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Join the Minitab Insights Event Philippines 2019:
A powerful workshop and conference for leaders in Continuous Improvement

You are invited to join the free Minitab Insights Event Philippines for national leaders in Operational & Process Excellence, Quality Improvement, Transformation, R&D, Lean Six Sigma and Data Analysis. You will:

Discover your new toolkit for transformation
Find out how to enhance your skills in data analysis, problem solving and decision making with the best of today's new techniques and tools.

Learn new strategies from real-world examples
Hear experts share the breakthrough methods that are driving transformation in world leading organisations.

Interact with senior professionals
Connect with experts who share your challenges and network with national leaders.

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Agenda

Wednesday 30 October One-day Conference: (Registration and tea/coffee starts at 8:30am. The sessions start at 9am.)

Hear from industry experts about the real-life data challenges being faced by organisations in a rapidly changing landscape. Minitab experts will also be on hand to talk about the new features of Minitab 19 and Companion 5.3, and explore how Minitab’s products can be used to make improvements to your product or process.

Time Details
8:30am - 9:00am Registration
9:00am - 9:30am Welcome Speech & Introduction
9:35am - 9:55am Trends and Development – Quality Improvement in the Philippines
9:55am - 10:50am Connecting the Fundamentals of Structured Problem-Solving
10:50am - 11:10am Morning Break
11:10am - 11:55am Financial Services Case Study: Reduction of Return to Sender Bills
11:55am - 12:40pm Delivering Value by Driving Process Excellence in a Non-Profit Organization
12:40pm - 1:40pm Lunch
1:40pm - 2:10pm Cost Savings and Reducing Defects Brought by Timex Continuous Improvement Program
2:10pm - 2:40pm Quality Improvement Initiative in Ernst & Young
2:40pm - 3:00pm Afternoon Break
3:00pm - 3:45pm The Modern Toolkit for Process Excellence
3:45pm - 4:30pm  Connecting and Humanizing Data to Real People and Customer Experience with Minitab
4:30pm - 4:50pm Lucky Draw
4:50pm - 4:55pm Closing Remarks

 

Thursday 31 October Post-conference Workshop: (Registration and tea/coffee starts at 8:30am. The sessions start at 9am.)

Getting the Most out of Your Data with Minitab: A Hands-on Workshop

In this full-day course you will learn to minimize the time required for data analysis by using Minitab to import data, develop sound statistical approaches to exploring data, create and interpret compelling graphs, and export results. Hosted by Nick Jones, Minitab’s Technical Training Specialist from the United Kingdom, you will get hands-on experience in analyzing a variety of real world data sets to learn how to align your applications with the right statistical tool, and interpret statistical output to reveal problems with a process or evidence of an improvement. Learn the fundamentals of important statistical concepts, such as hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, and how to uncover and describe relationships between variables with statistical modeling tools. Also get tips and tricks of the latest release of Minitab 19 to help you get the most out of your data analysis process.

This course places a strong emphasis on making sound decisions based upon the practical application of statistical techniques commonly found in the manufacturing and services industry.
Topics include:
• Importing and Formatting Data
• Bar Charts
• Histograms
• Boxplots
• Pareto Charts
• t-Tests
• Proportion Tests
• Tests for Equal Variance
• Power and Sample Size
• Correlation

Speakers and Session Details

Connecting and Humanizing Data to Real People and Customer Experience with Minitab
Perla Asistin - Business Process Excellence Senior Manager APAC | Telus International


Perla Asistin Bio + About Perla Asistin -
A Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, and Digital transformation leader in the IT/BPO Industry. She has worked with companies such as Cognizant Technology Solutions and Accenture. Currently, she is managing the APAC Regional Business Process Excellence scope for TELUS International leading process engineering and digital transformation initiatives.
Trends and Development - Quality Improvement in the Philippines
Dr Rey B. Fremista - Board Trustee | Philippine Society for Quality, Inc., Process Improvement Director


