Chief Lean Officer Focuses on World-Class Efficiency

Intermet Corporation names Bob Flaherty into a newly created position of Chief Lean Officer to lead and mentor the company to world-class levels of efficiency. The new position reports the the CEO, Jeff Mihalic. ...

... "In his new role, Flaherty will work collaboratively with Intermet group presidents and the company's 10 plants to achieve world-class efficiencies while building upon the excellent lean foundation already in place throughout Intermet.

Previously, Flaherty spent nearly eight years at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown, Ky., where he held various positions and responsibilities including start up preparation, training of associates on the Toyota Production System, various Production Engineering kaizen initiatives, and management of the stamping plant expansion. " ...

Via Intermet: Bob Flaherty Joins Intermet to Head Lean Initiatives

Lean SixSigma Medical Manufacturing

Apriso will discus lean case study on April 17 event. ...

... "Apriso's Industry Director for Life Sciences, Rick Gallisa, will demonstrate how software can be an enabler to implementing sustainable Lean/Six Sigma programs including e-Kanban across highly complex manufacturing environments found within the Medical Device industry. Apriso FlexNet provides complete visibility, traceability and control over manufacturing operations, providing a foundation to implement cost effective compliance within Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives. " ...

Via Apriso: Lean and Six Sigma Event for Medical Device Manufacturers

Lean Principles Set Foundation for Systems Investment

G-P mill sees investment building upon its investment in lean manufacturing foundation. ...

... "Wolff said earlier moves at the mill toward the Lean manufacturing process and modernizations in other parts of the facility paved the way for the $50 million investment in the new recycling system. " ...

Via Oshkosh Northwestern: Georgia-Pacific

Roadmap for Lean Implementation

Insights on lean implementation process to prepare for and sustain the transformation. ...

SixSigma IT Methods

Maximizing IT goals using Six Sigma will be explored in this discussion. ...

... "During Tom's presentation the potential and risks for applying Six Sigma to IT management will be discussed starting with the basic foundations from Motorola's original ideas and bringing the topic to today's need to apply it outside of manufacturing applications. Several examples from the real world of IT will be presented as good and bad applications of the method. A modification of Six Sigma will be developed to bring it more in tune with IT goals. " ...

Via Association of Information Technology Professionals: IT Methodology