September 14, 2010      Metro Section Dinner Meeting

                                                           Spanish Tavern, Newark, NJ   6:30pm

The Brewery & The Chemist:
Introduction to the Auditing of Quantitative Processes

Historically, manufacturing processes have become more and more quantitative with regards to measurement and improvements.  As industries and customer requirements have grown in complexity auditing as a discipline evolved in order to maintain consistency and accuracy relative to regulatory and industry requirements.  As technological improvements have also increased, the measurements of process success have become more quantitative in nature and as such, methods of analysis traditional to in-process behaviors can also be applied analytically to the auditing methodology itself.  This talk will focus on some tools to consider when specifically auditing processes that generate quantitative data, including:

–         Measurement Systems

–        Records & Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Linkage

–        Data Consistency

–        Verification of Process Qualification

–        Applied Analysis of SPC (aaSPC)

–        Data Verified Certificates of Acceptance/ Analysis

Austin S. Lin is the Global Contract Manufacturing Development Leader for Procter & Gamble, where he manages quality related initiatives and development programs for the Duracell batteries contracted manufacturing base, with a focus on China, Japan, and Korea.   He is certified as a Quality Engineer (CQE) and Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) by the American Society for Quality and presently serves as the Secretary for the New York/ New Jersey Metropolitan Section of the ASQ.  He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.