Dr Rey Fremista Bio + About Dr Rey Fremista -
A recipient of an international award from the Asia Pacific Quality Organization in 2017 and of the prestigious national quality award in 2015, Dr. Rey B. Fremista led the Process & Organizational Excellence space of various international companies, overseeing global teams such as Data Science & Analytics, Process Technology & Innovation, Global Reporting, and Operational Excellence. He is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and in Breakthrough Learning and Strategies for Training. Rey was a Part-time Faculty member of the National University of the Philippines, where he taught TQM, Business Statistics, and Strategic Management. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution Singapore in Business Administration and in Research and an Honorary Member of the Professional Certification of Quality Council for Operations Management of the Singapore Institute of Multidisciplinary Professions. He is currently one of the Board Trustees of the Philippine Society for Quality, Inc. He was an Assessor of the Global Performance Excellence Award and the Philippine Quality Challenge. He appeared in local and international conferences either as a Resource Speaker or a Judge. He was also a scholar of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT). He finished BS in Electronics Technology-Engineering, MBA, and Doctor in Business Administration and he took various courses on project management, design thinking, and data science. He loves photography (IG @raefremista) and vlogging (youtube channel: MindGrit by Dr Rey Fremista).
Delivering Value by Driving Process Excellence in a Non-profit Organization
Marc Hermo - Founder and Managing Director | INNOVEO Consulting


Marc Hermo Bio + About Marc Hermo -
Marc is the Founder and Managing Director of INNOVEO Consulting. He is an experienced Lean Six Sigma practitioner with over 20 years of experience in Lean Six Sigma deployment, implementation, training, mentoring and coaching. He held various positions in Innovation, Process Improvement, Quality Management, and Project Management in Business Process Outsourcing, Banking and Financial Services, and Semiconductor Manufacturing industries. Marc is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and is an IASSC (International Association for Lean Six Sigma Certification) Accredited Training Associate™. He earned his Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt from Arizona State University and his Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Project Management certification from the University of California, Irvine. He also completed Mastering Design Thinking at the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Marc received his MBA from the Asian Institute of Management and has a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of the Philippines. Marc was previously the General Manager and Head of Process Excellence at Cognizant, Vice-President and Head of Process Improvement at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Senior Process Engineering Manager at Dell International Services Philippines. He worked with Intel in various management and functional roles in Supplier and Outsourcing Management, Materials Engineering and Materials Development.
Cost Savings and Reducing Defects Brought by Timex Continuous Improvement Program
Genny Omboy - Continuous Improvement Coordinator | TMX Philippines Inc.
TMX Philippines Inc. manufactures basic quartz analogue and digital watches in Cebu Philippines starting from 1979. The continuous improvement movement of TMX Philippines Inc. started with the introduction of Quality Circles and in 2005 the organization officially named it as Timex Continuous Improvement Program. Timex began the Lean Six Sigma journey in 2008 focusing on the application of Lean. There are 129 Yellow Belts and 103 Green Belts Trained with over 360+ projects – delivering cost savings and reducing defects. This presents an overview of how Minitab is used in Timex Philippines Inc. to provide supporting data and statistical analysis, which allow stakeholders to make data-driven decisions that drive quality while improving processes. This presentation will also show the significant achievements, struggles and learnings of the project teams in the project making process.

Genny Omboy Bio + About Genny Omboy -
Genny began her Timex career as an Industrial Engineer 7 years ago. She works in coordination with planners, manufacturing supervisors, process engineers, QC engineers and senior management to support Timex Continuous Improvement Program. Genny earned her Six Sigma Black Belt this year. As a Continuous Improvement Coordinator, she is responsible for promoting and facilitating project teams in applying Lean Six Sigma to problem-solving and carry out opportunities within the organization.
Delivering Value by Driving Process Excellence in a Non-profit Organization
Rowena Magpoc - Senior Manager of Program Support | Compassion International – Philippine Office


Rowena Magpoc Bio + About Rowena Magpoc -
Rona is a child development practitioner who has been serving with Compassion International, a global child sponsorship organization whose mission is to release children from poverty in Jesus’s name. In the Philippines, Compassion is working with 383 church partners which assist more than 95,000 children living in poor communities. For the past 15 years, Rona has been involved in designing and implementing holistic child development programs and interventions. Currently, she leads the department that provides partner training, technical support as well as sponsor and donor services. As a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, she spearheads process improvement project teams whose aim is to continually drive efficiency, effectiveness and excellence in service delivery toward outcome achievement.
Delivering Value by Driving Process Excellence in a Non-profit Organization
Precious Romano – Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist | Compassion International – Philippine Office


Precious Romano Bio + About Precious Romano -
Precious is a child advocate, focusing on research and data analysis, from Compassion International. Compassion is a child sponsorship organization serving around two million children in poverty around the world through partnership with around 8,000 Churches. It is a mission is to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name. She served Compassion for three years as Program Effectiveness Research Specialist before shifting to the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in the last two years. Precious has been involved in a number of research evaluation projects in and out of Compassion. She is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt which equips her more in supporting her organization’s process improvement initiatives.
Quality Improvement Initiative in Ernst & Young
Aleli Ruizan - Service Excellence Lead for Advisory & Automations | Ernst & Young Global Services Philippines
This is a quality improvement initiative around core processes in Recruitment because there was a consistent high trend of error instances per month in terms of the escalations received. They are yet to hit the accepted client defect rate of 2% which is the goal of this process improvement initiative.

