LabTech
2008 will provide Short Courses on 18-19 October,
2008 as listed below:
COURSE 1:
“Test Methods Development,
Evaluation, and Validation: A Systematic
Approach to Test Method Development” by ASTM
Course
Description
This course will be customized to meet the
needs of your individual organization. Tentative
topics will include:
How statistical
methods are used to compare, develop,
evaluate, and improve test methods involving
measurements
How to develop
procedures to obtain measures of uncertainty
for test results.
Types of
measurement scales and approaches to
determining precision.
How to apply
ASTM statistical standards including:
E 1488 Guide
for Statistical Procedures to Use in
Developing & Applying ASTM Test Methods
E 1169 Guide
for Conducting Ruggedness Tests
D 4356
Practice for Establishing Consistent
Test Method Tolerances
How precision of
measurements affect specifications
How tolerance
requirements relate to precision
How to perform
and analyze the results of designed
experiments
How to using
control charts to evaluate test methods
How to run
comparison studies for alternate Test
Methods
COURSE 2:
“International Recognition of Competence --
Roadmap to ISO 17025 Laboratory Accreditation”
Duration:
2 days (each 8 hours)
Venue:
Bahrain, Gulf Exhibition Centre.
Contact
Person: AL HOTY
STANGER LTD. CO, Alkhobar-31952, Saudi Arabia
Date:
Oct. 18/19, 2008
Course Description
This
short course is designed for analytical, testing
and calibration laboratory managers and
professionals. After a short introduction about
the benefits and international relevance of
laboratory accreditation, the course will offer
a systematic approach and roadmap of how to
become accredited to the ISO 17025 International
Standard “General requirements for the
competence of testing and calibration
laboratories”.
Training Content
Benefits and international relevance of ISO
17025 laboratory accreditation for
laboratories, customers and global trade
(e.g. “tested once accepted everywhere”).
The history of accreditation.
Other laboratory specific Quality Management
Systems such as GLP, HACCP, ISO 15189
The basic idea and concept of the ISO 17025
International Standard. What is the
difference with respect to ISO 9001
certification? Is ISO 9001 certification
helpful?
The concept of ILAC, regional institutions
and national accreditation bodies.
The costs of ISO 17025 accreditation:
Typical examples.
The steps of accreditation: definition of
scope of work and appropriate selection of
analytical methods. Application for
accreditation, pre assessment and initial
accreditation assessment. Surveillance and
reaccredidation assessments.
The accreditation certificate and its
attachment: examples
How long will the initial accreditation
take? Some typical examples.
Will an external consultant be needed?
Discussion of pro/contra.
Requirements/Elements of the ISO 17025
International Standard such as:
Documentation: Quality Management System based
on a Quality Management Manual, Standard
Operating Procedures and other records.
Traceability of measurements
Traceability of documentation
Calibration
Measurement Uncertainty (MU)
Method
Validation and Method Verification. Which is
when needed?
Quality Assurance tools such as Control
Charting, Certified Reference Materials (CRMs),
Proficiency Testing (PT)
Internal Auditing
Internal and External Staff Education
Who Should Attend
Managers and professionals of analytical,
testing and calibration laboratories.
Course Fee
US $ 1.500 per participant.
Course Instructor
Dr.
Gerald Kleinle, born in 1959,
studied Chemistry at the
Ludwig-Maximilian-University in
Munich. After his PhD at the
Max-Planck Gesellschaft in Berlin
under Prof Ertl – who won the
Nobel-Prize for Chemistry in 2007 -
he worked as Quality Manager and
later as General Manager of a German
environmental laboratory.
In 2006 he became CEO of SynCorp AG.
He has more than 15 years experience
in Quality Management of testing
laboratories and accreditation.
COURSE 3:
“Business
Excellence in managing a modern laboratory”
Duration: 2 days (2 x 8 hours) Venue: Bahrain, Gulf Exhibition
Centre Date: October 18-19, 2008
Course
Description
The 2-day-workshop introduces participants to
the EFQM Excellence Model, an internationally
used TQM concept, developed by the European
Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). The
model is a framework for organizational
management systems and designed for helping
organizations in their drive towards being more
competitive, even to become excellent.
Regardless of sector, size, structure or
maturity, to be successful, organizations need
to establish an appropriate management system.
The EFQM Excellence Model is a practical
framework to help organizations do this by
analyzing where they are on their path to
excellence, helping them to understand the areas
for improvement and then to initiate solutions.
