Toyota Production System in Healthcare

Learn about the application of lean principles and TPS in the healthcare industry. ...

... "The 2nd Annual Summit on Deploying the Toyota Production System & Lean Healthcare in Hospitals, When: Jun 25, 2008, Where: Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco, CA " ...

Via : Summit on Deploying the Toyota Production System in Hospitals

Develop Lean Leaders

In Appleton, Wisconsin, the Lean Leadership Series starts in April. ...

... "The Lean Leadership Development Series is offered by the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) in cooperation with Fox Valley Technical College. WMEP experts will lead the sessions that meet from 8 a.m. until noon, Tuesdays, April 22 through May 20 at the D.J. Bordini Center, Fox Valley Technical College. " ...

Via Wisconsin Business: Lean Leadership Series

Business Process Excellence Seminars

Upcoming process excellenc seminars ...

... "PROCESS IMPROVEMENT METRICS -- LEAN SIX SIGMA METRICS: July 22, CPCC Harris Campus. Speaker: Gary Klipp ... " ...

Via Charlotte Observer: Business Calendar

Lean and Cost Accounting

Upcoming seminar will look at lean manufacturing and its impact on product cost accounting. ...

... "APICS Toledo chapter will be holding a Professional Development Seminar titled Lean Manufacturing versus Traditional Cost Accounting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. The seminar will be at the University of Toledo Student Union ... " ...

Via Port Clinton News: Lean Manufacturing Seminar

3M Lean Six Sigma Discussion

Upcoming local ASQ event ...

... "Ratzlaff will speak on Six Sigma. Steve Zylka from DynAmerica will be continuing a discussion of the Five Core Tools, this month with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning). " ...

Via The Star Press: Business Events

Perfect Process

Six Sigma seminar this spring ...

... "Creating Perfect Processes -- Six Sigma and Process Control, April 22, RCCC's Cabarrus Business & Technology Center. Speaker: Vinay Vasudev. " ...

Via Charlotte Observer: BUSINESS NOTES

Process Excellence Journey

Upcoming seminar series starts with Jeffrey Liker on process excellence. ...

... "Process Excellence: A Journey Not a Destination, March 18, CPCC's Harris Campus. Speaker: Jeffrey Liker. " ...

Via Charlotte Observer: BUSINESS NOTES

Chief Innovation Officer Training

Upcoming event in February 2008 focuses on leading growth through innovation. ...

... "The course, entitled Chief Innovation Officer – Leading your Company's Growth and Performance Initiatives, is a two day Executive Education Program for business leaders who are leading the charge for growth and innovation inside their organizations or who are poised to take on that role. The event is being held in Denver February 25 – 26, 2008. " ...

Via Breakthrough Management Group: Chief Innovation Officer Executive Seminar

Executive Overview on Six Sigma

Upcoming event at North Carolina State on the Six Sigma methodology using case studies. ...

... "SIX SIGMA EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW: offered by N.C. State University, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 9 ... " ...

Via Observer: Event Calendar

Lean Kaizen Bootcamp

Lean Learning Center is offering a number of lean classes, such as a kaizen bootcamp, during 2008. ...

... "Lean Kaizen Workshop Boot Camp, a five-day, hands-on program with the majority of time spent at a manufacturing site; " ...

Via The Fabricator: Lean Learning Center Schedule

Innovative Thinking Integrated With Culture

Innovation is needed to differentiate corporate and product performance in the global economy. Lean principles can be extended to the growth agenda to support building an innovative culture and workforce. ...

... "What is really needed today is what I call systematic and lean innovation. That is, you have to make innovative thinking part of the entire corporate culture. " ...

Via Oakland Business Review on MLive: Lean Innovation Summit

Design for Six Sigma Automotive Perspective

Upcoming seminar on Design for Six Sigma in the automotive industry. ...

... "Breakthrough Management Group (BMG) would like to invite you to attend an upcoming session in Detroit on Nov. 8. This complimentary, educational event will focus on how DFSS is being used to address some of the major challenges in auto manufacturing ... " ...

Via Breakthrough Management Group: Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Executive Seminar for Auto Suppliers and Manufacturers

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Six Sigma Path to Leadership by David Howard Treichler, Ronald D Carmichael: DFSS Product Process Fusion

Truth About Six Sigma

Panel discussion on October 2nd. ...

... "Take Your Boss to Dinner and Hear the Truth About Six Sigma: Panel discussion featuring Black Belts from Kodak, ITT, and Thompson Health. Presented by the Association for Operations Management. 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. " ...

Via Democrat & Chronicle: Business Calendar

Kaizen Facilitation Education Opportunity

Workshop teaches you to facilitate Kaizen and is scheduled for September 25, at Northeast State Technical Community College. ...