Aleli Ruizan Bio + About Aleli Ruizan -
Highlights of Qualifications: Certified Electronics and Communication Engineer, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Certified RPA Developer (Blue Prism / Automation Anywhere), Certified Alteryx Designer Core, Experience in the development, testing and evaluation of RPA tools and applied Lean Sigma Principles, Continuous Improvement, Execute and mentor YB & WB+ improvement projects, Guide operations and quality team on Quality tools (Check Sheet, Pareto, cause and effect, histogram,scatter plot, process flow, control chart), Techniques & PI/ CI, Identify opportunities to share/adopt process standardization and best practices across GSS centers, Development using RPA Tools, IT experienced and foundation in object-oriented programming (VBA, Vbscript, javascript and relational database management system (SQL & Oracle, Crystal Report, Business Intelligence), fresh techniques in inspection of programs, software testing, bug tracking, debugging errors & codes and test plans, test script /technical documents creation necessary to improve the system function and interface. With the applied knowledge in development & testing using Agile Technology (rally) &, SDLC, and sound coding techniques tools in support of the collection and reporting of data from maintenance and inspection activities performed on different equipment in electrical field services & telecommunication industry and aids in the end-to-end network performance, quality, capacity and operational issues of the company.
Financial Services Case Study: Reduction of Return to Sender Bills
Rex Tuozo - Lean Six Sigma Program Director | Six Sigma Philippines


Rex Tuozo Bio + About Rex Tuozo -
Rex is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, International Association of Facilitators, and Board of Trustee of Philippine Society for Training and Development. He is the Managing Consultant of Six Sigma PH. In 2009, he placed 10th in the 1st Industrial Engineering Board Examinations in the Philippines. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering, postgraduate Management program from De La Salle University, and an MBA at the University of Bradford School of Management in the UK. Also, he performed twice in Tanghalang Pilipino’s Theater Productions at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Connecting the Fundamentals of Structured Problem-Solving | The Modern Toolkit for Process Excellence
Nick Jones - Technical Training Specialist | Minitab UK


Nick Jones Bio + About Nick Jones -
Nick Jones, a trained Statistician, has been with Minitab for over 10 years. Nick's international support and training expertise has brought him to advise, train and consult companies and Minitab's business partners around the world; he has helped leading businesses from various industry sectors to deliver valuable insights based on their data, driving quality and innovation as well as helping them to set up their continuous improvement initiatives. Nick has trained personnel through all ranks - from beginners to advanced practitioners, including Master Black Belts - as well as advising Senior Management on their Quality Programs. Nick is an expert for Minitab Statistical Software, Companion by Minitab and Quality Trainer: “Training offers a fantastic opportunity to share my knowledge and experience around the acute challenges that businesses face in the quality management, process and product improvement arena; to provide companies and business partners with the right approaches, tools and skillsets, using Minitab's wide range of solutions, is very rewarding for me" says Nick.

Venue

The Minitab Insights Event Philippines will be held at Hotel Fairmont Makati.

For directions or more information about the venue, please visit the hotel website.

Hotel Fairmont Makati
1 Raffles Drive, Makati Avenue, Makati City, Philippines 1224

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Spaces are limited so register now for your exclusive tickets:

One-day Conference:
FREE with limited seating

Post-Conference Workshop:
US$100 US$75 (Early Bird: register on or before 14 Oct 2019)

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For more information, please contact the conference organiser at info@minitab.com.au

We also have our experts on hand at our Learning Labs stations.
Bring your own Minitab data on a USB and get help with your analysis.
All attendees can participate in the lucky draw with the top prize of Minitab Full Suite Software (PHP 75,000).

What Attendees Have Said About Insights

'Loved the sessions, I will definitely use the tips from the sessions in my day to day work.' - Six Sigma Black Belt, National Rail Freight Company

'Excellent networking and sharing discussions with attendees, I look forward to each event.' - Former Process Engineer, Global Automotive Company

'Sessions opened up my mind on how to do quality improvement projects which are beneficial to my work.' - Quality Manager, Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

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