January Continuous Process Improvement SIG Meeting  

Washington, DC and Maryland Metro Section 509
& Prince George’s Community College
Continuous Process Improvement (CPI)
Special Interest Group (SIG)

Proudly presents:

LSS-Pathways

Presenter: Ralph Day

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Location: Prince George Community College
Kent Hall Room 262
301 Largo Road
Largo, MD 20774-2199
(For a map and directions, please click here)

The CPI SIG is a new quality forum for professionals in government and private industry; who are responsible for leveraging CPI principles to achieve enterprise level transformation and operational excellence in their field.

Event Schedule:
6:30 - 7:00 pm: Refreshments and Networking
7:00 - 7:45 pm: Presentation & Open Discussion
7:45 - 8:00 pm: Door Prizes
The event is free.  The experience is priceless!  See registration link below.

Registration: Please register for this meeting here:

Program Summary:
LSS-Pathways Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) approach provides a unique transformation process to drive enterprise-wide improvements (waste elimination, cycle time improvement, and cost reduction) in private industry in the DOD sectors. To date, the LSS-Pathways CPI approach has been use to engage five Prime Contractors, 47 Supplier Companies at the enterprise level, one Air Force Logistics Center and five Navy Aircraft Carriers (Lean Engagements in Critical Areas and Lean Leader Certification), resulting in improved value chain performance and weapon system affordability and availability.   The CPI tools—Lean, Pathways, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints—provide Company Senior Management Leadership Teams with a proven, common sense metrics approach that transforms their organizations, not just to CPI Thinking, but all the way to successful, results-oriented Enterprise Transformation (Implementation/Sustainment).

Speaker Biography:
Mr. Day is a retired Naval Officer with more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing CPI methodologies including TQM/TQL, LSS, Lean/Six Sigma-Pathways, and TOC in Industrial and Service-based LSS procedures in DoD and Commercial Enterprises. He has an intimate knowledge of DoD Business Practices from working more than 18 years at jobs ranging from evaluating Weapons Systems compliance with integrated Logistics Support Systems, developing Program Strategy Documents, and drafting Congressional Responses for the Headquarters senior staff. As the MDA MBB, he was instrumental in starting the MDA LSS Program with Program Elements at three major national locations; Colorado Springs (CO), Huntsville (AL), and Arlington (VA). As a member of OSD LSS Consistency of Approach Working Group, he has a deep and thorough understanding of DoD implementation of CPI/LSS Strategies.  Mr. Day is a certified MDA/OSD Master Black Belt, ASQ Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Sensei, and Lean Six Sigma Train-the-Trainer and is a sought after speaker for CPI engagements. Mr. Day holds a B.Sc. Marine Engineering, California Maritime Academy, a M.A. National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, a MBA Marymount University of Virginia, and is a PhD Candidate in Leadership and Management, Capella University

Questions? Contact Don Duggins, Chair-CPI SIG at CPISIG@asq509.org or call 202.510.2242