... "The Kaizen Facilitator Training Workshop will teach production and support personnel, who will be strongly involved in leading and the success of Kaizen events, a standard Kaizen process that can be used for implementing lean manufacturing tools, such as quick changeover, 5S, cellular/layout and TPM. " ...

Via Tri-Cities, Tennessee: Workshop Details

Lean Six Sigma for Manufacturing Complexity

Webinar this week ...

... "Endicott Interconnect Technologies Inc. will be holding a webcast, entitled Implementing Lean/Six Sigma in Complex Industries: A Case Study at Endicott Interconnect Technologies, on September 6, 2007. The webcast will discuss the weaknesses in five essential factors that make most complex Lean/Six Sigma deployments falter. " ...

Register for Webcast on Implementing Lean/Six Sigma in Complex Industries

Seminar Explores Lean Six Sigma Role in Global Competition

APICS chapter offers Lean Six Sigma seminar on Tuesday, Aug 28th, 2007. ...

... "Competing Globally with Lean Six Sigma will offer a brief history of Lean Six Sigma, a process-improvement method, then move on to practical application of the principles in eliminating waste and variation to enhance global competitiveness. " ...

Via St. Cloud Times: Growth

Motorola SixSigma Leader Speaks This Week

Motorola Six Sigma program manager to speak this week. ...

... "Burford will explain how the company improved the new product demand to order conversion with Six Sigma methods. " ...

Via Racine Journal Times: Six Sigma Meeting This Thursday

Six Sigma Forum NC

Upcoming forum ...

... "Six Sigma Forum, Thursday and Friday, N.C. State University, College of Textiles on Centennial Campus, Raleigh. Join other Six Sigma practitioners for a day and a half of learning, information sharing, and networking at the fifth-annual Six Sigma Forum. " ...

Via Greensboro News-Record: Upcoming Events

Unify Enteprise through Lean Visual Workplace

On April 26 and 27, Dr Gwendolyn Galsworth will explore the use of visual information in the workplace and the impact it has on the workforce. ...

... "Visuality in the Workplace is designed to liberate information and correct chronic information deficits on all levels of the organization. In doing so, we also liberate the human will and allow that will to align with the larger corporate intent. This is the source of an empowered workforce and the foundation of an authentically unified enterprise. " ...

Via ShingoPrize.org: VISUAL WORKPLACE SEMINAR

Lean Accounting Seminar

Timken leader will present lean accounting techniques at local seminar. ...

... "Tuesday, Feb 20: Michael Discenza, the operations controller for the Timken Co., will hold a Lean Accounting seminar at 5 p.m., at the New Hampshire Technical Institute at 320 Corporate Drive, Pease International Tradeport. As management accountants strive to evolve into full business partners, understanding how Lean and Six Sigma tools can improve your company's performance is critical to success. " ...

Via Portsmouth Herald: Link

Lean or Kaizen: How to Choose Right Tool

Upcoming seminar discusses choosing the right tool for your operational excellence challenge. ...

... "Six Sigma, Lean, or Kaizen? Using the Right Tool for the Right Problem, Live Internet Broadcast, Sponsored by SAP, in association with Intel and HP, Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 2:00 p.m. EST " ...

Via IndustryWeek: Using the Right Tool for the Right Problem

Lean Implementation: Overcome Resistance

This Tuesday, seminar focuses on overcoming barriers to lean manufacturing implementations. ...

... "The Memphis chapter of APICS, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Joint Meeting: 5:30 p.m., The Doubletree Hotel, 5069 Sanderlin Ave. Topic: Lean Manufacturing Implementations - Overcoming the Layers of Resistance. " ...

Via Memphis Commercial Appeal: Link

Continuous Improvement Seminar: Manufacturing Execution ...

Upcoming manufacturing improvement seminar from Citect ...

... "Citect, a specialist in next generation manufacturing execution systems, is hosting a free one-day educational seminar on continuous improvement at Silverstone Grand Prix race circuit on Tuesday 21st November 2006. " ...

Via Process and Control Today: Read

Kaizen Collaboration for Continuous Improvement ...

Evening seminar this Thursday on creating a kaizen culture ...

... "This Thursday: The Buffalo Section of the American Society for Quality, 5:30 p.m., Classics V Banquet and Conference Center, 2425 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Program: Kaizen: Creating a Culture of Collaboration for Continual Improvement, presented by Dave Hallett, Insyte Consulting. " ...

Via Buffalo News: Business calendar ...

Kanban WebSeminar ...

Upcoming seminar on Lean Kanban is planned for Oct 18, 2006 2:00 PM ET ...

