Event: Lean Manufacturing 2009

One Badge, Five Conferences

(Reliable Plant: Columbus, OH) -- One week from now Lean Manufacturing 2009 kicks-off in Columbus, Ohio at the Columbus Convention Center. It's one of five co-located conferences at Reliable Plant 2009, Sept. 1-3.

• More than 90 sessions, case studies, and keynotes
• More than 100 exhibiting companies
• Hear about world-class lubrication practices—selection, storage, handling, and dispensing.
• Case studies documenting successes, failures, and new ideas for lean program design and implementation
• Learn how to achieve more efficient-energy consumption.
• Find out how to significantly reduce maintenance and operating costs.
• Learn to make better decisions and manage risk.
• See how safety improvements can increase your productivity and profitability.

Opening keynote speaker: Mike DaPrile, vice president, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 8 a.m., "Toyota's Vision: Reliability Based on All-Encompassing Continuous Improvement"

These five co-located conferences are designed to equip your team with the strategies and tools for a strong manufacturing foundation:

The Lean Manufacturing Conference identifies and examines the specific tools needed to quickly improve a plant's total productivity, profitability, and safety and environmental performance. Attendees hear how best-in-class companies are utilizing lean tools to improve the reliability and performance of their mechanical assets and overall operations.

• Case studies documenting successes, failures, and new ideas for lean program design and implementation
• Effective strategies for achieving measurable financial and productivity returns
• See the big picture and gain the ability to think and contribute across functional boundaries
• How to lead change and bring your entire team into the improvement process
• Implementation of just one idea could save your plant thousands, or even millions of dollars

Speakers address:

•“How You Can Apply Toyota’s Zone Control System,” Sam McPherson, president, The Lean Leadership Academy
• “Using Value-Added Flow Analysis to Zero in on Hidden Wastes: A case study with results,” Joseph Ziskovsky, director of Operational Excellence, Johnson Screens
• “Accelerate Your Results by Utilizing Lean Sigma,” David Ward, director of Lean Sigma, Plexus Corp.
• “Improvement Initiatives Live and Die with the Leadership,” Doug Wilson, Continuous Improvement manager, AbitibiBowater and Shon Isenhour, business consultant, ABB Reliability Services
• “Transform Your Company through Operational Excellence,” Bill Kimbro, director, Lean Enterprise Office, Kennametal Inc.
• “Impact Your Company’s Bottom Line by Improving Process Changeovers,” Andrew Boger, lean manager, NSK Corporation
• “How to Use Lean Six Sigma to Rapidly Deliver Bottom-Line Impact,” Sandy Klaasse, president, Dynamic Business Solutions
• “Curing the Firefighting Epidemic,” David Hicks, PE, Auburn University
• “Policy Deployment & Lean Implementation Planning:
A 10-Step Roadmap to Successful Policy Deployment Using Lean as a System,” Larry Rubrich, president, WCM Associates
• “Lean’s Inseparable Link to Reliability (and Vice Versa),” Rich Hirsh, global director of Continuous Improvement, and Bill Schlegel, director of manufacturing processes and technology, Novelis
• “Why and How to Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard,” Forrest W. Breyfogle III, chief executive officer and president, Smarter Solutions
• “Lean at Wausau Paper – A Comprehensive Case Study,” Terry A. Olson, process improvement manager, and Jennifer Castle-Alcorn, continuous improvement/TNT team lead, Wausau Paper
• “Accelerating MRO Continuous Improvement: Keys to Reducing Cost, Eliminating Waste and Adding Value,” Kevin A. Hartler, W.W. Grainger

Lubrication Excellence is the leading conference devoted exclusively to using effective lubrication practices to get the most from a plant's physical equipment assets. These unique presentations, delivered by subject matter experts and successful lubrication practitioners, demonstrate how to achieve the efficiencies and financial benefits of a proper, proactive lubrication program.

• Hear about world-class lubrication practices—selection, storage, handling and dispensing
• Expand your oil analysis skills
• Understand how lubrication affects maintenance costs
• Achieve effective lubrication program design—essential steps for implementation
• Build reliability through effective contamination control, and more

Reliability World spotlights the winning strategies and best practices that drive reliability results to the bottom line. Industry experts deliver some 50 compelling, practical talks, with particular focus on case studies where the use of effective reliability strategies has led to measurable economic and productivity benefits. Discover the best tools and methods to implement a successful plant reliability program.

• Find out how to significantly reduce maintenance and operating costs
• Get out of the cycle of recurring failures
• Learn to make better decisions and manage risk
• Instill your team with a common vision and understanding

Plant Safety is new in 2009 and includes 14 workshops, case studies, and learning sessions. Attendees learn the latest workplace safety, health and environmental issues, and trends.

• Learn how to more effectively protect your employees
• Take home the best safety practices of leading manufacturers
• See how safety improvements can increase your productivity and profitability
• Discover new risk reduction methods
• Gain insights to achieve/retain OSHA compliance

Plant Energy & Sustainability features case studies and learning sessions highlighting best practices in energy cost control and total sustainability for industrial facilities. Discover promising new technologies and energy efficiency opportunities that impact the bottom line.

• Discover the latest green, sustainable energy technologies
• Learn how to lower total operating costs
• Gain strategies to achieve your department/plant sustainability goals
• Find out how to reduce your plant’s carbon footprint
• Learn how to achieve more efficient-energy consumption
• Gain insights to achieve/retain EPA compliance

One-day, two-day and three-day conference registrations are also available, as are seats for pre-conference workshops. Check your schedule and make time to acquire the knowledge and skills you need to make a difference. Complete session, workshop, and exhibition details are available at http://conference.reliableplant.com.

About The Author

Reliable Plant

Reliable Plant