Edmonton 2007 Lean Conference ~ Bulletin #5
600 Lean Practitioners from 26 US States, 8 Canadian Provinces, & 6 Countries, attended in 2005

8 Top Keynoters with Powerful Messages

David Hogg is the founding President of both HPS Inc. and the HPM Consortium which developed the model for most Lean consortiums in Canada, Australia, and the US.  David will share cultural issues drawn from over 30 years of experience that impact the implementation and sustainment of competitiveness-enhancing approaches in companies and consortiums.

Tour Shows Lean Improvements in Action

Dyna-Flo Control Valve Service Ltd. – In the tour toDyna-Flo you will witness many of the best practices they have implemented including KANBAN systems and 5S in both their shop and office. They will show how they constantly improve their set up & run time reductions, product assembly, and test cells in the plant. Dyna-Flow focuses on cultural change to provide top quality products and services to the process control industry throughout the world.

Inspiring Workshops Accelerate Your Journey

How to Create a Lean Formula for TPM in Your Plant - M oving from reactive maintenance and run-to-failure-mode to a more total productive preventative maintenance (TPPM) in a Lean environment. Jerry Wright will address specific topics such as CMMS (computerized maintenance manage-ment systems), spare parts inventory and maintenance, operator training and preventative maintenance, and much more...

combine Lean principles, participant exercises, sharing of par-ticipant experiences and a series of simulations to provide an understanding of lean principles and their application to HMLV manufacturers.

36 Presentations in 4 Value Streams

The four streams focus on: People, Process, Culture, and Organization. Leaders have been selected from companies who have achieved success in these areas such as:

ACE Metal Crafts - In this dynamic presentation, attendees will see how developing a Lean culture is critical to a successful Lean implementation. Attendees will see how incorporating Lean philosophies in a culture driven world by nurturing the value in others, results in a culture to Lean On. Ace Metal Crafts is a custom stainless steel fabrication job shop that specializes in a high-variety, low-volume product mix.

Steelcase - The presentation will cover the governance process and accountability structure within which project work occurs, and illustrate the lessons learned, through beginning to end case examples. Steelcase has been applying Lean principles in manufacturing operations since 1996 and in 2003 began bringing these same principles to bear on its enterprise business processes.

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for new program details as they unfold this week.

An Opportunity for the Next 30 Companies

If you are among the first of 30 companies to register4 team members - a5 th team member can come FREE .

There will be no other future promotions! Once 30 companies have signed up - all remaining registrations will be at the full price.

Register online at the conference website: www.measureupforsuccess.com
Or, simply call Edrea at 224-232-5980 x223