Over the years a number of research studies have
investigated the correlation between the use of
holistic models, such as the EFQM Excellence
Model, and improved organizational results. The
majority of such studies show a positive
correlation. One of the most comprehensive
studies was conducted by Dr. Vinod Singhal and
Dr. Kevin Hendricks. The model can be used in
four ways. First, the model is a framework which
organizations can use to help them develop their
vision and goals for the future in a measurable
way. Second, the model is a framework which
organizations can use to help them identify and
understand the systemic nature of their
business, the key linkages and cause and effect
relationships. Third, the model is the basis for
the EFQM Excellence Award, the Dubai Quality
Award, the King Abdulaziz Quality Award or other
National Quality Awards, a process, which allows
recognizing the most successful organizations
and making them to become a role model of
excellence for others to learn from. Fourth, the
model is used as an assessment method for
analyzing the current “health” of the
organization. Through this assessment process an
organization or business unit is able to learn
about its strengths and areas for improvement as
well as to balance its priorities, allocate
resources and generate realistic business plans.
Self-assessment has wide applicability to
organizations large and small, in the public as
well as in the private sector. More and more
organizations and business units are using the
results from a self-assessment as a basis for
their business planning process and for their
operational and project review. The EFQM
Excellence Model is a non-prescriptive framework
based on nine criteria (process quality,
employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction,
leadership quality, etc.). The goal of the
workshop is to give managers a good
understanding of the principles and practices
required to bring their organization “on the
road to Excellence”.
Training Content
Overview of
Total Quality Management
Overview of the
EFQM Excellence Model
Benefits of
Business Excellence (Empirical Studies)
Importance of
Leadership in Business Excellence
Role of
Leadership in Business Excellence
Deployment of a
Self-Assessment Process
EFQM Levels of
Excellence
Increase of
Maturity Level in an Organization
Practical
Examples of Business Excellence (Case
Studies / Videos)
Working Groups
(Case Study)
Who Should Attend
CEOs, department managers and managers of
laboratories or business units. The number of
workshop participants is limited. Early
registration is recommended.
Course Fee
US $ 1.500 per participant.
Participants will receive full workshop
documentation (EFQM licensed training material
etc.).
Course Instructor
Dr. Karl
J. Koller, the CEO of TQM Consulting
Group Inc. (TQMCG) with offices in
Dusseldorf, Munich, and Zurich is a
Business Excellence expert. He
earned a master's degree in business
administration (MBA) and received
his doctorate in management from the
University of St. Gallen,
Switzerland. He worked and studied
in the USA for several years. Mr.
Koller has more than 25 years of
practical experience with
international companies. He has been
working in the field of Total
Quality Management for many years
with a focus on management in the
TQM process and on the EFQM
Excellence Model. In addition to his
consulting activities, he spent
several years as a visiting faculty
member for Total Quality Management
at a number of universities. During
his doctoral studies he spent two
years as a visiting research fellow
at Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL, USA. Dr. Koller is an
Assessor for the EFQM Excellence
Award and a licensed trainer of the
European Foundation for Quality
Management (EFQM), a Six Sigma Black
Belt and a QFD Black Belt. He is a
senior member of the American
Society for Quality (ASQ), the
International Project Management
Association (IPMA), the Dubai
Quality Group (DQG), and the Saudi
Arabian Quality Council (SQC).
COURSE 4:
“MAKING
SAFETY an Integral and Important Part of
laboratory”
Duration: 2 days (2 x 8 hours) Venue: Bahrain, Gulf Exhibition
Centre Date: October 18-19, 2008
Course Schedule
Day One
8:00
Registration
8:30
Introduction
9:15
Scope of the Problem
9:45
Activity I - Accidents
10:00
BREAK
10:15
Legal Aspects of Safety
11:00OSHA
Laboratory Standard
12:00
LUNCH BREAK
1:00
Fire Control
1:30
Labeling
2:00
BREAK
2:15
Biological and Animal
Hazards
2:45
Handling Glassware
3:15
BREAK
3:30Eye
and Face Protection
4:00
Activity (II): Planning for
Emergencies
4:30
Discussion
Day Two
8:00
Review/Introduction
8:15
Handling Chemical Reagents
9:00
Ventilation
9:30
Electrical Safety
10:00
BREAK
10:15
Activity (III) - Your Most Serious
Problem
11:00
Storage of Chemicals
11:30
Discussion
12:00
LUNCH BREAK
1:00
Disposal of Chemicals
1:30
Safety Equipment Display
2:00
Needs Assessment
2:30
BREAK
2:45
Employee/Student Involvement
3:15Activity
(IV) - Safety Program
Planning
4:00
Movie: “Safety - Isn’t It Worth It?”
4:15
Workshop Critique and Discussion
Course
Description
The Short Courses and Audio-Visual programs are
presented by Dr. James A. Kaufman,
founder/President of the Laboratory Safety
Institute and our Associates. Dr. Kaufman has
been called "the nation’s foremost authority on
safety instruction in the laboratory". He is the
author/narrator of the American Chemical
Society's (ACS) Laboratory Safety and Health
Audio Course and the author of the Laboratory
Safety Guidelines and LSI’s newsletter Speaking
of Safety.
Course Instructor
Dr.
James Kaufman is President/CEO of
The Laboratory Safety Institute
(LSI) and former Professor of
Chemistry and EHS Director at Curry
College.