... "A highly effective kanban system should be visual, intuitive and self-perpetuating. While many companies have implemented simple, effective kanban systems, the best kanban implementations go beyond simple, manual kanban techniques and utilize a fully integrated system that seamlessly integrates with the back office (ERP / MRP) system. " ...

Via Infor: Kanban: A Pillar of Lean

Six Sigma Approach Seminar This Weekend ...

Upcoming Six Sigma seminar ...

... "Saturday, Sept. 16: Project Management Institute Central Virginia Chapter, 8 a.m., Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 2015 Staples Mill Road. Presenter: Venkata Bodapati. Topic: Six Sigma Approach, Tools & Techniques. " ...

Via Richmond Times-Dispatch: METRO BUSINESS CALENDAR

Lean Six Sigma Culture ...

Upcoming seminar on Lean and Six Sigma culture ...

... "Aug. 17: ASSOCIATION FOR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DINNER MEETING -- 5:30 p.m., Embassy Suites North on Michigan Road at Interstate 465. Program: Introducing the Lean and Six Sigma Culture to Healthcare. Speaker: Christine Corum. " ...

Lean Six Sigma Culture: Via Topics: Business planner ...

Lean Strategies in Pharma Manufacturing ...

Archived web seminar provides insights into lean strategies that support pharmaceutical manufacturing. ...

... "The implementation of lean technologies in the pharmaceutical industry can have its greatest impact on the plant floor. Traditionally, inefficiencies in pharmaceutical manufacturing operations have been overlooked. However, today's highly competitive market combined with recent regulatory initiatives have created an environment that forces manufacturers to take a closer look at their production facilities. " ...

Lean Strategies in Pharma Manufacturing: Via Pharmaceutical Processing: Lean Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Sustain Lean Management ...

Seminar focuses on taking lean management to the next level ...

... "... an event specially designed for those who have already made great progress with lean management and want to achieve a lot more. Sustaining Lean - The Seminar will take place on 29th June The Daventry Hotel, Northamptonshire. " ...

Via Vision in Print: SUSTAINING LEAN - THE SEMINAR ...

Lean Six Sigma Seminar Upcoming ...

Upcoming seminar on Lean Six Sigma ...

... "The Executive Development Center (EDC) at Bryant University will hold a Lean Six Sigma breakfast seminar on Thursday, April 27, from 8 to 10 a.m. at The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce. Learn how this data-driven methodology can give profit or non-profit businesses a competitive edge. Meet Black Belt consultants following the program. For information, please contact Paul Dacey at (401) 232-6204 ... " ...

Lean Six Sigma Seminar Upcoming: Via Bryant University

Lean Pharma Practitioner Recognized ...

Lean Pharma exec recognized as ASQ chapter president. ...

... "Mr. Chatterjee is Chief Operations Officer of Pharmatech Associates, a full service consultancy serving the regulated life-sciences industry, providing validation services and quality process project management. Pharmatech Associates has managed and successfully deployed Lean and Six Sigma projects for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical devices/diagnostic customers. The pharmaceutical industry must show continued growth and sustain profits as it faces public pressure to control the skyrocketing costs of therapeutics, Mr. Chatterjee said. Our industry has to seek new ways to increase production and decrease time to market. The application of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodology, specifically adapted to the pharmaceutical industry, constitutes a unique way to improve business, drive down costs and speed time-to-market. Mr. Chatterjee is a certified ISO 9000 Lead Assessor and Six-Sigma Master Black Belt with extensive experience in the design and implementation of quality systems. Mr. Chatterjee holds a B.A. in Biochemistry and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. " ...

Lean Pharma Practitioner Recognized: Via PharmaTech Associates: Bikash Chatterjee Elected President of ASQ Golden Gate Chapter 2006-2007; Seminar: Applying Optimization Methodologies to the Process Industry ...

Lean Manufacturing ERP Business Processes ...

Upcoming seminar on Lean Manufacturing in ERP business processes ...

... "Join author Donald Sheldon in a full-day seminar featuring elements of enterprise resource planning, principles of lean manufacturing and the basics of six sigma, used to improve business processes and product quality. The class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 31 at BCC. It is co-sponsored by the Southern Tier Chapter of APICS and BCC. " ...

Lean Manufacturing ERP Business Processes: Author to speak on enterprise planning ...

Lean Manufacturing Seminar: Operational Excellence 101

Upcoming lean manufacturing seminar ...

... "The Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence, part of Saint Vincent College's Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government will present Operational Excellence 101 - Lean Manufacturing Seminar on Wednesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 13. The event will be co-sponsored by the Saint Vincent College Small Business Development Center and is designed to educate those companies seeking to develop an integrated approach to their operations. " ...

