Masonry Magazine November 2006 Page. 11
New Seminar Introduced at Masonry Showcase Orlando
Masonry Quality Institute (MQI)
Applying the Quality Process to the Masonry Industry
Wednesday, February 21 Thursday, February 22
8:00AM-5:00PM 8:00AM-3:00PM
Peabody Hotel, Orlando
Day-to-day operations leave little time to assess your policies and procedures. You want to ensure your company maintains the highest level of quality construction while earning maximum profits. How do you implement quality standards that are measurable and help increase profitability?
This new-and-improved program will provide you the ability to measure your company's level of quality. The Masonry Quality Institute (MQI) is a two-day course that assists masons in evaluating their services, meeting stringent customer expectations, and improving their profitability.
* Become customer driven, both internally and externally
* Improve the quality of your services, products, and activities
* Strengthen and foster teamwork within your company
* Decrease cost while increasing quality and profitability
The course agenda will include an introduction to the quality process and detailed implementations of the basic principles of quality on the first day. On the second day, attendees will interact with the course instructors in discussing the quality process and learn strategies for team building and problem solving.
Who Should Attend the Masonry Quality Institute?
If you are serious about building a successful, profitable mason contracting business that operates at a level higher than your competition, you should attend this valuable 2-day program.
Experience shows that when a contractor also enrolls one to three of his key people, the results happen faster and are more dramatic. This occurs because everyone taking the workshop returns to home base ready for action and functioning as a team.
Introduction to the Quality Process
* Review the history of the Quality Process and learn why the best American companies (both large and small) have implemented the Quality Process.
* Learn the principles upon which the Quality Process is based and how each of the principles can be implemented in your company
Implementing the Quality Process
* Analyze the specific issues that your company has encountered and establish processes that will eliminate costly errors
* Discuss the twelve steps for implementing the Quality Process
Team Building and Problem Solving
* Learn to identify the characteristics of team leaders, facilitation skills and team building goals
* Cover problem identification, problem analysis and the effective use of Corrective Action Teams
Register online at www.masonryshowcase.com or call
800-536-2225 for a brochure.