Lean Manufacturing Webinars

2010

Title: Green Manufacturing — Lessons from Henry Ford Presenter: Bill Levinson, CMfgE, PE, Owner, Levinson Productivity Systems PC Synopsis: This webinar focuses on green manufacturing, and specifically its enormous success at Ford Motor Co. during an era when Henry Ford could have legally dumped into the river whatever waste he couldn't send up the smokestack. Ford's approach underscores the kind of thinking that should go into green manufacturing, including the need to find a use for everything, avoid the waste involved in packaging and minimizing shipping costs.

Title: Lean Simulation: "Test-Fly" Changes to the Operation Presenter: Jim Curry, CEO, OpStat Group Inc. Synopsis: This presentation will focus on a case study of a high-mix plant in which a lean team used simulation to test process changes needed to convert from a push process to a demand-driven pull process, before implementing them in the actual work environment.

Title: Norman Bodek and the SME Human Side of Lean Tech Group Discussion Presenter: Norman Bodek, President, PCS Press Inc. Synopsis: The Human Side of Lean Tech Group originated more than five years ago. The team evolves yet has consistently advanced the need to understand the synergy of both pillars of TPS: "just in time" and "respect for people." Note: This is not a traditional recorded webinar, i.e., there are no slides or visuals. However, you will hear stories and some excellent questions from longtime collaborators such as Dave Hogg, Chris Riegel, Gary Gathen, David Csokasy and Paul Parent, as well as comments and questions from serious first-time callers from across North America.

Title: Greening a Product Lifecycle...and Making Money at It! The HP Experience Presenter: Christian Verstraete, Chief Technologist, Manufacturing & Distribution Industries Division, Hewlett-Packard Synopsis: Green products start at the R&D phase, as 80 percent of the environmental characteristics of the product are fixed even before the first prototype is built. It is important to take a holistic viewpoint at the overall product lifecycle, but at each step understand how things can be done "greener." Through practical examples, this webinar will demonstrate how costs can be reduced, revenues increased and risks mitigated by taking a green approach. Lean concepts complement this by reducing the waste generated across the lifecycle.

2009

Title: Lean Manufacturing Expertise Applied in Healthcare Presenter: Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Sponsor: Human Side of Lean Tech Group Synopsis: This webinar explains how industrial engineering and lean practices are being used to greatly improve processes and quality in a leaner approach to delivering healthcare.

Title: Lessons from Dale Carnegie on Effective Lean Leadership Presenter: John Dickson, General Manager, Berg Integrated Systems Sponsors: Manufacturing Leadership Institute and Human Side of Lean Tech Groups Synopsis: A recent survey found that 22 percent of executives are extremely satisfied with their company's lean efforts, leaving 78 percent that are not. Why so much dissatisfaction? One reason is that a vast majority of senior leaders do not truly understand the real challenges associated with leading a lean transformation. So, what can any leader do to drastically improve their likelihood of success with their company's lean transformation? Perhaps Dale Carnegie can provide some insight. John Dickson, an engineer, experienced lean leader, Dale Carnegie top-level trainer and an SME member, will share his insight on this crucial issue.

Title: Quantifying Triple Bottom Line Thinking Presenter: Phil Coy, CTO, Future State Solutions Sponsor: Lean to Green Sustainability Tech Group Synopsis: Coy shares his insights on bringing lean and green together with the people-profits-planet approach called "triple bottom line." "Green" thinking must become as rigorous and fact-based as lean thinking. No open-ended mandate to "go green" can be sustained without considering bottom-line profit. Quantitative decision making must be broadened to include energy and resource requirements and disposal costs of non-product outputs. Coy will also share some insight on how the relationship of lean and green can yield exponential returns. PDF • Audio

Title: Lean to Green Manufacturing — EPA Carbon Footprinting Tool Presenter: Verena Radulovic, United States Environmental Protection Agency Sponsor: Lean to Green Sustainability Tech Group Synopsis: Facilities progressing with lean and green processes often use carbon footprinting protocols to establish baselines, targets and to measure progress. In this webinar, Radulovic provides an update on a FREE carbon footprinting calculator available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Title: LEAN Design with Value Engineering Presenter: Jim Wixson, CMfgE, CVS, Wixson Value Associates Inc. Sponsor: Salt Lake City No. 85 Synopsis: This webinar provides a background on lean design and how value engineering facilitates lean design. It also discusses the importance of value engineering and why it's used. Function analysis and the benefits of functional thinking are also reviewed. PDF • Audio