Operational Excellence 101 - Lean Manufacturing seminar at Saint Vincent College - Via Saint Vincent College

Lean SixSigma Best Manufacturing Practices ...

... "Best Manufacturing Practices: Six Sigma and LEAN, a seminar offered by the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Feb. 23 at the chamber conference room at 110 Erdman Way. The event is the second in a series of manufacturing seminars in 2006. " ...

Lean SixSigma Best Manufacturing Practices: Via Worcester Telegram & Gazette Digests

Lean Sixsigma Certification Seminar ...

... "University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida offers a unique Executive Education Lean Six Sigma Certification Seminar that facilitates corporations across the world in introducing or enhancing Six Sigma Quality within the corporate structure. Six Sigma is the continuous pursuit of variation reduction, Lean is a muda (waste) elimination strategy and Lean Six Sigma is a powerful methodology that aims to reduce variation and eliminate waste. Many companies around the world are adopting this Quality Management Methodology in an effort to increase quality, reduce cost and increase customer service. The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida offers a Lean Six Sigma Certification Seminar for all belts (Champion, Green Belt, Black Belt). The certification seminar is offered twice a year in January and July. In addition, there are several Introduction To Lean Six Sigma workshops that are held throughout the year on university grounds as well as on-site for companies that prefer company specific training. " ...

Via University of Miami ...

SixSigma Systematic Approach: Refine Business Process ...

Upcoming seminar on refining business processes with Six Sigma ...

... "THURSDAY: Six Sigma: Systematic Approach to Refining Business Processes, two day seminar, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., WSU Marcus Center. " ...

SixSigma Systematic Approach: Refine Business Process: Via Wichita Eagle: SEVEN DAY AGENDA

Six Sigma Overview Seminar Event ...

Upcoming Six Sigma Overview breakfast seminar event ...

... "Six Sigma Overview Breakfast -- The Summit College's Workforce Development and Continuing Education Division will sponsor this breakfast event from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Akron General Health and Wellness Center, 4125 Medina Road, Montrose area of Bath Township. Registration: 330-972-7577. " ...

Six Sigma Overview Seminar Event: Via The Beacon Journal: Business

Lean Manufacturing and 5S: Seminar ...

... "VOLUSIA MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, meeting, 7:45 to 9 a.m., Daytona Beach International Airport, 700 Catalina Drive, Daytona Beach. Topic: Lean Manufacturing and 5-S Methodology. Speakers: Tony Cafarchio, director of quality and Six Sigma, Ocean Design Inc., and John Blattel, vice president of operations, Ocean Design. " ...

Lean Manufacturing and 5S: Seminar: Via Daytona Beach News-Journal: Business

Value Stream Mapping Seminar This Week ...

... "The Michiana Chapter of APICS, the Association for Operations Management, will meet Tuesday at the Upper Deck, Coveleski Stadium. Bob Montgomery, CPIM, will speak on Value Stream Mapping. " ...

Value Stream Mapping Seminar This Week: Via South Bend Tribune: Business Meetings and Seminars ...

Lean Manufacturing Seminar: Operational Excellence ...

Upcoming lean manufacturing seminar on operational excellence ...

... "Lean manufacturing seminar planned: The Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence, part of St. Vincent College's Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics and Government, will present Operational Excellence 101 - Lean Manufacturing Seminar, on Feb. 8 and Feb. 9. The event will be co-sponsored by the St. Vincent College Small Business Development Center, and is designed to educate representatives of those companies seeking to develop an integrated approach to their operations. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Seminar: Operational Excellence: Via The Herald Standard - Business & Finance: It's Your Business

Six Sigma Bullwhip Effect: Seminar ...

ASQ local seminar on bullwhip effect in Six Sigma, this Tuesday ...

... "Tuesday Jan10: American Society for Quality, 5:30 p.m., Glendale Branch Library, 6101 N. Keystone Ave. Speaker: Leslie Gardner, of the University of Indianapolis. Topic: Six Sigma Bull Whip Effect. " ...

Six Sigma Bullwhip Effect: Seminar: This week | Via IndyStar.com

Lean Manufacturing Food Processing Seminar ...

Seminar in lean manufacturing for food processing is upcoming. ...

... "Representatives of Idaho food processing companies can learn the principles of lean manufacturing during a full-day workshop in January. Lean Manufacturing for Food Processors takes place 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Jan. 11 at the Red Lion Hotel Canyon Springs in Twin Falls and Jan. 24 at the Owyhee Plaza Hotel in Boise. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Food Processing Seminar: Food processor workshops slated