PEOSC Technical Seminar No.2

TOPIC: Engineering Compliance within Lean / Six Sigma

PRESENTERS:  Raimund Laqua, PMP, P.Eng.

WHERE: Virtual (Zoom Video Conferencing): Zoom link will be provided to the members who register this seminar after the registration is closed. 

WHEN:  June 25, 2025, Wednesday, 5:45 - 7:30 pm

REGISTRATION: Follow the Link.

Agenda

5:45 pm    Registration and Networking

6:00 pm    Welcome message

6.05 pm    Introduction

6:10 pm    Presentation 

7:00 pm    Q&A

7:15 pm    Vote of Thanks and Conclusion

About the Presenter: 

Raimund Laqua is founder and Chief Compliance Engineer at Lean Compliance Consulting, Inc., and co-founder of ProfesssionalEngineers.AI. He is a professional engineer with a bachelor’s degree in electrical / computer engineering from McMaster University (Hamilton). He has consulted for over 30 years across North America in highly regulated, high-risk sectors: oil & gas, energy, pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, government, and technology companies.

Raimund Laqua is also AI Committee Chair at Engineers for the Profession (E4P) and participates in working groups and advisory boards that include ISO ESG Working Group, OSPE AI Working Group, and Operational Excellence.

Raimund authors weekly blog articles and an upcoming book on Operational Compliance – Staying between the lines and ahead of risk. He speaks regularly on the topics of lean, project management, risk & compliance, and artificial intelligence.

Synopsis of the Topic: 

This presentation explores how the wastes that Lean tries to eliminate actually come from uncertainty and risk, making compliance a way to manage risk rather than just extra paperwork. The presenter will address a key problem in traditional Lean thinking: seeing compliance activities like inspections and audits as non-valuable work. Instead, we will show how compliance creates value by preventing disruption, ensuring consistent quality, and maintaining organizational reputation when properly integrated into operational systems.

The presenter will introduce the concept of Operational Compliance - the critical element missing from traditional operational excellence frameworks. This approach shifts compliance from periodic verification to continuous fulfillment of obligations, ensuring organizations remain on mission, between the lines, and ahead of risk while delivering measurable organizational outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

• To understand how waste elimination connects to compliance risk management
• To recognize Lean's blind spot regarding compliance activities
• To learn how to apply Operational Compliance within improvement projects to ensure and protect Total Value.