ASQ offers free outsourcing and supply chain Webinars

With the economy driving organizations to slash budgets — including professional development dollars — the American Society for Quality (ASQ) is offering an opportunity to continue professional growth with two new free on-demand Webinars. The Webinars, titled “Quality in Outsourcing” and “Improving Supply Chain Management,” are available for downloading in the Manufacturing section of the ASQ Web site at www.asq.org/manufacturing/why-quality/overview.html.

Quality in Outsourcing
Senior Quality Manager and Six Sigma Master Black Belt Govind Ramu shares how developing a body of knowledge dedicated to quality in outsourcing will strengthen processes and help companies exceed expectations in today’s global economy.

Improving Supply Chain Management
Tara Holloway of Graham Packaging Company will explain how her organization implemented a supply chain management system that captured actionable information, reduced costs and improved overall process and product quality.

About the Experts
Govind Ramu is a senior quality manager and a Six Sigma Master Black Belt for JDS Uniphase Corporation, a worldwide leader in optical technology headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. An ASQ member since 1998 and an ASQ Fellow, Ramu holds six ASQ certifications, including Certified Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Auditor, Software Quality Engineer and Reliability Engineer. Ramu has coauthored ASQ’s Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook.

Tara Holloway is the manager of global supplier quality at Graham Packaging Company. There she developed and implemented the global supplier quality program from its foundation. Holloway is a Six Sigma Green Belt. Her background includes process engineering, environmental and facility responsibilities, and operations management in manufacturing. She has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and an MBA with a concentration in engineering management.

ASQ www.asq.org, has been the world’s leading authority on quality for more than 60 years. With more than 85,000 individual and organizational members, the professional association advances learning, quality improvement and knowledge exchange to improve business results and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide. As a champion of the quality movement, ASQ offers technologies, concepts, tools and training to quality professionals, quality practitioners and everyday consumers. ASQ has been the sole administrator of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award since 1991. Headquartered in Milwaukee, ASQ is a founding sponsor of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a prominent quarterly economic indicator, and also produces the Quarterly Quality Report.