Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:09:16 -0400 From: John Pustaver Subject: Boston ASQ October Dinner Meeting Announcement The October ASQ Dinner Meeting Selling Management on Improvement - And Getting Them to Drive the Effort Ron Bourke Thursday, October 19, 2000 Holiday Inn, Newton 199 Grove Street Agenda: 5:30 PM-Social 6:30 PM-Dinner 7:30 PM-Speaker Have you ever run into a situation where everyone agrees a serious improvement effort is required, but no one is able to get upper management to approve, much less support it? The old excuse, top management is only interested in making the quarter, becomes the reason we can do nothing. Interestingly, most managers, even top managers, are intensely interested in making real business improvements, even if it means changing their own behaviors. Unfortunately, they are seldom approached in a way that helps them understand the real benefits and what is required to produce those benefits. Designing the approach and carrying it out effectively can be more important than designing the actual improvement effort! A few simple rules can make the difference between improvement becoming the priority instead of just another one of those things we never seem to get around to doing. Our Speaker: Ron Bourque is a consultant specializing in Total Quality Management, Process Reengineering, Just-In-Time / Cycle Time Reduction, and other performance improvement methods. He has over 25 years' experience helping people and organizations improve performance in Manufacturing, Service Organizations, Financial Services, even Education and Government. Ron has an Engineering and Management background with several Fortune 100 companies. He has studied improvement practices around the world, even in Japan. In addition to his U.S. clients, he has had engagements in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Korea, Scotland, Singapore, and Taiwan. Reservations: A place for you cannot be guaranteed without a reservation. Please provide the name of each person requesting a guaranteed reservation, with company affiliation and a contact phone number. Call (617) 423-ASQC (423-2772) 24 hours a day or email >. The deadline for reservations is October 16, 2000. If you must cancel, please do so by the deadline - otherwise you will be billed for the dinner. We welcome non-members. Cost: $25.00 ($15.00 for students, unemployed members, and retired members) Directions: The Holiday Inn is located at 399 Grove Street in Newton. Take Exit 22 (Grove St.) from Route 128/I-95 North or South. The hotel is just off the highway. The hotel's telephone number is (617) 969-5300. Thanks, Johanna -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ November 6-8, 2000 http://www.AYEconference.com The AYE book is out! http://www.dorsethouse.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. http://www.jrothman.com voice:781-641-4046 jr@jrothman.com Speaker, Writer, Consultant - Managing Product Development