Chaos, Order, to Alive!

View the 2013 September dinner presentation and learn why the majority of us are some place between Chaos and Order process maturity levels. Paul Dandurand, CEO of PIEmatrix, reveals the 3 levels of process maturity. See how that's killing productivity. And learn what to do about it in 3 failure-proof steps.

IBM onsite Chapter Meeting

 "The Icemaker"

The new IBM Free Cooling System, lightheartedly called the Icemaker, has become a core component of the site’s operating cost reduction strategy, by reducing the power input for cooling in the cold months. The site consumes in excess of 30 million KWh of electricity annually in the manufacturing of semiconductors, and a significant percentage of that is attributed to the operation of cooling equipment. The site requires 14,000 gallons/minute of cooling water flow when the outside temperature is -20F. The free cooling installation projects provide almost all of the winter cooling, without refrigeration, for a nominal savings of 2000 kW per hour for the months of December through April. The weather dependent operation has generated annual savings of up to $600,000 and operated at peak hourly savings of up to $250/ hour.

The Added Value of Lessons Learned
and the potential return of
Major League Baseball to Montreal

Preventing Safety Recalls in a Legacy Software Medical Device

This is the story of a software product that operated problem free for over a decade until it started experiencing a series of safety recalls. Hear the fascinating details of the GE Healthcare product team's handling of this safety problem and what the product team did to prevent future recalls from occurring.