IAQ General Meeting in Japan 2022 – Day 2

The IAQ General Meeting in Japan 2022 was held online & onsite on 28-30 Sep 2022. In Day 2, Acn. Shinichi Sasaki (President, IAQ) gave welcome speech. Zoom group photo online was captured for memory. 

This session reported different IAQ Think Tank activities and the first speaker was Mr. Raul Molteni. He reported the Quality in Governance Think Tank (QiGTT). Firstly, he mentioned the purpose of QiGTT that is to “Determine which Quality Principles and Tools could bring benefits to Boards of Directors and Trustees. Make them friendly and foster their use.”

Mr. Raul Molteni said their main targets are board of directors (SMEs) and owners (Startups). And then he showed the future in Corporate Governance Project Process as the quality guide for boards use.

The second speaker was Mr. Kamran Moosa and he introduced Quality in Education Think Tank (QiETT) progress report. QiETT aims to be a useful and impactful IAQ space that helps in defining, improving, and providing access to quality in education and its improvement.

Then Mr. Moosa briefed their research papers, book publication and activity plan including white paper, webinars, sharing best practices, cross country join research, etc. Finally, he showed QiETT quality themes including management system, academic processes and online education.

The third speaker was Mr. Miroslav Drljaca and he introduced the Quality in Logistics Think Tank (QiLTT). It is a new TT and he had sent an invitation to all IAQ members to join the work. There are 15 members now. 

There were three key incidents happened in the world that had a significant impact on the quality of logistics processes and supply chains.  They are Pandemic, Blockade of the Suez Canal and War in Ukraine. QiLTT held some meeting to research whether a lack of quality a cause of disruption in logistics and supply chains problem. They would like to create and offer a model of logistics process that would function even in crises.  Lastly, he introduced the coming activities.

Dr. Catherine Chan was the fifth speaker and she reported the Voice of Customer Think Tank (VoCTT). It is also a new TT and they held 14 meetings in 4 months (Jun to Sep 2022).

She said the TT could like to propose a generic framework which could be used by organizations of all kinds on fully exercising the VoC process. The VoC process was stated including five steps as following diagram.

Mr. Bob King was the sixth speaker and he introduced the Quality in Healthcare Think Tank (QiHTT). QiHTT aims to adopt advanced quality and innovation tools to solve the toughest social problems in Health Care and to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He consolidated history stories and remembered a system called OGSM (Objective Goal Strategy Measures). Mr. Bob King said to think about our role in QiHTT and apply innovation and advanced technology.

Lastly, Mr. Lars Sorqvist for Mr. Willy Vandenbrande to report the Quality in Planet Earth Concerns Think Tank (QiPETT). The mission of TT is to brining Planet Earth Concerns to the mainstream of Quality Management and introduce Quality Management into Planet Earth Concerns.

Then Mr. Lars Sorqvist reported they had two weekly meetings and topics including Quality Sustainability Award (QSA), publications and concrete project. The QSA schedule was discussed.

After TTs reporting, Dr. Beth Cudney represented treasurer report. We have health financial report so far. The next IAQ Meeting will be in USA during ASQ WCQI on 10 May 2023.

Finally, Mr. Jim Duarte shared an information about Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit (BTOES) and collecting IAQ ideas about the topics.

Lastly, Acn. Shinichi Sasaki (President, IAQ) gave the closing remarks.

End of Day 2.

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