Title: Lean & ISO 9001 Synergy? Presenters: John Guderian, Delta Elevator Co.; Timothy Renaud, Partner ISO Support Group Sponsors: Human Side of Lean Tech Group and Toronto No. 26 Synopsis: Is ISO 9001 dead? Can it be an effective lean enabler? SME's Human Side of Lean Tech Group and SME's Toronto No. 26 have each discussed this issue and wanted to share insights via a webinar with fellow practitioners. Lean, ISO 9001, Quality Management Systems, etc., may be classed as approaches for continuous improvement and/or as "programs of the month." Why? What might you do to leverage positive synergy?

Title: Lean Product Development: A Case Study by Pfizer Presenter: Terence M. Barnhart, PhD, Pfizer Global Research and Development Sponsor: SME's Lean Product Development Conference Synopsis: This webinar discussed Pfizer's application of lean in R&D, reducing cost by flawless manufacturing, the theory behind fast learning and how it can be applied as a key lever for culture change, creating R&D value, identifying customer valued innovation, root-cause problem solving and knowledge integration.

2008

Title: Lean to Green: A Path to Sustaining Your Profits, People & Planet (Part 1 in Lean to Green Webinar Series) (PDF) Presenters: Gary Langenwalter, ConfluencePoint; Mark Lindquist, Rapid-Line Inc. Sponsor: Lean to Green Sustainability Tech Group Synopsis: This webinar looks at what it would take to make products sustainable without all the waste of the current business model, which is to take, make and waste. An activity is considered sustainable if it can be continued indefinitely.

Title: Sustainable Lean to Green (Part 2 in Lean to Green Webinar Series) Presenters: Robert Pojasek, PhD, Harvard; Ernie Kulik, PE, Eaton Corp. Sponsor: Lean to Green Sustainability Tech Group Synopsis: Provided during the webinar were practical experience on the benefits of integrating and aligning lean, ISO and Environment Health & Safety. PDF (Pojasek) /PDF (Eaton) • Audio

Title: Greening Your Business (Part 3 in Lean to Green Webinar Series) Presenter: Denise Coogan, REM, CHMM, Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. Sponsor: Lean to Green Sustainability Tech Group Synopsis: Featured a case history of how Subaru Indiana Automotive achieved zero-waste-to-landfill status by engaging the creativity of its associates and integrating green into its lean operating culture.

Title: From Good to Great (Part 4 in Lean to Green Webinar Series) Presenter/Sponsor: Association for Manufacturing Excellence Synopsis: This virtual conference showcases those who are winning and shows how they have thrived and prospered in this expanding highly competitive global economy. Our future lies in taking action and learning how to go from good to great. We need to engage in battle with mediocrity. Thousands of our industry colleagues are excelling in this global marketplace because they're going beyond the norm. They have learned the secret that disciplined people, thinking disciplined thoughts, taking disciplined action, is the winning combination you need to succeed.

Title: Lean to Green: A Path to Sustaining Your Profits, People & Planet? (Part 5 in Lean to Green Webinar Series) Presenters: Mark Lindquist, RapidLine; Ernie Kulik, Eaton Corp; Robert Pojasek, PhD; Dean Schroeder, PhD; and Sharon Paterson, Veolia Water Sponsor: Lean to Green Sustainability Tech Group Synopsis: Pulled together the 2008 series and point the way to collaboration for learning in 2009. Discussed were brief recaps and updates from the 2008 presenters. In attendance was the PPDM's Lean to Green Tech Group and collaborators from AME and NIST/MEP. The session included a recap, panel Q&A, reflection and ideas for developing synergy in 2009.

2007

Title: Considerations for Lean Tooling Solutions (PDF) Presenter: Paul D. Parent, ProSol LLC Sponsor: Human Side of Lean Tech Group Synopsis: Lean manufacturing concepts are outlined, including seven (+one) wastes, traditional versus lean approaches, opportunities to implement lean tooling solutions and implementing tips for manufacturing engineers and change agents.

Title: Managing Lean Manufacturing Presenters: David Csokasy, PhD, The DJC Group Inc.; Paul Parent, ProSol LLC Sponsor: Manufacturing Leadership Institute Tech Group Synopsis: Is there a difference between managing in a traditional manufacturing environment as opposed to managing in a lean manufacturing organization? PDF • Audio