From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: JPL Quality Conference
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 00:24:34 GMT

Dwayne C. Brown
Headquarters, Washington, D.C                   October 15, 1992
(Phone:  202/358-0547)

Jim Doyle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone:  818/354-5011)


NOTE TO EDITORS:  N92-90

NASA/CONTRACTORS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR OCT. 20-21 

     The Ninth Annual NASA/Contractors Conference on Quality and
Productivity will take place at the Pasadena Center, Pasadena,
Calif., on Oct. 20-21, 1992.  The theme of this year's conference
is "World Class Excellence: The Journey Continues."  The event is
expected to draw over 900 attendees.

     The conference, hosted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
conjunction with the California Institute of Technology, both in
Pasadena, will provide a forum to discuss and exchange ideas,
success stories and lessons learned in the practical application
of the principles of Total Quality Management that spearhead
continuous improvement within organizational structures and
processes.

     Conference attendees will consist of top management officials
from NASA, government, public and private industry, academia and
the international community.  NASA Headquarters Associate
Administrator for Continuous Improvement Dr. Laura Broedling will
give the opening keynote address.

     A highlight of the event will occur when Acting Deputy
Administrator Aaron Cohen announces the 1992 George M. Low NASA
Trophy recipient(s), NASA's Quality and Excellence Award, at the
evening banquet on Oct. 20.

     This years finalists are:

*       Cray Research, Inc., Customer Service, Engineering and Manufacturing
         Divisions, Chippewa Falls, Wisc.

*       Honeywell Inc., Space and Strategic Systems Operation, Clearwater, Fla.

*       IBM Federal Systems, Co. - Houston

*       McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co., Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

*       Paramax Systems Corp., Space Systems Operation, Houston

*       Rocket Research Co., Redmond, Wash.

*       Stanford Telecommunications, Inc., Reston, Va. (Small Business)

*       Technical Analysis, Inc., Houston (Small Business).

     The award recognizes both NASA's large and small prime
contractors, subcontractors and suppliers for outstanding
achievement in quality and productivity improvement and Total
Quality Management (TQM).  Key goals of the award are to
internalize quality and productivity practices and TQM processes
throughout NASA and the agency's contractors and to transfer
performance improvement methods of the award recipients to others.

     Media interested in covering the event or requesting
interviews should contact the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Public
Affairs Office (818) 354-5011.

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