement methodologies.

We believe in a culture where quality and continuous improvement are everyone’s job. The events encourage collaboration among quality and other functions. Attendees will have opportunities to network and learn about other programs offered by ASQ Raleigh.

Coming Events

Past Events

Title: Integrating Data Science and Quality to Achieve Organization Excellence: A Practical Plan for Success

Presenter: Milton Krivokuca DBA

Summary:

Critical Quality 4.0 Components of a Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is not an abstract or theoretical journey. Objectives cannot be effectively developed without first analyzing data to establish a baseline for digital transformation. Data science, various types of analytics, and the emergence of multiple data sources can be confusing and intimidating for leaders faced with another challenge of “Where do we begin?” This presentation examines the key critical Quality 4.0 focused components of data analysis. The distilling of information as it flows is a process. This workshop examines the development of a data analysis process with human intervention, integrated with the critical components of data science and quality as the basis for an effective digital transformation.

This two-hour workshop includes moderated breakout sessions.

Discussion sessions focus on assessing the current state of a digital transformation plan and how a plan is required for various types of organizations, including the integration of human factors as related to artificial intelligence.

Breakout discussions will evaluate the correlation between an effective data scientist and a skilled quality professional. The skills overlap required for this functional position in an organization addresses the question of would a data scientist be more effective through a foundation in quality or a foundation in IT?

Title: How Effective is Lean Six Sigma?

Presenter/facilitator: Fang Zhou

"Exploring the Impact of Variability on Process Output"

Larry Diener, MLS MBA, PMP and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a Senior Manager in Global Quality Control for CSL Seqirus.