Make plans to
attend the upcoming
4th Annual Total
Quality Management Short Course for the Snack Food Industry!
Where: The Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio, USA
When: September 8-12, 2008.
The course has
expanded this year
and has added sessions about conflict resolution and effective
communication, roundtables and group activities, and a
tour of Mike-sell's
Potato Chip Company's plant (Dayton, Ohio). Click
here for the program brochure. To
see a
sample video from a previous
Total Quality Management course click here.
Don't forget to
book your hotel soon, by August 18th!
Who from your company should
attend?
The short course is designed
for snack manufacturing decision makers such as line production
personnel and supervisors, quality assurance personnel,
production management, and suppliers researching the needs and
production methods of their customers. Look who will be there:
SPEAKERS
Snack Food
Association
Center for
Innovative Food Technology
The Ohio State
University
Sanitation
Foundation International
American
Institute of Baking International
Maddox Metal
Works
Printpack,
Inc.
Cargill, Inc.
EQUIPMENT
COMPANIES
HunterLabs, Inc.
Carver, Inc.
MettlerToledo,Inc.
Maddox Metal
Works
MadisonChemical Company, Inc.
TNA North
America, Inc.
YSI,Inc. Life
Sciences
Process
Sensors Corporation
Spray
Dynamics, Ltd.
Cold Jet, LLC
Konica-Minolta
United
Scientific
PROGRAM
Monday, September
8, 2008
7:30 am
Bus Leaves for Classroom
8:00 am
Registration, Welcome & Introductions
8:30 am
The Status & Issues of the Snack Food
Industry
9:30 am
Fundamentals of Quality
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Tools for Managing Quality
11:45am
Lunch
1:00 pm
Food Safety & Security
2:00 pm
Fundamentals of Plant Sanitation
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Conflict Resolution & Effective Communication
4:15 pm
Attendee Round Table & Group Activities
5:00 pm
Bus Leaves for Hotel
6:00 pm
Welcoming Reception
Tuesday, September
9, 2008
7:30 am
Bus Leaves for Classrooms
8:00 am
Machines & Methods for Snack Manufacturing
9:00 am
Good Agricultural Practices
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Chipping Potatoes
11:15 am
Sweet Potatoes, Plantains & Vegetables for Chipping
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Pilot Plant Lab
§
Products Testing
§
Plant Sanitation
§
Problem Solving
Exercises
5:00 pm
Bus Leaves for Hotel
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
7:30 am
Bus Leaves for Classrooms
8:00 am
Extruded Corn Snacks & Baked Extrusion
9:00 am
Frying Oils & Maintenance of Quality
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Salt, Flavors & Seasonings
11:15 am
On-Line Quality Control
12:15 am
Lunch
1:30 pm
Pilot Plant Lab
§
Product Testing
§
Equipment Demonstrations
§
Problem
Solving Exercises
5:00 pm
Bus Leaves for Hotel
Thursday,
September 11, 2008
7:30 am
Bus Leaves for Classrooms
8:00 am
Packages & Packaging
9:00 am
Food Quality & Shelf Life
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Dehydrated Potato Flakes & Pellets in the Snack Food Industry
11:15 am
Sensory Evaluation of Snack Foods
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Pilot Plant Lab
§
Product Testing
§
Sensory Demonstration
§
Problem
Solving Exercises
4:30 pm
Closing Remarks & Awarding of Attendee Certificates
5:00 pm
Bus leaves for hotel
Friday September
12, 2008
8:00 am
Bus Leaves for Snack Food Plant Tour of Mike-sell's Potato Chip
Company
(Course Attendees Only - Optional).
REGISTRATION
INFORMATION
Registration
includes lunches, short course materials, transportation,
certificates of attendance and use of OSU Food Science Laboratory.
All cancellations must be submitted to the Snack Food Association in
writing. A $100.00 cancellation fee will be applied to any
cancellation after Monday, September 1, 2008.
Registration Fees
On or before August 22, 2008
$1,000.00 SFA/CIFT Members
$1,500.00 SFA/CIFT Nonmembers
After August 25, 2008
$1,100.00 SFA/CIFT Members
$1,600.00 SFA/CIFT Nonmembers
Registration Form
Name:__________________________________________________________________
Title:___________________________________________________________________
Company:_______________________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________________
City:________________State:___________Zip
Code:_________Country:__________
Phone:________________________________Fax:______________________________
E-Mail:
_______________________________________________________________
Company
Website:______________________________________________________
Method of Payment
(please check one)
Credit Card:
American Express
MasterCard
Visa
Credit Card
Number: ____________________________________________________
Expiration Date
______________________
Total Amount $ ____________________
Signature:_______________________________________________________________
Check - payable to
Snack
Food Association
Bank Wire Transfer
- transfer fees are $50.00 and will be added to your registration.
Return this
registration form to:
Christopher
Melchert
Snack Food
Association
1600 Wilson Blvd
Suite 650
Arlington, VA
22209
Phone:
703-836-4500, 211 Fax: 703-836-8262
E-Mail:
cmelchert@sfa.org
HOTEL IN COLUMBUS
Reservation for
lodging should be made directly by course attendee. A block of
rooms has been reserved at the Fairfield Inn & Suite by Marriott for
short course participants at a special rate of $98.00 per night plus
tax (standard room). Ask for the rate specifically and mention
the "Snack Food Association". Hotel reservation must be
received before Monday, August 18, 2008, in order to get this
special rate. You can make reservations by Telephone, Fax or
Internet:
Fairfield Inn &
Suite by Marriott
3031 Olentangy
River Road
Columbus, Ohio
43202
Tel: 614-267-1111
Fax: 614-267-0904
http://marriott.com/fairfield-inn/
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