Events
The A3 Improvement Process
Association for Manufacturing Excellence – The facility tour in the morning will give participants a first hand look at how Remcon Plastics has implemented various lean concepts in this primarily make-to-order, high mix business. Tour highlights will be how our team uses the A3 process, examples of improvements gained, how we manage/coach with Team communication. [...]
TPM in Action at Kamatics
Association for Manufacturing Excellence – During this 1 ½ Day workshop, you will learn how Kamatics implemented and sustained its successful Total Productive Maintenance – TPM program. In addition, John Kravontka of Fuss & O’Neill Manufacturing Solutions will provide 12 hours of TPM introduction & training on equipment related techniques that will focus on 4 [...]
Lean Leadership and People Development
Association for Manufacturing Excellence – Most companies embarking on a lean journey soon become frustrated with kaizen events and isolated improvement projects that yield great short-term results but have no sustainability. They are searching for something more: the culture of continuous improvement with its philosophy, processes, and people aligned to cultivate problem solving. In this [...]
Cost Effectively Produce One Item at a Time
Association for Manufacturing Excellence – O. C. Tanner Recognition Company was founded in 1927 by Obert C. Tanner, a professor of philosophy, who saw the value of recognizing people with tangible, lasting memories in the form of emblematic rings, jewelry and awards. More than eighty years later, the core business is still employee recognition. In [...]
The Visual Factory
Association for Manufacturing Excellence – This one day workshop introduces the concepts of The Visual Factory and 5S, coupled with an onsite Plant Tour of a facility that has practiced the Visual Factory principles. This introductory training provides participants with the understanding and the tools to begin systematically implementing a safe, visual, and orderly workplace. [...]
Taking Action with Lean Accounting
Association for Manufacturing Excellence Financial executives must be experts at multi-tasking. They must support company efforts to optimize shareholder value, secure financing for strategic initiatives, and ensure the financial reporting meets the needs of internal and external stakeholders. When their company embraces lean, financial managers have to figure out how to support the transformation. This [...]
Using SPC to Make Better Management Decisions
Gemba Academy – Webinar In this webinar, Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals, will show how simple statistical process control (SPC) methods can be used by managers and leaders to make better decisions about their businesses. Using examples from manufacturing, healthcare, and services industries, Mark will illustrate the basic SPC rules and will show you [...]
