The Original "Introductions" Thread started in 2001 and split off October 2009

[Wes Bucey]

Welcome, ALL
Dave Lindey (you'll find lots of sympathy about "semi-committed" sr. mgrs. here)
Franco Zamuner (good concept on eliminating "us vs.Them" by using BMS)
Mark [quasi_black_belt] - (Grouping folks into categories and then ascribing characteristics to that category always invites a response - often not the one we seek)
David Aaron (You're young yet - some of us have socks older than you - we hope your generation can make a difference!)
Ed Buster (So! You've survived some battles - we hope you'll pass on some insights to the newbies.)
Julie (Are there some short version Personality Profiles available on the internet which are similar to Enneagrams? Perhaps you'll look them up and introduce us to the concept.)
Mai T. (We are ALL still students - we learn from each other)

Pretty pictures, Marc. Especially from way back in the dark ages!

 

[Marc]

Pretty pictures, Marc. Especially from way back in the dark ages!

Yes - it was back in the days that people wrote their letters in Lotus 123 because that's the only software their computer had in many companies! Computers have come a long way! I feel so-o-o-o OLD! Before CE got my boss and me each a Mac and a shared laser printer, we did environmental design criteria test plans in WordStar. Where ever you wanted a graphic you had to put in guessed at space by putting in CRs for blank lines, do the printout, make a graphic to fit the space size, paste the graphic on the correct printout page and run to the copier. Darn - lamenting past times again...

Anyway, same from me - Welcome! Glad you stopped by to introduce yourselves and I'm sure you'll find or get the information you need!

BTW - I'm not into Chatting much myself, but there are a few folks that meet in the Chat Rooms most mornings about 8 to 9 am (GMT -4 hrs).

 

[RMATERA]

Per your request

1. Name: J.C.
2. Job Title: Administrative Manager
3. Industry: Wholesale Distribution
4. Company: MATJAC, Inc.
5. Length of time:2 yrs
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Everything, as we all are unique.
7. Your pet peeve in quality: Implementation: if you do it, Do it right! of course the difinition of right is "my way"....
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? .. I think perhaps we should work towards automation through technology(less people less mistakes) ... people are way too diverse/complicated

 

[MelindaN]

Who I Am...

1. Name
Melinda

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
I am a Quality Manager/ISO Management Rep.

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Manufacturing, Originally with Electric Motors, Now in Sheet Metal Fabrication.

4. Company you work for and location
Byers Precision Fabricators, Inc.
Hendersonville, North Carolina

5. Length of time in quality function
20 + years

6. Something personal that sets you apart
I am the oldest of a set of Twins. We are complete opposites and I am the perfectionist.

7. Your pet peeve in quality
Lack of Management involvement until there is a problem.

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Simplify... Simplify... Simplify...


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[Wes Bucey]

1. Name
Melinda

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
I am a Quality Manager/ISO Management Rep.

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Manufacturing, Originally with Electric Motors, Now in Sheet Metal Fabrication.

4. Company you work for and location
Byers Precision Fabricators, Inc.
Hendersonville, North Carolina

5. Length of time in quality function
20 + years

6. Something personal that sets you apart
I am the oldest of a set of Twins. We are complete opposites and I am the perfectionist.

7. Your pet peeve in quality
Lack of Management involvement until there is a problem.

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Simplify... Simplify... Simplify...


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Welcome, Melinda. We'll be looking forward to input from a perfectionsist!

 

[mshell]

Welcome Melinda,

I look forward to reading your posts.

 

[Claes Gefvenberg]

We are getting so many new members that it's getting hard to keep track of you, but welcome one and all. I'm looking forward to new good discussions

/Claes

 

[multi.liu]

1. Name
Multi Liu, real name

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
I am a Sr. quality system engineer who is responsible to integarate ISO9001,ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 into one management system and build E process.
3. Industry you're in or have been in
electronic industry for mobile manufacture

4. Company you work for and location
Sang Fei Consumer Communications Co.,Ltd
Shenzhen China

5. Length of time in quality function
7 years

6. Something personal that sets you apart
?

7. Your pet peeve in quality
Top management think quality dapartment is enough to control the quality throughout the company
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
a computer, a system.

 

[quasi_black_belt]

Thanks!

Hi Marc, thanks for the welcome. Those thumbnails brought back memories of when I was creating source control drawings, item specifications and test procedures at a Bellcore compliant shop I was at for a few years back in the 80s; I also used a Mac at the time.

All - clarifying comment - my statement regarding mechanical Vs. electrical was mostly based on, as picked up on by Marc, the commercial electronics world not military, avionics or Bellcore / Telcordia compliant telco. I have also worked in the past in those niches and agree there are better controls and better intergration of quality principles in them.

One thing which I find to be overall true, however, is that when I ready Quality Engineering or other journals, there are far fewer electirical examples which I can directly apply to my current work than there are mechanical, chemical and other bulk process ones. For what it's worth....

That's one of the reasons I am here - hoping to directly exchange knowledge vis a vis computer systems.

Thanks!

Mark

 

[mickeld - 2005]

Hello to all. Here's my bio...enjoy it while you can!

1. Name
Michael Drost

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Technical Project Coordinator - Implementing Quality System to get onto a Government Program Listing

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Ergonomic Office Furniture
Before that, I just have had summer jobs

4. Company you work for and location
Horizon Furniture - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

5. Length of time in quality function
Um....2 months

6. Something personal that sets you apart
If I had something that would set me apart I would be in the Circus Freak Show

7. Your pet peeve in quality
I don't have any...yet :truce:

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
That every employer on earth would be honest enough that you wouldn't have to registar to show you run a quality system.