NOVEMBER

3-5 Best Practices for Effective Operations, Production and Plant Management. Amelia Island, FL. Call American Management Association at 800-262-9699 or visit www.amanet.org/catalog.

3-7 Certified ISO 9001: 2000 Lead Auditor Training. Houston. Call ABS Consulting at 301-921-2345 or visit www.govnist.com.

4-5 Leading With Safety. New Orleans. Call Behavioral Science Technology at 800-548-5781 or visit www.bstsolutions.com.

4-6 AVS 50th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition. Baltimore. Call Bob Finnegan at 516-576-2433 or e-mail rfinneg@aip.org.

5 ISO 9001:2000 Overview. Dayton, OH. Call IQC at 800-450-1387 or e-mail sales@iqcinc.com.

5-7 Project Management Workshop. St. Louis. Call 800-537-6378 or e-mail info@kepner-tregoe.com.

6-7 QFD Black Belt Certificate Course. Monterrey, Mexico. Also Nov. 24-25. Call the QFD Institute at 734-995-0847 or e-mail registration@qfdi.org.

8 Improving Process Capability. Monroeville, PA. Call the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania at 412-261-4300 or register online at www.asqpgh.org/ed.htm.

10-11 Total Quality Management Seminar. Chicago. Call Jack Miller at 800-231-3353 or fax 281-530-2505.

10-14 ASQ Education Course. Introduction to Quality Engineering. Atlanta.

10-14 Principles of Metrology. San Diego. Call Fluke at 800-443-5853 or fax 425-446-5992.

10-14 Software Quality Engineering Test Week. Tampa, FL. Call 800-423-8378 or visit www.sqe.com.

11-12 Supply Chain World Europe Conference. Düsseldorf, Germany. Call the Supply Chain Council at 412-781-4101 or e-mail info@supply-chain.org.

12 Understanding ISO 9001: 2000. Los Angeles. Call BSI Management Systems at 800-745-5565 or visit www.bsiamericas.com/training.

15-16 ASQ Education Course. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Design and Process FMEA). Atlanta.

16-17 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000, Customer Satisfaction Compliance. Atlanta.

16-17 ASQ Education Course. After the Audit: Continual Improvement From the Audit Process. Atlanta.

16-18 ASQ Education Course. Building Software Quality Skills. Atlanta.

16-18 ASQ Education Course. Software Functional Testing. Atlanta.

16-19 Fabtech International. Chicago. Call the Society for Manufacturing Engineers at 800-733-4763 or visit www.fmafabtech.com.

16-21 American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Trade Conventions. Washington, DC. Call 800-843-2763 or e-mail infocentral@asme.org.

17 ASQ Education Course. ISO/TS 16949:2002 Overview. Atlanta.

17-18 ASQ Conference. Business Excellence and Customer Satisfaction. Atlanta.

17-18 ASQ Education Course. Integrating ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. Atlanta.

17-18 ASQ Education Course. Lean Manufacturing. Atlanta.

17-19 AQP Education Course. Process Control for Project Teams. Atlanta.

17-19 ASQ Education Course. Design of Experiments II: Process Modeling and Optimization. Atlanta.

17-19 ASQ Education Course. Implementing and Auditing an ISO 9000 Quality System. Atlanta.

17-20 41st Annual Reliability Engineering and Management Institute. Tucson, AZ. Call the University of Arizona at 520-721-5600 or e-mail dimitri@u.arizona.edu.

17-21 Problem Solving Methods for Trainers Workshop. Hopewell, VA. Call the Reliability Center at 804-458-0645 or e-mail info@reliability.com.

17-21 ISO 9000:2000, Quality Management Systems and Auditing. (Registrar Accreditation Board/International Auditor and Training Certification Association accredited.) Houston. Call Quality Management International at 800-666-9001 or e-mail service@aworldofquality.com.

18-19 AQP Education Course. Lean Thinking Applied to Services and Administration Functions. Atlanta.

18-19 Mastering HALT and HASS. Copenhagen, Denmark. Call Hobbs Engineering at 303-469-4353 or e-mail learn@hobbsengr.com.

18-19 Validation of Computer Systems. South Beach, FL. Call the Center for Professional Innovation and Education at 610-688-1708 or fax 610-688-7817.

18-21 Product and Process Design Improvement: Using the Taguchi Approach. Troy, MI. Call Nutek at 248-540-4827 or e-mail rkroy@wwnet.net.

19 ASQ Education Course. Measuring and Improving Employee Satisfaction and Commitment. Atlanta.

19-20 ASQ Education Course. Measuring and Managing Customer Satisfaction. Atlanta.

19-21 Introduction to Measurement Uncertainty. Las Vegas. Call the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation at 301-644-3235 or visit www.a2la.org.

20-21 Precision Gage Calibration. Chicago. Call Affiliated Educational Consultants at 773-262-8140 or e-mail info@aecltd.com.

DECEMBER

4-5 Product Safety and Liability Prevention. Los Angeles. Call Randy Goodden at 262-594-5715 or e-mail rgoodden@go.com.

7-10 18th International Maintenance Conference. Clearwater, FL. Call Terrence O'Hanlon at 239-985-0317 or e-mail tohanlon@reliabilityweb.com.

11-19 15th North American and 9th International Symposium on QFD. Orlando, FL. Call Glenn Mazur at 734-995-0847 or e-mail registration@qfdi.org.

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